KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Take the crown. Seize the crown. Keep the crown. Call it what you want.
But as the night darkened and the rain fell and manager Ned Yost stepped into another October moment that left second-guessers howling at the moon, one thing was crystal clear:
There was absolutely no way the Kansas City Royals were going to surrender their American League crown.
“They find ways to get it done, man,” Yost said, standing on the first-base line moments after his team clinched its second consecutive World Series berth with a thrilling 4-3 Game 6 sprint over the Toronto Blue Jays.