Kansas City Royals
Royals take second-straight AL pennant, and head to World Series
(Associated Press) The Kansas City Royals are headed to the World Series. The Fall Classic begins Tuesday in Kansas City, pitting the Royals against the New York Mets. The Mets won their last World Series crown in 1986, one year after the Royals claimed their lone title. The Royals wrapped up their second straight American League pennant last night by outlasting the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 in Game 6…
Seniors party like it’s 1985
The Power & Light District, Kansas City’s go-to place for Royals madness, has nothing on the fans at McCrite Plaza. It’s a retirement community on the north side of Kansas City, Missouri. Decked out in their team gear, McCrite residents piled into the community’s “City Lights Club” Wednesday to watch the Kansas City Royals take on the Toronto Blue…
Kansas City is flowing blue… again
Editor’s Note: This story, which originally published October 3rd, 2014, has been updated. Daniel Boothe contributed to the story. Six of Kansas City, Missouri’s, fountains, as well as several privately-owned fountains and fountains owned by surrounding cities are dyed bright blue to celebrate the Royals making it to the playoffs for the second consecutive year. It…
Musings on Baseball, Luck and Quantum Physics: Making the Case for Magic Socks
Ask any sports fan about superstitions. We’ll likely give you an earful. We love to wear our lucky socks, hats and jerseys. We sit in a favorite chair for the game or only listen to the radio. We fidget, knock wood, rub totems and visualize. Bud Light had a fun, popular series of commercials a…
Sounding Smarter
Russian warplanes violated Turkey’s airspace. Two days later, the Russian navy fired 26 cruise missiles at targets in Syria. Four of the missiles went so far off course they landed in rural Iran. Meanwhile Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, celebrated his 63rd birthday by teaming up with NHL legends to play hockey against Russian tycoons and officials. Putin scored a Kim Jong-un-ish seven…