Hello Royals Fan! Tell Me About the Sept 1985 Version of you.

[Archie F. Swin]

Poll forthcoming....

I was born in Topeka but my family moved to southwest Oklahoma when I was 6 years old. Had I never returned to Kansas/Missouri, Its doubtful I would be a Royals (or Chiefs) fan. Neither one of my parents were fans of KC sports teams. In the late summer of 1985 my father enrolled me in Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, MO. At the time, I was 13 years old and had braces on my teeth and had to be taken to KC for orthodontics work. From Lexington we had to take I 70 into town. One of my favorite things to see on the trip was the Truman Sports Complex. It made quite an impression on me as a young man from a small town in Oklahoma. I was inspired by the size and design of the stadium and the way it opened up to the freeway.

Those trips alone were enough to make me want to support the teams that called those stadiums home. I was not a major league baseball fan at the time, so I didn't know that '85 would be a big year for the Royals. I do remember one night my father picked me up from campus ad we drove into town and as we passed the Royals stadium and he said that the World Series was being played there. Looking back, I can safely assume it was a Saturday game (Game 1 or Game 6). What's really strange is, even though many of my fellow cadets were from KC and we had a TV in the barracks, I have no recollection of seeing a WS game on TV.

Anywho, because of a year at a Missouri military school and the need for orthodontia, I'm a Royals fan.

[Discuss Thrower]

I was an unfertilized blastocyst in one of my mother's ovaries.

[siberian khatru]

I was 19, a sophomore at Mizzou.

[Why Not?]

9. Had zero interest in sports until the next year.

[ROYC75]

26 yrs old

[Dartgod]

24 years old. Watched game 6 at my parents house with my family including my sister's then fiance who was from St. Louis and a big Cards fan.

Watched game 7 with a bunch of friends and then headed to Westport after the game.

[BlackHelicopters]

Was at Game 7 with a SRO ticket. Unreal scene. 11-0.

[Dartgod]

26 yrs old

Bullshit. You're more than 2 years older than me. At least 10, ya gimp.

[ModSocks]

Not a Royals fan, but that was the year i was born which pretty much means im the best thing to ever happen to you guys.

[Three7s]

I was an unfertilized blastocyst in one of my mother's ovaries.
^

[LoneWolf]

I was 13 and already an avid Royals fan. Some of my fondest childhood memories are listening to the Royals on the radio with my father.

[gblowfish]

Sept 1985: I was in Grad School at Mizzou. Shared an apartment with Russell 'The Atomic Carrot" Smith, who was a die hard Cardinals fan. Down the baseball stretch run, we were rooting for each others teams. September was great, both teams made it to the playoffs.

When October rolled around, and both teams won their pennant, things got real interesting real quick.

Columbia was a fascinating place to live in 1985, with the Royals and Cards loyalty split. Back then, it was probably 70/30 Cards to Royals. Now it's probably 90/10 in Columbia favor of the Cards, because they've been good for 30 years and we've sucked for 30 years.

[MTG#10]

I was 6 and my childhood idols were George Brett, Bret Saberhagen, and later Bo Jackson. For some reason I have no recollection of the series though.

[gblowfish]

Was at Game 7 with a SRO ticket. Unreal scene. 11-0.

Me Too. I took my dad that night to pay him back for all the Chiefs and Royals games he took me to as a kid. We stood right behind home plate, ended up high fiving the Mayor of KC (Richard Berkley) and drinking a beer with Bill Maas. It was a great night. Pure joy. My dad is gone now. I think that was the best time we ever had as father/son at a game, even though it was standing room only.

[BlackHelicopters]

Me Too. I took my dad that night to pay him back for all the Chiefs and Royals games he took me to as a kid. We stood right behind home plate, ended up high fiving the Mayor of KC (Richard Berkley) and drinking a beer with Bill Maas. It was a great night. Pure joy. My dad is gone now. I think that was the best time we ever had as father/son at a game, even though it was standing room only.

My brother was 19 and I was 20 years old. Stood behind home plate as well. People surrounding us bought us beer because we were underage. Went on the field after the game. Scooped up some home plate dirt with a beer cup. Still have the dirt.

[TLO]

Not even close to being born yet.

[Strongside]

I was on a strict dairy diet. Then I grew teeth so that I could eat solid food the following year. It was a dark period in my life.

[Bearcat]

I was 5 and don't remember the WS at all. I've only experienced playoff disappointment at Arrowhead, so I bought tickets to the first ALDS game just in case.

[gblowfish]

Poll forthcoming....

In the late summer of 1985 my father enrolled me in Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, MO. At the time, I was 13 years old and had braces on my teeth and had to be taken to KC for orthodontics work. From Lexington we had to take I 70 into town.

Anywho, because of a year at a Missouri military school and the need for orthodontia, I'm a Royals fan.

You're a Wentworth guy? I got married at the Catholic Church right next to Wentworth! Most of my Wentworth buddies were already in Columbia by the time you where there in 1985, but you might know the names, Sellers, Keller or Wrisinger. Know any of those folks?

[shakesthecat]

21 living in Des Moines. I feel very fortunate to have grown up during the glory years.

