It has been a long time since the glory days

Ben Zobrist #18 of the Kansas City Royals celebrates after scoring a run off of a two run RBI double hit by Lorenzo Cain #6 to also scoring Alcides Escobar #2 in the twelfth inning against Bartolo Colon #40 of the New York Mets during Game Five of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field on November 1, 2015 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.Kansas City Royals fans don’t have to work very hard to conjure memories of the fairy tale 2014-2015 seasons. It had been three decades between playoff wins, and at the drop of a hat the Royals tore through the playoffs in back-to-back years. We got an American League Championship and a World Series Championship out of the deal. It was amazing, and it certainly doesn’t feel very far away.

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