Kansas City Royals

A ‘Royal Celebration’ for KC Royals and Fans

Minutes after the Royals’ exhausting 7-2 win over the Mets in the 12th inning of Game 5 of the World Series, the Kansas City Royals and the City of Kansas City issued an invitation for fans and supporters to a “Royal Celebration for our World Champion team,” Tuesday, Nov. 3. The celebration will begin at noon…

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The Boys in Blue celebrate after Game 5 of the Major League Baseball World Series against the New York Mets on Monday night in New York. The Royals won 7-2 to win the series. (Photo: Charlie Riedel | AP)

Crown: Clenched

NEW YORK (AP) — The Kansas City Royals won their first World Series crown since 1985, rallying in the ninth inning when Eric Hosmer scrambled home to tie it and then breaking away in the 12th to beat the New York Mets 7-2 in Game 5 Sunday night. The daring Royals capped their postseason full…

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The Weekender | Halloween Edition

If you hate fun, this will be a terrible weekend. Kansas City is in rare form right now. The weather is crisp. The leaves are changing. And – oh, yeah – our favorite local baseball team is playing in some kind of postseason contest. World Series games 3, 4 and 5 (if necessary) are Friday, Saturday and Sunday night, respectively….

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‘Baseball isn’t like this’

As a long-suffering Kansas City Royals fan, I was all-in, in 2014. The Royals’ playoff run was one of the most exciting stories in baseball in recent years. But, of course, the Royals fell 90 feet short of tying Game 7 of the World Series, and had to go home with just a pennant. I was…

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Face paint is okay, but what's with the shoulder pads, dude? (Photo: Pat Sullivan | AP)

The Eight Most Annoying Things Fans Do 

We all know the Royals have some of the most passionate and knowledgeable fans in baseball. But even the best can go overboard. “Fan,” after all, is short for “fanatic,” and the level of crazy rises as a team gets deeper into the postseason. We all start acting like lunatics. Myself included. Nevertheless, it’s best…

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