While the 2020 season had been scheduled to begin on March 26th, it seems like a distant memory major league games did not start until the first week or two in April. Looking back it was fitting as both the KC Royals and Blue Jays would also see each in the American League Championship Series later that fall.
The Royals had made the playoffs the year prior but were swept out of the ALCS by the Detroit Tigers three games to none. In 1985, the league championship series’ would be extended to a best-of-seven-game format which would be crucial to the Kansas City franchise.