I'm happy that the young bucks here get to experience what a playoff run is like. I hope we get many more.

[CaliforniaChief]

I had just turned 12. My parents actually let me miss our church's evening worship service so I could stay home and watch the game. I still remember going nuts when Motley caught Van Slyke's deep fly ball but had no idea it would be the last time I'd see a Royals playoff game until my 40's.

I grew up in Central Iowa and our trips to Kansas City were our summer vacation...we'd get the Royals ticket thing in the mail and pick the series we would go to and do day things at Worlds of Fun and Coolcrest to pass the time between ball games...and then as I got older, I would go to the parking lot to get autographs as players came into the stadium.

Good memories. Now I have a 14 year old son who's just as excited about the Royals as I was as a kid, and we're enjoying this ride together.

I'll be at the LA Kings' preseason game tonight but man if we clinch tonight I'll celebrate right in the middle of Staples Center.

[TIED5573]

Game 7 Joachim Andouhar (?) meltdown was epic.

(Have seen the Chiefs win a Super Bowl, too);-)

[Dartgod]

Game 7 Joachim Andouhar (?) meltdown was epic.

(Have seen the Chiefs win a Super Bowl, too);-)

Wow, that was butchered.

Joaquin Andujar

:D

[Hootie]

4 months old!!!

[Baby Lee]

13 turning 14 mid-series. KU is a close 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th, but when Dane Iorg hit in the winning run in game 6 was probably the most excited I was about a sporting event in the moment. I was jumping all around the living room like a howler monkey.

[Archie F. Swin]

You're a Wentworth guy? I got married at the Catholic Church right next to Wentworth! Most of my Wentworth buddies were already in Columbia by the time you where there in 1985, but you might know the names, Sellers, Keller or Wrisinger. Know any of those folks?

Definitely Sellers. I think old man Sellers ran the joint.

[gblowfish]

Definitely Sellers. I think old man Sellers ran the joint.

Yep, I'm buds with one of his boys (Jim).

[gblowfish]

Wow, that was butchered.

Joaquin Andujar

:D

We called him 'Walking Underwear."

[SPchief]

I was 4. I've seen game 6 and 7 on old vhs tapes. Never have I had any memory of a clinch

[Great Expectations]

I was 8 and an avid Royals fan at the time having been to many games over the previous 3 years. I attended the games vs the A's that led to the postseason berth, but watched the playoff games on TV.

[Three7s]

I was 4. I've seen game 6 and 7 on old vhs tapes. Never have I had any memory of a clinch
I remember watching that Youtube video of game 7 of the Royals/Cards WS. I was thinking to myself, "this is the last time the Royals were truly good".

[alpha_omega]

Sophomore in HS.

Skipped school to go to the parade...ill never forget that.

[siberian khatru]

After the Royals won Game 7, I got busted by the RA's for stealing toilet paper from the dorm bathroom so I could TP the campus trees.

Through the years I drank a shit-ton of beer in my dorm and once set off some firecrackers in the middle of the night on the floor above, but the only thing I got written up for was stealing two rolls of toilet paper to celebrate the World Series. I'm sure they were Cardinal fans.

[Pablo]

-10 months old. Maybe my Dad was squirting me out sometime around then.

[Mike in SW-MO]

Sophomore year at Mizzou.

I grew to despise all things Cardinal at that time.

[lewdog]

I was one month old. My mom told me that when the WS was on TV, my dad would take care of me while she went to bed early. So I suppose I did watch the games!

[siberian khatru]

Sophomore year at Mizzou.

I grew to despise all things Cardinal at that time.

Do I know you? :D

[DMAC]

5 year old kid living in Chicago.

First World Series I halfway understood.

Picked the winner as my lifelong team.

:facepalm:

[bevischief]

In 5th grade watching the game.

[gblowfish]

My brother was 19 and I was 20 years old. Stood behind home plate as well. People surrounding us bought us beer because we were underage. Went on the field after the game. Scooped up some home plate dirt with a beer cup. Still have the dirt.

That's very cool. I remember after Motley hit his homer and the Royals just started to roll, the wheels fell off the Cards, and their fans all started leaving. It was a thing of beauty.

[TribalElder]

Poll forthcoming....

I was born in Topeka but my family moved to southwest Oklahoma when I was 6 years old. Had I never returned to Kansas/Missouri, Its doubtful I would be a Royals (or Chiefs) fan. Neither one of my parents were fans of KC sports teams. In the late summer of 1985 my father enrolled me in Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, MO..

What company were you in ? I knew a few delta dawgs who went there. Not the same time frame as you though.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

I LEFT southwest Oklahoma in 85.

Thank you, sweet merciful Jesus.

[dmahurin]

I was 15 months old and have zero memory of it. This is the first time in my adult life the royals are relevant this late in the season. Im not sure howbto react to it.

[ChiTown]

College student. Was living the dream, and hanging in Westport the night the Royals won the WS

[Archie F. Swin]

What company were you in ? I knew a few delta dawgs who went there. Not the same time frame as you though.

Foxtrot

[Big Poppa Payne]

I was 7 years old, watched it at home with my dad and brothers. We only lived a couple miles from the stadium. I remember going outside during one point in the game and hearing the roar from the crowd.

