Royals Envisioned Success, and Then Saw It Through

When the Kansas City Royals beat the Baltimore Orioles to advance to the World Series on Wednesday, longtime fan Paul Rudd knew just how to celebrate. At his mom's vacated pad, dude! "Party at my mom's, man," Rudd, 45, joked to CNN affiliate KMBC 

The Royals, who hadn't been to the postseason since 1985, are managed by Ned Yost, who was fired by the Brewers with 12 games remaining in the 2008 season after a two-week slide threatened their playoff status. One of Yost's coaches is Dale Sveum, 

The Kansas City Royals are going to the World Series for the first time since 1985. The Royals finished their sweep of the Orioles in the ALCS on Wednesday, setting off a party that Kauffman Stadium hasn't seen in the last 29 

On Saturday, a Kansas City Royals fan was really sad about the fact that he was too broke to take his girlfriend to a Royals playoff game. As any sensible person would do, he looked to amend the situation by taking to Twitter 

Even in our cynical and analytical online sports society in 2014, people sometimes drop their guard to allow for a little room in their cold, dead hearts for a warm-and-fuzzy feel good type of story. The Kansas City Royals