Cards v. Royals baby at the K! 25th Anniversary of the Royals winning it all against these very Cardinals. Who can't remember 1985?? Heck, it was just like yesterday, right Royals fans?You gotta love it as it conjures up great memories. These days about all the Royals have is a shot at one of these meaningless series, dark days for sure with the boys in blue. Hey at least Hillman is gone. Too bad that the Cards are rollin' and look even better this year. Simply put they have the best hitter in the last 20 years and when said and done will be in the HOF, that man is #5 Albert Pujols! Of course they also bring a formidable offensive crew led by Matt Holliday, Colby Rasmus and Ryan Ludwick. Defensively the Royals have to deal with a good staff featuring the great arms of Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright. Hard to argue with that outfit for sure, especially when you can't name three players for the Royals that you would worry about. Billy Butler, Zack Greinke and get back to me when you come up with a third, oh wait Scott Posednik, yeah that's the ticket!
The K should be juiced for the series as these series are what the Royals are playing for. Maybe the Royals pull out this one, who knows? It certainly doesn't mean much and will not mean the Royals are in the playoffs or are even close. Go ahead and root against the Birds and hope the lowly Royals win a meaningless series.
It isn't easy writing this as a Royals fan, but you just have to appreciate St. Louis. Say what you will about La Russa and his style, the facts are that the Birds are in it every year. As a fan you cannot ask for more. Hats off to St. Louis and their organization, definitely a class act. Heck, maybe the next article is about a lifelong Royals fan who sells his fan rights and jumps ship! Hellllooooo Red Birds!!!
We aren't ready for that just yet. We have hopes tied to Ned Yost baby! We are hangin on to our Kansas City Royals. Let's hope for a good series coming up. Royals fans will remember it much longer. We have conditioned ourselves to remember '85 like yesterday. We remember John Tudor getting torched, the birth of Sabes! And yes we also remember the call, here is some nostalgia for ya:
"Little squibber to the right side, Worrell racing to cover and the throw doesn't get him"
—ABC Sports announcer Al Michaels calling Don Denkinger's infamous call in Game 6.
Not sure how good your memory really is but what we can expect and what is similar to '85 is that the best player is still #5 (though for the wrong team), the best Team is probably still the one in Red, and the series win means more to the Royals franchise than the Cardinals. Who says things are that different 25 years later!
—ABC Sports announcer Al Michaels calling Don Denkinger's infamous call in Game 6.
Not sure how good your memory really is but what we can expect and what is similar to '85 is that the best player is still #5 (though for the wrong team), the best Team is probably still the one in Red, and the series win means more to the Royals franchise than the Cardinals. Who says things are that different 25 years later!
Around the dial: Congrats Lakers. I was close picking a 7 gamer and surprising many I think by the scare that the Celts put into LA. US Open, uhhhh VC has no one from his story that even made the cut? And my guy Phil shoots 66 on Friday!!! Coming soon NBA Draft preview, can you say John Wall number one? Looking forward to playing Hidden Valley with VC this week, will be good to see him after what, 17 years? Oh yeah look forward to June 29th, VC and I will be covering a Royals game live. Last thing: Strasburg sets rookie record for K's in first 3 games played in majors. He is the real deal folks!!
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