Royal thoughts

I was out of the country for the entire world series, so I missed any opportunity to blog about the Royals, although my friend, Lions Den Man did an admirable job.

I got a text from a friend who is a Giants fan, offering me condolences on our losses.  As far as I am concerned, none are needed.

We had not been in the playoffs for 29 years so our expectations were low.  Just making the wild card game was a huge success.  Had we lost that game, we would have ended our season, proud to have made the playoffs.  But we won that game.  And then we went to Anaheim.  Every one expected us to get destroyed there, but we won.  In fact, we swept the Angels.  The team with the best record in the American League did not win one game against us.  Then we went to Baltimore, another team that was supposed to destroy us, and we won there too.  Another sweep.

A funny story, my daughter was working on the road in Baltimore the night of the second game.  We had already beat them in the first game.  She was watching the game at a pub which was full of Oriole fans.  They noticed that she was rooting for the Royals and they asked her where she was from.  "Kansas City", was the answer.  The Oriole fans said to her, "would you guys please let us win at least one game?"  Ha ha that is so funny.

We won the wild card, swept the Angels and swept the Orioles.   We took the Giants, a team of dynasty caliber, to the seventh game, to the last inning, to the last out.  One more base hit and the story would have been different.

Royals fans, you have nothing to be disappointed about.  We had a great year.  24 other Major League Baseball teams would have loved to have been in the world series and lost.  We need no condolences, only time to give thanks for a great year.

Our players played with such great heart.  I for one am proud of them.  It was a great moment for our city.  My thanks goes out to the entire Royals organization and  to all of our great fans.  I can't wait until next year.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.