Kansas City Royals: Remembering the Greatest Baseball Game Ever
By Mike Norris
Kansas City Royals designated hitter Billy Butler (16) Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports
Then Brandon Moss happened.
Shields of course would settle down, and the Royals, despite Billy Butler being Billy Butler on the base path, scored a run in the bottom of the first and cut the lead in half.
The Royals were six innings away from heading to Anaheim for an ALDS date with the supposed best team in the majors.
When the future Oakland utility man was picked off first base, a collective groan flowed throughout the stadium. It only lasted about one second as everyone remembered he knocked in the Royals first run. It was a run that at least had the crowd believing a comeback was possible.
Tony Pena would be proud.
After a quiet second, Lorenzo Cain doubled in another run, and Eric Hosmer did the same with a single.
The crowd was in a frenzy, and it suddenly didn’t matter that Ned Yost was manager (we’ll get in to this later), or that Hosmer hit as many home runs during the regular season as guys named Junior Lake, Scooter Gennett, and Rougned Odor.
The Royals were six innings away from heading to Anaheim for an ALDS date with the supposed best team in the majors.
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