[Archie F. Swin]

I LEFT southwest Oklahoma in 85.

Thank you, sweet merciful Jesus.

Fort Sill?

[suzzer99]

I was 16. Went to the game they clinched that year. I actually worked at the Mid-Continent library in Blue Springs at the time. I remember being so excited when the Sports Illustrated came.

After game 6 I waited 10 minutes to call my buddy's house and they were still screaming so hard they couldn't talk on the phone.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Fort Sill?

Weatherford.

[sd4chiefs]

Was at Game 7 with a SRO ticket. Unreal scene. 11-0.

I was also there sitting in GA left field.

[Start Croyle]

I was two months old.

[Mama Hip Rockets]

I was 3.

[AustinChief]

College student. Was living the dream, and hanging in Westport the night the Royals won the WS

damn you, that sounds awesome.

[Dave Lane]

Poll forthcoming....

I was born in Topeka but my family moved to southwest Oklahoma when I was 6 years old. Had I never returned to Kansas/Missouri, Its doubtful I would be a Royals (or Chiefs) fan. Neither one of my parents were fans of KC sports teams. In the late summer of 1985 my father enrolled me in Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, MO. At the time, I was 13 years old and had braces on my teeth and had to be taken to KC for orthodontics work. From Lexington we had to take I 70 into town. One of my favorite things to see on the trip was the Truman Sports Complex. It made quite an impression on me as a young man from a small town in Oklahoma. I was inspired by the size and design of the stadium and the way it opened up to the freeway.

Those trips alone were enough to make me want to support the teams that called those stadiums home. I was not a major league baseball fan at the time, so I didn't know that '85 would be a big year for the Royals. I do remember one night my father picked me up from campus ad we drove into town and as we passed the Royals stadium and he said that the World Series was being played there. Looking back, I can safely assume it was a Saturday game (Game 1 or Game 6). What's really strange is, even though many of my fellow cadets were from KC and we had a TV in the barracks, I have no recollection of seeing a WS game on TV.

Anywho, because of a year at a Missouri military school and the need for orthodontia, I'm a Royals fan.

Company C here.

[BigMeatballDave]

Not quite 15

[srvy]

I was 29 watched every game on TV. Seen the parade from the 24 floor of the ATT town pavilion under construction while dangling my legs over the steel beams. I had the best vantage ever. Most the iron workers for American Bridge were from back east and Yankee fans. We flipped them a lot of shit.

[Oz_Chief]

I was 8. Lived in Eagle, Idaho just a few miles west of Boise. I was born in KCMO and most of my family lived/s in KCK so I had already attended many Royals games during the summers.

Loved Saberhagen, Brett, and especially Frank White because I played second base in little league.

I remember my older brother and I also really liked Daryl Motley because Motley Crue was huge at the time!

I actually remember more about the series against the Blue Jays. But I watched all the games on a little color TV in my Royals pajamas. It was awesome!

[Deberg_1990]

If that series takes place today, do we still win?

Denkinger/Orta would be overturned obviously

[KChiefs1]

24 living in Emporia KS.

I have every game, pregame & post game on VHS tape.
I recorded ESPN, CNN & all the KC local channels which I have on VHS.
I have the parade on VHS.

Maybe I should transfer them to a DVD?

[Toadkiller]

I grew up in Blue Springs, my parents had season tickets. I was 15, it was the greatest time ever. Chatting with Frank in the parking lot. He had some sort of conversion van, he was all proud that it had a tv.

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[Demonpenz]

orange seats at the K because they are the Royals

[ChiliConCarnage]

I was 7 or so. No real recollection of it happening

[listopencil]

Off the coast of Libya I think.

[FlaChief58]

17, senior in HS.

[Al Bundy]

I was 13 years old and in 8th grade in Florida. The 2 main teams then were the Royals and the hated Yankees.. Fuck the Yankees.

[Kman34]

I was 21... Watched game 6 with my girlfriend/future wife's family who were huge Cardinal fans. Needless to say I wasn't invited back for game 7.

[jet62]

23 years old and working for Eastern Airlines and just moved to Miami. Didn't have a TV so I watched game 6 in a bar before working graveyard shift. Listened to the last innings at work on the radio. Flew home to KC the next morning and watched game 7 with my parents. Flew back to Miami the next day and Joaquin Andujar got on the flight in St. Louis with lots of KC news papers all over the airplane with world champions headlines.

[ROYC75]

24 years old. Watched game 6 at my parents house with my family including my sister's then fiance who was from St. Louis and a big Cards fan.

Watched game 7 with a bunch of friends and then headed to Westport after the game.

Oh shit, I did goof, I just turned 27, I had forgotten a BD in Sept. :D We were living a block south of Ks. Ave. on 9th St in KCK, had just bought a new color TV ( she was pissed off ).

Watched all 14 games of the playoffs & WS right there. I was living in Louisburg Ks, LaCygne,Ks or Derby Ks for the other playoffs & WS appearances.

[58-4ever]

I was four years old and just started noticing my boners.

[cmh6476]

I was almost 7. Damn, it's been a long time.

[TrebMaxx]

I was 22, in the Army and stationed in Germany. It was somewhat cool as the reality that the I-70 series would be a reality as there were quite a few Missouri guys in my unit. Leading up to the series all of us were rooting for both teams to make it to the WS. Unfortunately we were a Field Artillery unit and it just so happened that we were sent to the field, or Grafenwoehr for any body that may be familiar with that hell hole during the series. Didn't find out who won it until a couple of days after the series was over. I would have been happy either way it would have gone, KC is my AL team and STL is my NL team. I just keep hoping that another I-70 series will happen again so I can experience it.

[Lonewolf Ed]

I was a senior in high school in September of 1985. I was a Royals fan, but didn't skip school like more than half the student body did when the Royals won the series and had a parade in KC.

[chiefqueen]

21 year old college junior

[Big Tedd]

I was 13 yrs old. Had a Bball game and my Dad dropped me off and listened to the game in the car. I was kinda confused at the time. My Dad was always at all of my games. Now I get it.

[alnorth]

7. I was in Texas. My family had no interest in MLB, much less the Royals.

[a pp roach]

https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~gfield/images/travel/stonehenge/Cblank.gif

Lower left quadrant.

[007]

Junior in high school. Thought I-70 Series was the dumbest name for that World Series too. Should have been the Show Me Series.

[cdcox]

I was always a football fan first, but there was a time when I was true blue Royals fan.

I remember when Paul Schaal was the Royals 3rd baseman. Lou Pinella was one of our guys. Freddie Patek, Cookie Rojas. Scrappy teams with ALCS dreams.

I poured over the box scores every day in the 1970s. I loved those teams built around line drives, base running, defense and pitching.

I survived losing the 1976 ALCS to the Yankees. But losing the way we did, in the 9th inning in the 5th game, took a great deal out of me as a sports fan. I went to bed stunned and woke up stunned. I don't think I said a word before 10:00 AM the next day at school. Devastating. I learned I needed to protect my emotions from sports teams.

1977 was stunning. They drew me back in. 102 wins. A couple of really impressive win streaks. That team was so good. We were unbeatable. Until the Yankees. Not as dramatic, but how could we put forth a better team than that one?

1978. Third time is the charm! No, not for the Royals. We'll never win anything.

1980. I wanted George Brett to hit .400 so bad. .400! Couldn't quite get it done. My second favorite regular season as a Royals fan after 1977. We finally made it to the World Series and it was nice to get that monkey off our backs. The World Series was anti-climatic for me. I was a sophomore at Mizzou at the time and too busy with school to devote my full attention to the series. Besides, this team was a shadow of the 1977 team. It seemed clear we weren't as good as the Phillies. My clearest memory from that series was Pete Rose bouncing the ball off the turf every time they ended the inning in the field. I hope that bastard never gets in the HOF. By now, I'm completely numb as a Royals fan.

The seasons in between were a blur. Finished my last 2 years of undergrad, got married, then grad school, then early career. No time for a bunch of guys that would disappoint me. I could still name all the players, but much of the core that I loved was long gone.

1985. I watched a few of the playoff games. No big whoop, these weren't my guys any more, other than Brett, White, Wilson, and McCrae. I liked Sabes and Gubicza. Quisenberry was effective but untrustworthy. I may have watched 1 or 2 of games 1-5. We were at a party at my cousin's for game 6. By the 9th inning everyone was focused on the game. Safe? Safe! Instantly it was clear that our fate had changed. We EXPECTED to win game 6 and we did. We EXPECTED to win game 7 and it was a laugher. I really enjoyed that game as a kind of vindication for all the years of post-season disappointment. But it lacked the "umph!" that you get from following a team the entire season. No regrets on my part though.

It was also my swan song. Two years later we moved away from KC for good. Baseball is a slow sport, best followed by going to the park, listening to the games on the radio while doing something else, and reading the local rag. Tough to follow from a distance and not made for TV with the exception of the playoffs. And baseball was never my first love -- that was football.

And the Royals had left scars. The Chiefs were still gashing new ones. I understood that I could only handle one emotional attachment to a sports team, and that would be the Chiefs. So I said good bye to the Royals. I still followed George Brett, but not the rest of the team.

At this moment, I couldn't name a single player. I won't jump on this band wagon. Just not that interested. I wish them well. But even a world championship won't elicit a fist pump, a yell, or cause my feet to leave the ground.

[BWillie]

I was one years old. No effing clue what I was doing. Probably drooling and looking up at some spinning toy in my crib while shitting my diaper

[LoneWolf]

I was one years old. No effing clue what I was doing. Probably drooling and looking up at some spinning toy in my crib while shitting my diaper

So not much has changed in 29 years. nlm

[Archie F. Swin]

Company C here.

Your barracks were over by the Admin Bldg, yes?

[Archie F. Swin]

If that series takes place today, do we still win?

Denkinger/Orta would be overturned obviously

True, it would have been the first out of the inning, but remember, Orta never scored. I think he was thrown out at 3rd. The cards blew several attempts to seal the deal that night.

[rockymtnchief]

Freshman year at Montana State. My best friend was/is a Blue Jays fan. The smack talk was thick during the ALCS.

