KC Royals: Five Reasons They Return To The World Series
By Alec Tilson
Oct 29, 2014; Kansas City, MO, USA; San Francisco Giants players celebrate on the field after defeating the Kansas City Royals during game seven of the 2014 World Series at Kauffman Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Peter G. Aiken-USA TODAY Sports
1. Revenge
This is personal, don’t think for a second that it isn’t.
The 2014 World Series ate away at this team all offseason. All Spring Training and most of the regular season. This is about revenge, a grudge, a nagging and sickening feeling that 2014 and the San Francisco Giants stole something from them. Something they felt they did everything to rightfully earn.
They’re the pissed off guy with a big chip stack, a one-track mind and a red dot on anything in his way.
You made the playoffs, you played fundamental baseball and you got hot, you played out-for-out against the National League Champions, and you came up a base hit shy. The number one reason the Royals return to the World Series is that they expect to.
They’re not the Wild Card, the dead-man-walking guy playing with house money and seeing how long the ride lasts. They’re the pissed off guy with a big chip stack, a one-track mind and a red dot on anything in his way.
It’s a whole different approach this season, but it should serve the Royals well. They’re the only A.L. team to make the playoffs in both 2014 and 2015, and it’s going to take a heck of a team to knock them off before the final series.
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