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Miracle Is The Royals’ First Name! The Miracle Kansas City Royals Going To 2014 World Series after a 29-Year Drought
By George Michaud Whatever rest the Royals and the Orioles got during their days off before the start of the ALCS games seems to have affected Baltimore in a big way. It’s as though they forgot how to play baseball the way they played the entire series. Very much unlike the stats from the 2014 regular season for the Orioles with the most home runs during regular season. You’ve all heard the entire list for weeks now. The Royals just kept up and at it with every game as though fate was in their hands and nothing but nothing was going to stop them. That’s how it went for four games straight. Game after game one could see the frustration in the face and eyes of Orioles manager, Buck Showalter, in his fifth season as Orioles manager. Showalter is currently contracted to be their manager through 2018 and he did have a strong team throughout the 2014 season. However, as known by all, anything can happen in baseball. No one knows that better than the entire Orioles team and fans after the stunning sweep by The Royals. The Miracle Kansas City Royals proved that, without a doubt,
anything can happen in this game. Who would have believed the Royals would sweep all four games in this year’s ALCS to get that crown? Who would have believed back during the AllStar break that the Royals would even be in the playoffs? Royals went from 6 ½ games behind Detroit Tigers to first place in the AL Central and things went down afterwards losing 18 of 27. The Red Sox swept the Royals in bean town in a three-game series before the break and that was probably the lowest point in the 2014 season. Everyone talked about how few home runs the Royals had, least of all teams in the MLB, two years in a row. But when they got their berth in the Wild Card to go one game up against the Oakland A’s, Royals fans began to get excited because there was a glimmer of hope for a playoff spot. With that one won, then came their chance to go up against the California Angels for the ALCS. Miracles now seemed to be in the cards. After that title won, fans were really revved up for the ALCS. Word spread around Kansas City, around LA, around the country that here comes a team that’s sprouting up from the
The Four Points By Sheraton showing their Royal support shadows creating a stir. Of course now, after Wednesday’s game four sweep of the Orioles for the crown to earn their spot in the World Series has the entire country talking about the Kansas City Royals. I should say the Miracle Kansas City Royals because that’s what they have become. A four-game sweep of the Orioles after beating the Angels? This is a group of guys who are working together as a “team” without a doubt. Their confidence level is sky-high and it shows on their faces, with their
action on the field and lookout to whomever wins The NLCS. The Royals team is ready for anyone they’ll have to face next. They are champs now. If it’s St. Louis, then we would be looking at another repeat of 1985. An I-70 World Series. And, if The San Francisco Giants win it then we are looking at the big guys against the underdog for 29 years. Whatever the outcome of the World Series, we are extremely proud of our Kansas City Royals this season because they are our
team and fans all over are excited to the point that prices for tickets for the World Series are already nearing $2,000. If one of our fans wants to be there, they will pay it to see history in the making live and in person right at here at Kauffman Stadium. I wouldn’t doubt that we’ll see tickets on eBay for upwards to $4,500. Why not? This is the town with the team that creates Miracles! Let’s keep the story going Royals. Let’s take the big one for 2014. It’s your destiny.
KC Chiefs Offensive Friday Night Lights Linemen Help First Downs For Down Syndrome
Photos By R.C. Jones Despite a little rain and a 35-0 shutout, the Raytown Bluejays’ game last Friday night was packed with excitement
D’Andra Haywood, a 7th grader at Raytown Middle School, was invited by the First Downs for Down Syndrome organization to a lunch at Raytown Kentucky Fried Members of the Kansas City Chiefs offensive line pitched in to help out charity First Downs for Down Syndrome kick off their fundraising drive at local Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants that continues into November. The Lineman showed up at the Raytown KFC on Octo-
ber 14, 2014, where D’Andra Haywood, a 7th grader at Raytown Middle School, was invited to lunch by First Down for Down Syndrome. Her mother, Leilani, said, “She had a blast visiting with them”. First Downs for Down Syndrome is a non-profit that
subsists entirely on donations, and works to raise money for Downs syndrome organizations, raise awareness of downs syndrome, and create positive images of those with downs syndrome. They have raised over $5.5 million since 1992 and are the charity of choice for the Chiefs’ O-line.
Jaylee Taylor and Tony, her father move in for the coin toss. Jaylee, a first grader at Blue Ridge Elementary was this year’s “Downs for Down’s” honorary captain for the Bluejays at Friday night’s game on October 10. She is the daughter of Tony and Kim Taylor. The football team for years has sponsored the Downs for Down’s program and invite a child with Down’s Syndrome, along with their parents, to be an honorary captains for the game. Jaylee got to participate in the coin toss. During the game, the freshmen football team accepts donations for the Continued on page 2 Downs for Down Syndrome.