My good friend Chris was given a tremendous gift by his father: $100 to buy a ticket for a game in the 1985 I-70 World Series between his beloved Kansas City Royals and the despised St. Louis Cardinals.
Instead, Chris, a cash-starved student at the time, chose to use the gift for other things. He figured George Brett, Frank White, and Company would be in more World Series.
It wasn’t until a loooonnnnggg 29 years that the Royals would make it to the Fall Classic again. Today, Chris shakes his head at his decision.
Chris is a huge soccer fan, soccer coach, and soccer parent, too.