My dorm roommate was a Cardinals fan. We ended up fighting after game 7 of the World Series. 29 years later, he's still one of the biggest dumb asses I know.

[PunkinDrublic]

9 years old. My family had just moved to Overland Park from KCMO. Was lucky enough to go to game 1. Still have the ticket stubs framed. The year before went to a playoff game against the tigers when they lost 1-0 against Jack Morris.

[Nzoner]

Junior in high school. Thought I-70 Series was the dumbest name for that World Series too. Should have been the Show Me Series.

I used to own a shirt that had a Missouri Mule with a KC Royals logo on its hindquarters kicking the living shit out of a redbird with red feathers flying everywhere that read THE SHOW-ME-STATE SHOWDOWN 11-0

[Nzoner]

IN October of 1985 I was trying my best not to be bothered by my S/O with petty details about our upcoming November wedding so I could watch the series with the guys.

I'll never forget being at a place called Wimpy's in St Joseph with 9 friends during game 7 and we all ordered a fresh pitcher of beer and poured them over one another when that last catch was made.

[RockChalk]

3 years old living in Enid, OK. Pushing around a bubble mower and following around my dad on the golf course were the highlights of my day back then.

[KCUnited]

I was 9 living in a STL Cardinal household. My dad grew up in W. Kansas on the STL broadcast before the Royals came to town. He loved Stan Musial. I was a Royals/Mets fan as my dad let us kids pick our own teams and took us to Kauffman to see the Royals.

It was a long, quiet week after that '85 series. No joke, my dad didn't/couldn't speak to us for a week. He's still a Cards fan first, but he's down with the Royals, though I know he still hates that '85 KC team.

[siberian khatru]

1980. I wanted George Brett to hit .400 so bad. .400! Couldn't quite get it done. My second favorite regular season as a Royals fan after 1977. We finally made it to the World Series and it was nice to get that monkey off our backs. The World Series was anti-climatic for me. I was a sophomore at Mizzou at the time and too busy with school to devote my full attention to the series. Besides, this team was a shadow of the 1977 team. It seemed clear we weren't as good as the Phillies. My clearest memory from that series was Pete Rose bouncing the ball off the turf every time they ended the inning in the field. I hope that bastard never gets in the HOF. By now, I'm completely numb as a Royals fan.



I think it's wildly off base to say the 80 team was "a shadow" of the 77 team. They are very close statistically, the 77 team pretty much tread water through the first half of the season before getting insanely hot in August and September, while the 80 team pretty much dominated the whole season before shifting to cruise control in September. You certainly can make the case the 77 team was overall better, but it's not a slam dunk.

And I still don't believe the Phillies were an obviously better team. The Royals blew a 4-0 lead in Game 1 and late leads in Games 2 and 5. We had those ****ers. We should've won that series.

I also was pissed off with Rose bouncing the ball off the turf. Also when he got hit by a pitch by Leonard in Game 1, starting the Phillies' rally, and he made a big deal of it by taking a step or two toward the mound before running to first. Such an asshole.

[siberian khatru]

I was 9 living in a STL Cardinal household. My dad grew up in W. Kansas on the STL broadcast before the Royals came to town. He loved Stan Musial. I was a Royals/Mets fan as my dad let us kids pick our own teams and took us to Kauffman to see the Royals.

It was a long, quiet week after that '85 series. No joke, my dad didn't/couldn't speak to us for a week. He's still a Cards fan first, but he's down with the Royals, though I know he still hates that '85 KC team.

My dad's a lifelong Cards fan too, and so was I growing up (Royals being 1a, Cards 1b). So I thought it was great when they met in the 85 Series. But Cardinal fans at Mizzou were such insufferable dicks to us Royals fans that they pretty much destroyed my Cardinal fanhood.

[KCUnited]

My dad's a lifelong Cards fan too, and so was I growing up (Royals being 1a, Cards 1b). So I thought it was great when they met in the 85 Series. But Cardinal fans at Mizzou were such insufferable dicks to us Royals fans that they pretty much destroyed my Cardinal fanhood.

I remember thinking it was really cool that KC and STL were playing each other too. I liked guys on that '85 STL team, McGee, Oz, Clark, Pendelton...that was a fun team to watch as a kid. Honestly, even after KC won in '85, I think I was more in love with the Mets. As a kid, when we played ball in the yard, I wanted to be Gooden, Strawberry, or chaw like Dykstra.

[Kraus]

I'm a world series baby. July '86.

[GloryDayz]

The best President of all time had me working his own special form of diplomacy around the world. I was sharing the love and values of the world's greatest country, ultimately guided by a man who wasn't afraid to express his feelings either verbally or otherwise.

I wasn't overly worried about baseball, the military kept me slightly busy, but I sure was happy for them...

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

The best President of all time had me working his own special form of diplomacy around the world. I was sharing the love and values of the world's greatest country, ultimately guided by a man who wasn't afraid to express his feelings either verbally or otherwise.

I wasn't overly worried about baseball, the military kept me slightly busy, but I sure was happy for them...

Obama was President in the 80's? :D

[ChiTown]

Obama was President in the 80's? :D

Oh, my!

