The 2015 World Series victory was a momentous occasion in the history of the Kansas City Royals. In the team’s 46-year span, it was only the second World Series win. And in the context of Kansas City sports, it loomed even larger, as it represented only the third ever championship for the city from any team in the Big Four sports leagues.
So it is with no surprise that the gravity of that season and the legendary status that those involved in the 2014 and 2015 playoff runs achieved has reverberated to this day. When you close your eyes and picture Billy Butler, you probably don’t think of his 2010 campaign when he put up a .