The Kansas City Royals made their World Series debut in 1980. Five years later, they returned to face intrastate and interstate (70) neighbor St. Louis. That latter series kicked off exactly 32 years ago.
Despite finishing with 101 wins—10 more than the Kansas City Royals, the Cardinals began the 1985 World Series on the road due to the alternating AL/NL home-field format. It didn’t seem to faze St. Louis at all.
In Game 1, the Cardinals cooled off a Royals team bringing a ton of momentum into their second-ever world championship appearance. As often seemed the case during their home playoff games in the 1970s and ’80s, Kansas City took an early lead only to see the road team fight back for a win.