[GloryDayz]

Obama was President in the 80's? :D

He was still growing up in Africa, right?

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

He was still growing up in Africa, right?

lmao

[Mr. Laz]

too horny to be locked into watching sports at that time

i paid attention but not freaking out

[underEJ]

Sophomore in HS.

Skipped school to go to the parade...ill never forget that.

I was 15. Our school let us all out for the parade. The headmaster released us with a dire warning of the future. "These things are very rare. Go enjoy it. It might not happen again."

[gblowfish]

My pal Gary and Derrek and I all stood in line the night before tickets went on sale for the WS (no internet then). I drove in from Columbia after getting off work at the radio station at Midnight, arrived around 2AM. There was a line from behind home plate all the way around the outer part of the stadium. Derrek had fell asleep in his car (he was stoned and was supposed to get in line for us) so instead of being up close in line, our spot was right under the big scoreboard in center field. Then, about five minutes after getting in the line. It started raining. I mean solid, steady, soaking rain. And it rained all night and all morning and didn't stop until we were about 50 yards from the ticket window. We were all soaking wet rats.

When I got to the window, they'd only let you buy two seats. I bought two for Game 2 (Game 1 was sold out by then). So I'm walking back to my car and I noticed the line wasn't nearly as long as it was from 13 hours previous. I think a lot of people assumed the games would all be sold out right away. I got back in line, and got back to the window about 10 minutes before it closed at 5pm. All that was left was standing room for Game 7. Nobody thought it would go 7 games, but I bought two anyway.

Cards won both game 1 and 2 at Royals Stadium. I remember after game 2, I was trudging back to the car with my friend Gary, and these Cardinal fans were behind us razzing us. Gary turned and said "We'll see you assholes back here next week for game six and seven." They just laughed at us and laughed and laughed.

Gary was right.

Gary's dad got tickets for Game 6 at his workplace. He won a drawing. So Gary and his dad got to go to Game 6. When Iorge drove in Sundberg for the win, the stadium went complety nuts. Gary said his dad (who was 60 at the time) was jumping up and down yelling "It's raining beer! It's raining beer!!" We all knew after Game 6 we were gonna kick their ass in Game 7.

Those Game 7 tickets got more and more valuable as the week rolled on. I took my dad that night. On the way in, I had a guy offer me $1000 for the tickets. And these are standing room, mind you. He was wearing Cardinal gear. I told him to go f himself.

What a great night. I still remember driving home. Every one was honking their horns and people were literally dancing in the street.

That's something you younger guys have never seen in KC. That's why the last 29 years have been so soul crushing. Because I've seen the top of the mountain. I've been there and lived it. Hope you young guys get to live that someday too. There's nothing like it.

[Kraus]

That's something you younger guys have never seen in KC. That's why the last 29 years have been so soul crushing. Because I've seen the top of the mountain. I've been there and lived it. Hope you young guys get to live that someday too. There's nothing like it.

All I've seen are Chiefs playoff chokes and bad Royals baseball...

[Eleazar]

I was in kindergarten.

[Nzoner]

Those Game 7 tickets got more and more valuable as the week rolled on. I took my dad that night. On the way in, I had a guy offer me $1000 for the tickets. And these are standing room, mind you. He was wearing Cardinal gear. I told him to go f himself.


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[Donger]

I vividly remember one of the WS games being on TV, but I was getting blown at the time. Wasn't a Royals fan.

[WilliamTheIrish]

I vividly remember one of the WS games being on TV, but I was getting blown at the time. Wasn't a Royals fan.

I hope you were gentle on prison bitch.

[WilliamTheIrish]

23. Prime of life.

Spent a lifetime at the ballpark. Game 6 SRO.

Game 7 on TV with a 16 month old son on my lap.
I so badly wanted to call in sick and drive to Chicago to watch them clinch a playoff berth.

[underEJ]

I also remember Westport that night. Pretty tame compared to the destructive celebrations popular nowadays, but it was jammed with people walking, high fiving, driving, honking, shouting, singing, drinking, climbing light poles, a bit of arresting, but mostly just alot of fun going on in one place.

[Dartgod]

I also remember Westport that night. Pretty tame compared to the destructive celebrations popular nowadays, but it was jammed with people walking, high fiving, driving, honking, shouting, singing, drinking, climbing light poles, a bit of arresting, but mostly just alot of fun going on in one place.

I was the guy in the purple CJ-5 Renegade, blasting Queen's "We Are The Champions".

[Donger]

I was the guy in the purple CJ-5 Renegade, blasting Queen's "We Are The Champions".

8-track?

[Dave Lane]

Your barracks were over by the Admin Bldg, yes?

They were next to Delta. I heard at some point it had burned down. Back windows overlooked the football field.

[Dave Lane]

I had actually got back in the US the night before, at the end of the infamous game 6, from Monaco. Was very jet lagged the next day to watch the blow out victory. It was hard to find information in Monte Carlo about the game but I managed to find the score each day. I thought when St, Loser got to 3 games and I was in Switzerland it was over.

