[siberian khatru]

Originally Posted by gblowfish

I haven't said much about the post season until today.

I had the honor of being the OP author of the Wild Card Thread last year vs. Oakland, for one of the most historic, if not the most historic game in Royals history. Certainly the biggest game in the last 30 years.

Now that we've won the Central a year later, I look at today with guarded optimism. I think there is some truth with long time KC fans that there is a great deal of battered wife syndrome lurking. I mean, look at me. My teams from childhood have been the Chiefs, Royals and Mizzou. Can you name a bigger Bermuda triangle of failure the past 40 years?

Today I'm just happy that we're in the dance, and we've got home field, although a home team has yet to win a game in this years playoffs.

It's a fact of life that the more you get, the more you want. Then I look at today, and think about those years when this team lost 100 games a season, and I'm grateful we at least have a fighting chance to do great things again this year.

If we lose to Houston in the ALDS will I be disappointed, sure, but I won't be crushed. I'm certainly not expecting us to sweep our way to the series again this year. That's why last year was so once in a lifetime; it just doesn't happen. I think we'll be in a bunch of dogfights this time. But when you really think about it, anything from this point is the good stuff in baseball, it's a reward for being a fan. The Royals have earned a chance to do something magical again, and that's all we can ask as fans.

So, Go Royals, thanks for this year, and let's enjoy the ride.

Well said, George