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Kansas City Royals: Remembering the Greatest Baseball Game Ever

By Mike Norris

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Kansas City Royals starting pitcher James Shields (33) Mandatory Credit: Peter G. Aiken-USA TODAY Sports

As soon as bat hit ball the energy was sucked out of Kauffman Stadium faster than Terrance Gore on his way to second base.

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    • It hadn’t been a full inning, and thanks to a Brandon Moss home run that just landed, the Kansas City Royals already trailed in their first playoff game in nearly three decades.

    I sat in my seat, about 100 rows up behind first base with a group of friends, deflated, despite the fact not one Royal had stepped to the plate.

    With one giant swing of a bat, a surreal feeling that it was September 30 and we were at a Royals game in Kauffman Stadium, had been replaced with the same ‘ol “here we go again” attitude of the past 29 years.

    You see, heading in to the game I had convinced myself James Shields was Greg Maddux in his prime. I knew he wasn’t, but the attitude and confidence he carried to the mound had me sure he would best Jon Lester and the Oakland A’s.

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