[Baby Lee]

I think it's wildly off base to say the 80 team was "a shadow" of the 77 team. They are very close statistically, the 77 team pretty much tread water through the first half of the season before getting insanely hot in August and September, while the 80 team pretty much dominated the whole season before shifting to cruise control in September. You certainly can make the case the 77 team was overall better, but it's not a slam dunk.

And I still don't believe the Phillies were an obviously better team. The Royals blew a 4-0 lead in Game 1 and late leads in Games 2 and 5. We had those ****ers. We should've won that series.

I also was pissed off with Rose bouncing the ball off the turf. Also when he got hit by a pitch by Leonard in Game 1, starting the Phillies' rally, and he made a big deal of it by taking a step or two toward the mound before running to first. Such an asshole.

The first memory I have of getting pissed off about sports was Rose sneaking his knee into the strike zone for that hit by pitch.

[Baby Lee]

All I've seen are Chiefs playoff chokes and bad Royals baseball...

And two KU national championships.

[eDave]

Freshman year at NWMSU. Went on a celebratory panty raid with some mob. Good times.

[splatbass]

I was 24, and living in Sunnyvale, California. I didn't get to watch them much during the season because they weren't on TV there, but I watched the playoffs and World Series with my then girlfriend (now wife).

[SCTrojan]

I was a senior at USC, watching game 7 at a bar close to campus. Of course, I was the only Royals fan within 100 miles of that place.

Having moved to the KC area when I was 10, I'd known nothing but Royals teams in the playoffs. I figured it was my birth right to root for one of the best franchises in baseball for the rest of my life. Lord, what an idiot I was.

[Deberg_1990]

Top 5 movies at the box office from this same weekend in 1985


Invasion USA
Agnes of God
Back to the Future
Teen Wolf
Pee Wees Big Adventure

[cdcox]

I think it's wildly off base to say the 80 team was "a shadow" of the 77 team. They are very close statistically, the 77 team pretty much tread water through the first half of the season before getting insanely hot in August and September, while the 80 team pretty much dominated the whole season before shifting to cruise control in September. You certainly can make the case the 77 team was overall better, but it's not a slam dunk.

And I still don't believe the Phillies were an obviously better team. The Royals blew a 4-0 lead in Game 1 and late leads in Games 2 and 5. We had those ****ers. We should've won that series.

I also was pissed off with Rose bouncing the ball off the turf. Also when he got hit by a pitch by Leonard in Game 1, starting the Phillies' rally, and he made a big deal of it by taking a step or two toward the mound before running to first. Such an asshole.

I went back and looked at it and you are right, 1980 and 1977 were fairly comparable.

Maybe it was the East-coast-biased media that built up the Phillies so much in my mind. We seemed like underdogs. After getting lashed by the Yankees 3 straight years, I'm pretty sure I was suffering form battered fan syndrome.

[2bikemike]

When the Royals won the World Series I was floating in the Persian Gulf aboard a Navy Ship. I didn't get to watch one inning of the playoffs or the Series.

As soon as they won my mother rushed out to western union and sent a telegram to me on the ship. The telegram arrives via the radio room on the ship. They sent somebody down to get me to go up to the Radio room to receive my message. On my way up the Captain comes on the intercom and announces the win to the entire crew. I get to the radio room and was handed the message. As I was headed back down to the engine room I pass the captain and he tells me to thank my mom for sending the message.

I always thought that it was pretty cool that my mom did that. She knew it would mean a lot to me since I suffered through all those times we got ousted by the Yankees.

[AJKCFAN]

10,561 endless days and nights it's been. Almost 1,309 weeks. Nearing 348 months. 29 years doesn't even really come close to describing the torture. Sunday October 27, 1985 until now. That's how long it's been.

For all those who've known me - it's not the Chiefs or the Islanders or the Kings or Mizzou that's my All-Time sports favorite team of all. It's my "first true love". THE ROYALS!!! Shoot, I NAMED MY FREAKING SON BRETT FOR GOD'S SAKES!

And ever since that incredibly memorable night, there's been 29 years, 29 baseball seasons - and soooooo much misery being a Royals fan. We all would watch 203 baseball teams clinch playoff spots and spray champagne all over each other and hoist trophies and wonder (here in the heart of Yankees Country) - will this ever happen again for the Royals, the team we all here love, celebrate like EVERY OTHER TEAM HAS?

And now tonight - it FINALLY has happened! THE longest current postseason drought in baseball, football, basketball and hockey combined has come to a merciful END!!

THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS HAVE MADE THE MLB PLAYOFFS!!!!!!!!!

Sunday September 27, 1985 was when we saw the last Royals playoff game. And come Tuesday September 30, 2014 - me and Brett and my bro are going to Kansas City and we WILL be there live to see the Royals play their NEXT playoff game!!!!

Dad, THEY DID IT!!!!! THEY'RE BACK!!! THEY'RE FINALLY BACK!!!!

[gblowfish]

10,561 endless days and nights it's been. Almost 1,309 weeks. Nearing 348 months. 29 years doesn't even really come close to describing the torture. Sunday October 27, 1985 until now. That's how long it's been.

