When the Royals next make the playoffs, be there

The last—and only—time I ever attended a playoff game came on October 13, 2011.

Of course, given the year, that postseason game didn’t involve the Kansas City Royals. No, instead, the game took place in St. Louis* with the Cardinals hosting the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 4 of the NLCS that the Cardinals led two games to one.

*I went to this game with my father and one of my sisters, who, I’ll note, attended the Cardinals’ recent Game 1 collapse against the Phillies. She, unlike others, stayed to the end.

When I left Busch III that night, the Brewers had knotted the series, winning 4-2 behind seven strong from southpaw Randy Wolf. Royals legend Yuniesky Betancourt went 1-for-4 with an RBI, which…