Playoff Pinch Hits: Royals Will Be Fan Favorites In WS
Baseball fans outside of San Francisco will be rooting for the Royals.
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Baseball fans outside of San Francisco will be rooting for the Royals.
The Royals reached their first World Series since 1985 with eight straight playoff wins.
While many people know about the Giants, they are no rookie when it comes to the World Series having won two in the last four years, little is known about the Kansas City Royals. Here are five fun facts about America's newest favorite team.
The Royals are headed to the World Series for the first time since 1985.
There was so much going with this overnight caller.
Boosted by more sparkling defense, a dominant bullpen and another dose of small ball, suddenly the wild-card Royals are one win from the World Series.
The Royals lead the Orioles 2-0. The Cardinals and Giants are tied at one game. What's the chance of each possible World Series matchup?
The Royals have a six-game winning streak in the 2014 MLB postseason. And now they head back to Kansas City with a 2-0 lead over the Orioles in the ALCS.
The Royals have the smallest payroll of the remaining MLB playoff teams.
The Baltimore Orioles and Kansas City Royals are both in the ALCS, with unlikely sweeps in their respective ALDS matchups.
Almost an hour had passed, and the postgame party had moved from the field to the Kansas City clubhouse, where victory champagne was once again flowing. Yet as sheets of rain fell at Kauffman Stadium, thousands of celebrating Royals fans refused to leave. They had waited 29 years to soak in moments like these.
The Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels each find themselves in an 0-2 hole. Can either team recover?
Eric Hosmer got his souvenir home run ball back while he stood on the field for a postgame interview, Angel Stadium's silence broken only by a small band of blue-clad fans chanting "Sweep! Sweep! Sweep!"
All four League Division Series are well underway now in the 2014 MLB Playoffs, and as usual, there are plenty of surprises.
The Kansas City Royals went a few more extra innings, withstood a few more scares and figured out another dramatic way to win a playoff game.
It's down to the Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals and Los Angeles Angels in the American League as the Division Series begin.
It had been 29 years since the Kansas City Royals had last been to the postseason — nearly three decades spent mostly in baseball's backwater, a small-market organization on a shoe-string budget trying in vain to compete with the big boys. On Tuesday night, they returned to the game's grand stage in dramatic fashion.
The Kansas City Royals and Oakland Athletics are both small-market teams with big MLB Playoff aspirations.
Kansas City's chance for the AL Central title was erased by Detroit's victory on Sunday, and the Royals went on to a 6-4 comeback win over Chicago in the final game for retiring White Sox captain Paul Konerko.
Paul Konerko only has a few at-bats left in his career.
The Royals clinched a playoff spot for the first time in 29 years.
Jeremy Guthrie opposes Hector Noesi tonight at U.S. Cellular Field.
Eric Hosmer homered and drove in two runs to lead Kansas City to a win.
James Shields opposes Jose Quintana tonight at U.S. Cellular Field.
Paul Konerko will play his final series this weekend.
Illinois is a win away from a triple-bye and berth in the quarterfinals next week in the Big Ten Tournament.
As more vape shops pop up across the city and suburbs, the 16-year-old law doesn't appear to be enforced.
One expert said the lack of cyber attacks against the U.S. is not surprising given the internet blackouts and possible damage to Iranian cyber capabilities from airstrikes.
The Bulls got back to losing after stopping an 11-game skid with a lopsided win over Milwaukee on Sunday.
Chicago police said the pedestrian was taken to St. Francis Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.
With Peoples Gas seeking a significant rate hike for next year, Chicago alders and residents spoke out on Tuesday at a City Council committee hearing on the proposal.
Gov. JB Pritzker denied a since-recanted comment by former President Bill Clinton that Clinton thought the pair may have traveled together on a plane owned by convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Sen. Dick Durbin grilled DHS Sec. Kristi Noem on her immigration enforcement tactics, claims that shooting victims were "domestic terrorists" and DHS's actions in Illinois in a Senate hearing Tuesday.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faced skepticism from both sides of the aisle at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
Israel sent troops into Lebanon as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran widened, and some of Iran's Gulf neighbors warned that Iran's retaliatory fire could draw them into the spreading conflict.
Drivers in the Chicago area can expect to start paying more at the pump this week, as oil prices have spiked amid the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
Palatine, Illinois-based Weber has issued a recall of more than 3.2 million metal wire bristle grill brushes because you could ingest the bristles.