For all those who've known me - it's not the Chiefs or the Islanders or the Kings or Mizzou that's my All-Time sports favorite team of all. It's my "first true love". THE ROYALS!!! Shoot, I NAMED MY FREAKING SON BRETT FOR GOD'S SAKES!

And ever since that incredibly memorable night, there's been 29 years, 29 baseball seasons - and soooooo much misery being a Royals fan. We all would watch 203 baseball teams clinch playoff spots and spray champagne all over each other and hoist trophies and wonder (here in the heart of Yankees Country) - will this ever happen again for the Royals, the team we all here love, celebrate like EVERY OTHER TEAM HAS?

And now tonight - it FINALLY has happened! THE longest current postseason drought in baseball, football, basketball and hockey combined has come to a merciful END!!

THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS HAVE MADE THE MLB PLAYOFFS!!!!!!!!!

Sunday September 27, 1985 was when we saw the last Royals playoff game. And come Tuesday September 30, 2014 - me and Brett and my bro are going to Kansas City and we WILL be there live to see the Royals play their NEXT playoff game!!!!

Dad, THEY DID IT!!!!! THEY'RE BACK!!! THEY'RE FINALLY BACK!!!!
Good for you man. Great night to be alive. I didn't know (seriously) if I'd ever see it happen. Amazing.

[FloridaMan88]

I was at Game #1 of the '85 World Series… just shy of my 5th birthday at the time so I remember little.

[ChiTown]

10,561 endless days and nights it's been. Almost 1,309 weeks. Nearing 348 months. 29 years doesn't even really come close to describing the torture. Sunday October 27, 1985 until now. That's how long it's been.

For all those who've known me - it's not the Chiefs or the Islanders or the Kings or Mizzou that's my All-Time sports favorite team of all. It's my "first true love". THE ROYALS!!! Shoot, I NAMED MY FREAKING SON BRETT FOR GOD'S SAKES!

And ever since that incredibly memorable night, there's been 29 years, 29 baseball seasons - and soooooo much misery being a Royals fan. We all would watch 203 baseball teams clinch playoff spots and spray champagne all over each other and hoist trophies and wonder (here in the heart of Yankees Country) - will this ever happen again for the Royals, the team we all here love, celebrate like EVERY OTHER TEAM HAS?

And now tonight - it FINALLY has happened! THE longest current postseason drought in baseball, football, basketball and hockey combined has come to a merciful END!!

THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS HAVE MADE THE MLB PLAYOFFS!!!!!!!!!

Sunday September 27, 1985 was when we saw the last Royals playoff game. And come Tuesday September 30, 2014 - me and Brett and my bro are going to Kansas City and we WILL be there live to see the Royals play their NEXT playoff game!!!!

Dad, THEY DID IT!!!!! THEY'RE BACK!!! THEY'RE FINALLY BACK!!!!

Dude!!! It's great to see you. Don't be such a stranger. You are a great fan and a great poster. So good to see you around, Adam!

[WhawhaWhat]

I was 3 years old.

[AJKCFAN]

Dude!!! It's great to see you. Don't be such a stranger. You are a great fan and a great poster. So good to see you around, Adam!

Thanks buddy! I'm always around here. I've seen every game thread Al North, Roy, you, Bruiser, etc. have done. I've stayed away mainly due to superstition - only showed up on one thread on the Gordon walkoff HR to beat the Twins on my birthday (August 26 - now that HR REALLY has meaning!!!!) but I've been here all along. Out here in NY, can't watch the games so between ESPN Scorecenter and game threads here, I'd follow along and usually in tight games I'd go here to know what really happened first.

It's such an awesome feeling! 41 years old now. I was around for and remembered a really good bit of the glory days. This moment easily is in my Mount Rushmore of best ever moments as a Royals fan.

How bout this? 2014 marks the first year EVER the Royals AND the Chiefs played at least one playoff game in the same calendar year!!!!

[rockymtnchief]

How bout this? 2014 marks the first year EVER the Royals AND the Chiefs played at least one playoff game in the same calendar year!!!!

That used to drive me nuts!!! In the 70's and 80's, the Royals ruled and the Chiefs sucked ass. Then DT came along and the tides changed the other way. You were heartbroken six months out of the year for the last 40 years.

[Hootie]

Thanks buddy! I'm always around here. I've seen every game thread Al North, Roy, you, Bruiser, etc. have done. I've stayed away mainly due to superstition - only showed up on one thread on the Gordon walkoff HR to beat the Twins on my birthday (August 26 - now that HR REALLY has meaning!!!!) but I've been here all along. Out here in NY, can't watch the games so between ESPN Scorecenter and game threads here, I'd follow along and usually in tight games I'd go here to know what really happened first.

It's such an awesome feeling! 41 years old now. I was around for and remembered a really good bit of the glory days. This moment easily is in my Mount Rushmore of best ever moments as a Royals fan.

How bout this? 2014 marks the first year EVER the Royals AND the Chiefs played at least one playoff game in the same calendar year!!!!

If you ever have an extra $120 or so laying around...

MLB.TV is excellent. I've had it for four years now and it has really gotten me attached to this Royals team.

They have their flaws...but damn.

I love these guys.

[Archie F. Swin]

I raise a glass to all of my fellow long-suffering Royals fans.