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 1985: The Royals led by 30 HRs from Steve Balboni, and George Brett, find themselves in a tight pennant race throughout the season. Meanwhile on the mound Bret Saberhagen wins 20 games and the Cy Young, as Quisenberry leads the AL in saves yet again. The battle for the Division would go down to the wire as the Royals won 91 games to beat out the California Angels by a one game. In the ALCS the Royals would face the Toronto Blue Jays. Things get off to a rocky start when the Royals are blown out in Game 1, and Dan Quisenberry blows Game 2 to give the Jays a 2-0 series lead. In the 3rd game the Royals bounce back to win, behind the 4 for 4 efforts of George Brett. However, a 1-0 lead in Game 4 disappears as Al Oliver drives in 3 runs of Dan Quisenberry. Had the loss occurred a season before the series would be over and the Blue Jays would be off to the World Series with a 3 games to 1 series victory. Fortunately for the Royals Baseball moved the ALCS from a best of 5 to a best of 7 and the Royals still had faint life. In Game 5 the Royals sent the series back to Toronto with a complete game shut out by Danny Jackson. The Royals would show even more life in Game 6 when George Brett delivers a HR to put the Royals ahead to stay to force a 7th and deciding game. In Game 7 the Royals would stun the Jays again as Jim Sundberg's bases loaded triple broke the game wide open and sent the Royals off to their 2nd World Series. In the World Series, Missouri became the center of the sports World as the Kansas City Royals met up with their Show Me State rival St. Louis Cardinals in the I-70 World Series, named for the highway linking the 2 cities. In Game 1 the Cardinals get off to a fast start beating the Royals 3-1. The Royals would fall further behind after Dan Quisenberry blew another 9th inning lead. This would put the Royals in a position no team has ever comeback from losing the first 2 World Series games at home and coming back to win the series. The Royals would gain some revenge winning Game 3 in St. Louis 6-1. However, the Cards bounced back to take Game 4 and the Royals faced another 3-1 deficit. As he did in Game of the ALCS Danny Jackson kept hope for the Royals alive pitching a complete game victory to send the series back to Kansas City. Game 6 would start out as a pitcher's duel between the Cards Danny Cox, and Charlie Leibrandt, it would end as one of the most controversial games in World Series history. The game was scoreless until the Cardinals broke on top 1-0 in the 8th inning. The Game would go to the bottom of the 9th with Cards leading 1-0 and being just 3-outs from a Championship. Jorge Orta would lead the inning off by beating out an infield single despite replays showing he was out. The Royals would then capitalize after a single and a passed ball set up runners on 2nd and 3rd, as Dane Iorg hit a game winning single to force a decisive 7th game. Ironically Orta would be erased on a fielder's choice, and despite the frustration of the St. Louis Cardinals the umpire's mistake was only a small part of the Royals game-winning rally. With the Cardinals still frustrated over Game 6 the Royals, would take full advantage and would romp to an 11-0 victory to claim their first ever World Championship
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| Wed, April 22, 2009, 11:59 pm | | |
| Thu, April 23, 2009, 11:59 pm | | |
| Fri, May 22, 2009, 7:15 pm | | |
| Sat, May 23, 2009, 6:15 pm | | |
| Sun, May 24, 2009, 1:15 pm | | |
| Fri, June 5, 2009, 11:59 pm | | |
| Sat, June 6, 2009, 11:59 pm | | |
| Sun, June 7, 2009, 11:59 pm | | |
| Tue, June 9, 2009, 11:59 pm | | |
| Wed, June 10, 2009, 11:59 pm | | |
| Thu, June 11, 2009, 11:59 pm | | |
| Mon, July 27, 2009, 7:05 pm | | |
| Tue, July 28, 2009, 7:05 pm | | |
| Wed, July 29, 2009, 7:05 pm | | |
| Thu, July 30, 2009, 11:59 pm | | |
| Fri, September 11, 2009, 11:59 pm | | |
| Sat, September 12, 2009, 11:59 pm | | |
| Sun, September 13, 2009, 11:59 pm | | |
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Did You Know
The '''Kansas City Royals''' are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium.
The "Royals" name originates from the American Royal, a livestock show, horse show, and rodeo held annually in Kansas City since 1899. Th "Royals" name also echoes the name of a legendary Negro League club, the Kansas City Monarchs.
Entering Major League Baseball as an expansion franchise in 1969, the club was founded by Ewing Kauffman, a Kansas City businessman. The franchise was established following the actions of Stuart Symington, then-United States Senator from Missouri, who demanded a new franchise for the city after the Athletics—Kansas City's previous major league team—moved to Oakland, California.
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