Twenty Years Later
In 1985, I was living an hour from Kansas City, and we were treated to the I-70 World Series. Less than four hours from each other on one strip of interstate, the Kansas City Royals defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games. The Royals even came back from two-games-to-none and three-games-to-one deficits, matching the biggest come-from-behind World Series victory in history. Good times for our local team.
In 2005, the Kansas City are one of those small market teams you read about so often, getting squeezed out of the league by teams that can afford to purchase the big-name players. My dad used to call the Royals a farm team for the Yankees.
The Royals have lost their last 17 games. They haven't yet won a game in August. Even the McNeill's Brewers have won a game in August.
Pray for the Royals. God enjoys micromanaging baseball.
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posted by Dan G @ 9:18 AM
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4 Comments:
All of the Royals' problems would be solved if they just did the right thing and brought Amis Otis and John Mayberry out of retirement. Those guys may be pushin' 60, but they've gotta be better than those beer league scrubs the Royals are currently fielding.
I remember the'85 series. For a while it seemed like our neck of the woods was the center of the universe. I remember wanting to wear my George Brett T-Shirt every day.
Sad to see where the Royals and I stand 20 years later. I haven't been to a game probably since before I got married. And I've come to realize that George Brett is a huge dick. Ah well, I wouldn't fit into that T-shirt anymore, anyway...
And by the end of today they had lost their 18th straight. Only three more for the record, boys. Good luck.
Knowing the Royals they will even come up short on losing the most and win one by mistake.
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