This is after Mayor Brandon Johnson vetoed an ordinance that would have banned most hemp-derived products this weekend.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
When a doctor was told there was no cure for his daughter's condition, he was motivated to transform not only her health, but the lives of thousands of others.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
A new development at the southeast corner of Chicago's East Lakeview community would clear away a medical office building and replace it with a residential high-rise.
The City of Aurora, Illinois, is seeking input from residents about data center development.
Not one, but two hotels are now planned or proposed for Chicago's Northalsted LGBTQ+ nightlife district.
After the Double Door closed in Wicker Park, there was reassurance that the Double Door would return, at a new location in the city's Uptown neighborhood. Now that is not happening anymore.
Barnes & Noble was set to reopen in Skokie on Wednesday, just weeks after it closed.
Actor and filmmaker Bruce Campbell told fans that he is in treatment for cancer and will cancel some upcoming public appearances.
Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka, known for his hits like "Laughter in the Rain," "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" and "Calendar Girl," has died.
A 19th-century George Méliès film, thought to be long lost, has been found among a box of brittle movie reels that a Michigan donor brought to the Library of Congress, officials said.
Streaming giant Netflix declined to match Paramount Skydance's $31 per share offer for Warner Bros. Discovery.
After the Double Door closed in Wicker Park, there was reassurance that the Double Door would return, at a new location in the city's Uptown neighborhood. Now that is not happening anymore.
Paulette Dorflaufer is a Holocaust survivor born in France. She says nothing brings her more joy than being a fashionable crossing guard.
A new report from Consumer Reports says more than half of the 49 different formulas tested contained "potentially concerning levels" of harmful contaminants.
In 2010, Illinois passed a law making it illegal for any businesses to sell novelty gun lighters. Now, community leaders and police say they can lead to a bad scenario.
Experts said that Iran has proven its ability to attack and infiltrate U.S. infrastructure, from banks and healthcare systems to oil supply and water treatment facilities.
This comes as the U.S. State Department is urging a million Americans overseas to get out as the war heads into its fifth day.
As more vape shops pop up across the city and suburbs, the 16-year-old law doesn't appear to be enforced.
Chicago police are still looking for the person who stole a van full of dogs off the street in Lincoln Park Tuesday morning.
One expert said the lack of cyber attacks against the U.S. is not surprising given the internet blackouts and possible damage to Iranian cyber capabilities from airstrikes.
Center Drew Dalman, one of the best offensive linemen in the NFL, has informed the Chicago Bears he is retiring from the NFL.
Chicago police said the pedestrian was taken to St. Francis Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.
If you feel like you're drowning in a sea of text alerts and desperate email pleas for "just $5" this election season, you are far from alone.
A north suburban school bus driver became a victim of sophisticated scammers who are targeting more people and more vulnerable populations to make more money.
Both couples are still actively fighting for their kids, knowing it will be a long and complicated road.
The mother of an 8-year-old boy who was allegedly put in a chokehold and dragged by the neck by a Chicago Public Schools employee hopes her lawsuit and choice to speak out will help protect students in the future.
A jury on Wednesday awarded $5.74 million in damages to a Chicago family who accused police of violating their civil rights in a botched raid of their home in 2018.
Illinois is a win away from a triple-bye and berth in the quarterfinals next week in the Big Ten Tournament.
The Bulls got back to losing after stopping an 11-game skid with a lopsided win over Milwaukee on Sunday.
DePaul is also coming off three straight Big East road wins for the first time.
Center Drew Dalman, one of the best offensive linemen in the NFL, has informed the Chicago Bears he is retiring from the NFL.
Construction is underway following a groundbreaking for the new Chicago Fire FC soccer team's stadium in The 78 in the South Loop.
The jury has found Colin Gray, the man whose teenage son is accused of killing two students and two teachers in a shooting at Georgia's Apalachee High School, guilty of second-degree murder and all other charges.
A man was shot and killed while sitting in a vehicle in the South Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West Side early Monday.
A suspect was in custody after firing shots at Chicago police officers before crashing an SUV into two parked cars Monday morning in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood.
A man was in police custody on allegations that he stabbed his mother on Chicago's West Side Sunday night.
One person is dead, and three others were hurt — including a 15-year-old boy — after three drive-by shootings across the city of Chicago within a three-hour window Sunday night.
