Dmd Roster Research Paper

Decent Essays
1985 Royals

The Royals have just won the 2015 World Series, but that's not the only time in history we have won the World Series. 30 years ago the 1985 Royals Roster Conquered the MLB. Lets just say we never gave up and it payed off in the end. The Royals in 1985 were having a great season when they won the American League Championship, and after lots of hard losses, The Royals Roster helped them take the crown and conquer the MLB in 1985 because They had never given up and fought till the very end

Right now in the MLB we have something called a wild card game, when I first heard this I had no idea what it actually meant and it made sense after a while because it actually means the teams in both leagues that have the 4th and 5th best record, it gives the 5th ranked team a chance because they were so close to the top 4, but back in 1985 Wild Card games weren’t even thought of yet. Back then it was just the two teams with the best record in each league faced each other for a spot in the world series. 27 years later in 2012,
…show more content…
Louis Cardinals, but sadly it wasn’t a very good start because we had lost the first two games in Kansas City but won only one of the two games played in St. Louis . So we are down 3-1 in the series again, The Royals had to play with all the fight they had left in them. The Royals had to battle back to keep up a fight if they wanted to win the World Series Championship. Yet again Bret Saberhagen pitched game five which is a victory for the royals as they came back to Kansas city. The Royals trusted Bret Saberhagen to pitch game 7, and they should of because Bret Saberhagen had pitched a great game to win the World Series for the

Related Documents

  • Decent Essays

    Javier Baez Jaquelyn Hochrein It was the sixth game in the world series against the Dodgers! Only one thought was going through Javier Baez’s mind as he bolted down the third base line when all of the sudden the ball that Jon Lester had just hit a bunt with landed in the pitcher glove. “Uh, Oh… I when a little early.” Baez said, as a grin grew on his face. “Or maybe really early, I guess.”…

    • 427 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Two of the White Sox players to start the game was Cicotte and No. 2 starter, Claude “Lefty” Williams. Game 1 was lost 9-1 followed by another loss in Game 2, 4-2. Although, several of the players agreed to throw the game Rookie Dickie Kerr was not one of those, he spun a 3-hit shutout to beat the Reds 3-0 in Game 3. Cicotte started Game 4 he, allowed two runs which easily could’ve been prevented. Jimmy Ring faked out Chicago on three hits.…

    • 497 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The Royals were then able to respond with a run in the top of the second inning. The teams bantered with one another until the Royals were able to take a 4-3 lead in the top of the sixth on Lorenzo Cain’s single. Even though the Indians lost their win streak, the opposing team was still respective. “You don’t want to lose, streak or no streak. What they did over there is amazing…” stated Ned Yost (Royals…

    • 235 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Great Essays

    The 2004 Boston Red Sox season was a magical rollercoaster ride that had all the thrills of Hollywood blockbuster. In the end it culminated in sweet victory for the long suffering fans of one of baseball’s most historic franchises as they ended the infamous curse of the bambino. Winning this World Series for Red Sox was like the feeling of your Birthday, Christmas, and the fourth of July all at the same time. III. As a lifelong Boston Red Sox fan the season holds a very special place in my…

    • 1612 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Great Essays

    The Red Sox proved to be the dominant team in the series and swept the Angels out of the playoffs winning 4 straight games. B. After dismantling the Angels the Red Sox had a date with their worst enemies the New York Yankees. B.1. The series got off to the worst possible start imaginable start for the Sox.…

    • 1481 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    So I turned on the television and started watching. They where playing the Oakland Athletics, winner goes and plays the top seed Los Angeles Angles. Like I said earlier it was the Royals first playoff game in 29 years. But early in the game I was upset because the Royals were losing 7 to 3 early. But before I knew it the royals were tying the game with setting a record of 7 stolen base.…

    • 861 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The White Sox of 1919 are considered to be one of the only teams to successfully fix the World Series because they had a set plan to do it. The 1919 white sox were able to fix the world series because they only let a select few know about the plan, they had other people put the bets for the players so they wouldn’t be seen, and they had people put bets on against them so they could make the most amount of profit as possible. The reason why players from the team decided to go along with fixing the game was because of their commissioner Charles Comiskey, he never paid the players on the team what they truly deserved. He was so cheap to his team he wouldn’t pay for their uniforms to be cleaned which is where the name “The Black Sox” comes from.…

    • 1254 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    This was the most runs given up by a team in ALCS history (Wisnia 2014). The Red Sox were now just one game from elimination and it seemed like everyone had counted them out. In history, there had never been a team come back to win from a 3-0 series deficit. In game 4, the Red sox found themselves trailing 4-3 and just 3 outs from elimination with the Yankees all-star closer, Mariano Rivera, on the mound. After Rivera issued a walk to Kevin Millar, Dave Roberts was sent in to pinch run and promptly stole second base.…

    • 2133 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Texas Rangers (2-1) fall to the Toronto Blue Jays (1-2) by a final score of 5-1 in Arlington Texas. The Rangers bats were silenced for most of the night, and the Blue Jays looked like a team that didn’t want their season to end tonight. Martin Perez (0-1 7.20 ERA) took the loss for the Rangers, while Marco Estrada (1-0 1.42 ERA) got the win for the visiting Blue Jays. Martin Perez got off to a magnificent start for the Rangers, retiring the first six hitters that he faced. Both pitchers were getting after it, and it looked like it was going to be a pitchers duel.…

    • 469 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The world series was played by the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago white Sox. The format used for the series was the best of nine format. Seven players from the White Sox were banned from organized baseball for fixing the series. Gambling had been a presence in baseball long before the Black Sox scandal, and the major league team owners had done little to limit its influence. Rumors of a fix circulated before, during, and after the 1919 series, but the White Sox owner, Charles Comiskey, chose not to investigate them.…

    • 302 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    It was game 3 of the 1932 World Series. George “Babe” Ruth was up to bat. With two strikes and one hit left, what he would do next would change baseball history. Baseball is a big part of today’s society. Choosing Babe was an obvious choice because of the impact he’s had on baseball.…

    • 521 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The city of Chicago was still. It was Game 7 of the World Series, and the Cleveland Indians were hosting the Chicago Cubs. 108 years of pain and sadness could be wiped away. Everyone was somewhere, ready to watch one of the biggest games of baseball to ever be played. I was at a watch party with a bunch of diehard Cub fans.…

    • 816 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Black Sox Trial Essay

    • 1256 Words
    • 5 Pages

    The 1919 World Series was played between the Chicago White Sox (Black Sox), and the Cincinnati Reds. The White Sox were predicted to win the World Series in an easy fashion according…

    • 1256 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The 1920’s were such a booming age of sports that the title “The Golden Age of Sports” was given to it. Baseball in the 1920’s launched a foundation to current baseball, though media popularity and leagues of the roaring twenties and today differ due to more advanced technology and social change, the rules and foundation of baseball have essentially remained the same due to tradition. First, baseball captured attention to America throughout the roaring twenties. “Three strikes,…

    • 1076 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Have you ever wanted to go to a postseason game? It was the middle of October and the Giants just beat the Nationals in the NLDS. My family was watching the game in the living room. My dad had asked us if we wanted to attend NLCS game 1. Obviously being a Giants fan and the game being in St. Louis we would be able to go, so we all agreed we should go.…

    • 371 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays