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  • Jim Quisenberry? oooooohh that hurt. RIP Dan and the the Gipper. We miss you both!

  • @jrsjr81 Yeah, Bobby Cox Blue Jays should have made it to the World Series!

  • @jrsjr81 lol no dude that's just your opinion on how things should be. Every major professional sport has a playoff and that's the way it is and the way it should be in just about everyone's opinion except yours. I don't know what kind of sports world you live in, but in the real sports world a true champion shows its character by qualifying for the plaoffs, making its way through the playoffs, and winning the title.

  • @jrsjr81 It should have been the Cards vs Blue Jays? Well that's why they play the game. The Jays had a 3-1 series lead and they couldn't finish the job, that's baseball. The Royals deserved this championship just as much as any other world series winner.

  • Reagan changed subjects very fast when Brett asked him if he remembered meeting him at the White House. Of course, Reagan did not remember that.

  • I remember this Game IT was an aweseom high

  • Denkinger was MVP.

  • Has it bean that long since we had a great Prez and a great Royals team? Gotta love the 80's.

  • @hallandoat So true the good old days. I miss Ron and the old Royals of 1976-1985!

  • @hallandoat Well, you got the Great Royals team part right.

  • KC, great sports town!

  • why was howard cosell such a jerk. he didn't deserve to be in the booth because he never played a sport. and athletes should be color commentor tim mccarver is a perfect replacement and he acts like a play by play man but he isn't abc is better without. I HATE COSELL Al Michaels Tim McCarver Jim Palmer

  • I wish Al Micheals could call another world series he was great doing it at ABC

  • I've been a Royals fan since 1980, I was 8 yrs. old. I loved the Royals then and I love em now! I just wish they would get their heads outta their asses and spend some money where it needs to be spent, on PLAYERS!

  • Sabes was just a kid.

  • In 1980 the AL series was still a best of five that the Royals won 3-0. In 1985 the AL series moved to seven games which the Royals won 4-3 vs. the Blue Jays.

  • Didn't the Royals come back down 3-1 not only against the Yankees in 1980, but the Cardinals to win the World Series in 1985?

    If I was a Cards fan, given that, I wouldn't be talking shit at all.

  • The Royals deserve lots of credit for coming back the way they did against Toronto in the ALCS & the Cards in the series, but if you've never seen the blown call by umpire Don Denkinger in Game 6 in the bottom of the 9th with the score 1-0 Cards, where Jorge Orta of KC was clearly out, you can't possibly understand how angry a Cards fan might be, & I'm not a Cards fan. It's perhaps the worst call in the history of MLB & the most glaring example I can think of to justify using instant replay.

  • @dzanier Kansas City should never have the chance as Toronto was much better and you had a BIASED AL umpire, thats why u guys won Game 6 and 7 because no one wanted a crappy NL team to win. Shame on the league that houses the Jays

  • You said u guys. I'm not a Royals fan. KC never should have had the chance. You're right. The Cardinals were not crappy in 1985. They won 101 games. There's no way Denkinger called him safe on purpose. The Umps have a lot of integrity. If you're a Jays fan you can only fault Toronto for not closing that ALCS out.

  • The Royals swept the Yanks in the 1980 ALCS.

    You thinking of 1985 when the Royals upset the favored Blue Jays coming back from 3 games to 1 down to win the ALCS and later beat the Cards to win their only world series to date.

  • I miss the days when the President of the USA would immediately call to congradulate whomever won the World Series. It made the World Series feel like a much bigger deal. I think the last time this sort of thing happened was in 1995.

  • Who owns all the titles in Missouri for world series st louis.You guy's won on a call that was very upsetting that ump should have learned the game better.

  • "all"

    Look at the video, obviously it isn't all since the Royals won it.

  • That's why kansas city hasn't made the playoffs in over 15 years.That play cursed the royals forever.

  • @cubbs357

    Curses nothing, it has more to do with contracts and the revenue sharing in this league. The Royals will be 1,000,000 to 1 shot to win the WS because a) Managament would rather pocket the money then go out and spend free agents and b) can't get the high priced player because the Yanks, Mets, Bosox etc just outspend them.

    I feel bad for fans of teams like the Royals, they are Royally fucked every year.

  • @cubbs357 Ever since Ewing Kauffman died, the Royals have downhill. David Glass is one of the worst owners in pro sports today!

  • @TMC1982Part2 I wouldn't say the worst he needs improvement big time.

  • Ohh yeah remember again who is the missouri state champs St louis.

  • Remember the Cards have more titles.

  • the Cards were also sans Vince Coleman for the entire series- freak injury with the Busch stadium tarpaulin in NLCS.

  • It's hard to believe that Dick Howser (the Royals manager) would be dead in two years from a brain tumor. We'll never know how the Royals would've held up (especially towards the end of the '80s w/ the A's gainng strength in the AL West) had he lived longer.

  • What will happen again first, Royals in the world series or a Republican in the white house? neither anytime soon

  • At the start of play on September 29th, 1985, the Royals & Angels were tied in the AL West with records of 86-68. George Brett would hit safely in the next 7 games. In the 7 games... Brett went (11-23) .478 with 5 homers, 8 runs scored, and 13 rbi. The Royals won the division by 1 game. If that stretch didn't win him league MVP, then take a look at the lineup around him. It was far less than what Don Mattingly had in N.Y. ie R. Henderson, D. Winfield. George Brett deserved the 1985 AL MVP award.

  • Simply first I am **not a Cardinal fan.** Second you right to point out the Cardinals still had game 7 to "RECOVER" and instead were blown out. The Cards have no one to blame unless it really was game 7 then they have good point.

    Even the Red Sox after losing one of the biggest blunder ie the Buckner play in championship sports history a year later to the Mets played well in game 7.

    With that said, this call started the movement that 20 years later MLB went to limited use of replay.

  • The new offensive player of year in each league is not 'silver slugger' but similar to what NFL does for offensive and defensive player of years in addition to MVP.

    Dont underestimate Mattingly great 1985 season even with Rickey and Winfield batting in front of him, he still had to produce as #4 hitter at time.

  • Lastly for now the Denkinger play while slightly overblown by the media did have a huge impact in changing the series that Cards might have won in 6 games. The Royals did get a 'huge gift' on that call.

    With that said, the Redbirds had a last chance the next night in game 7and did one of the worst choke jobs in game 7 WS Hitory.

  • Yes that was a bad call but let's not forget that pop-up by Balboni that Jack Clark dropped thus allowing Balboni to single. Then there was the wild pitch &the two-run single. Maybe they tie the game anyway. It is maybe the most blatantly bad call by an umpire I've ever seen, and the fact that Denkinger was the HP umpire for the final game (MLB could not have changed that. That was the rotation) did not help the overall situation. The Cards suffered a collective nervous breakdown in Game 7.

  • Even if instant replay was available in 1985, it would probably be used only for home runs calls like now in 2009.

    IMO instant replay should be used for any plays except for ball and strikes(i know a replay supporter will argue against me but bring it on lol)and if used maybe the cards win the 1985 WS instead of the Royals.

    And maybe George Brett joins Ted Williams as the best player in MLB history never to win a title w/o this bad call. In championships sommetimes you need 'luck' to win.

  • There was also the controversial call in the bottom of the 4th in which White was ruled caught stealing, after which Sheridan singled.

  • I don't recall that but since that actually helped the Cards and not the Royals it's irrelevent as far as it concerned the eventual fate of the Cards. But Thanks for bringing it up.

  • That's what I meant. :-)

    Good teams overcome bad calls.

  • @KingmanIII And the Royals, like a good team overcame a bad call on a stolen base by Frank White (who was SAFE in the 4th inning on a stolen base attempt and would have scored on Sheridan's single) to win the series.

  • @mongoose704 And that WAS in game 6, the one the Cardinals still run the mascara on.

  • Yeah the Cards had a serious breakdown in Game 7

  • @SFFOOL76 They sure did,  in the 3rd inningJohn Tudor the starting pitcher left the game and was was so mad that he cut his figer tip after punching a electric Fan, the 5th inning when shit really went down as White Herzog being ejected and then joaquin Andular who also for a 10 game suspension which was reduced to 5 games

  • @SFFOOL76  Don,t forget the Cards also vandalized their clubhouse after Game 7.Andujair busted up a toilet with a baseball bat.

  • I did some research, and Mattingly batted clean up only twice in 1985. He hit 2nd in 58 games & 3rd in 99 games. So, he was hitting in front of Dave Winfield and following Rickey Henderson and either Willie Randolph or Ken Griffey Sr. That is why I think Brett should have won MVP in '85. He had far less around him, but still put up incredible numbers. It's obvious that if Mattingly did not follow Rickey Henderson he does not drive in 145 runs. But, you do make a good point about offensive poy.

  • Dawson in '87 and Howard in '06 are perfect example of players that should have won opoy and not mvps.

    In '06 Albert Pulios should have the mvp as the Cards won the world series in huge upset win vs the Mets in NLCS and Tigers.

    This situation w/ 1985 mp is an 3rd example ie Brett vs Mattingly in which one should have won the mvp and the other offensive plaer of year.

  • More Brett stats why I think he should have won MVP in 1985. He was walked 103 times with an incredible 31 Intentional walks. He obviously got pitched around. Matt. had only 56 walks and 652 at bats. Brett had only 550 at bats... 102 less than Mattingly. Again, the Yankees had two other HOF players in their lineup and scored 839 runs to the Royals 687. Brett had far less chances but still hit .335 30hr 112rbi 108 runs .436 ob. 103 walks only 49 strikeouts and a league leading .585 slugging pct.

  • You make great point for Brett in why he should have won the mvp in '85? Mattingly winnning(not saying it because i am yankee but i being fair)is not an outrage either. Like i said it was a tough choice to pick either guy who both had great years in 1985.

    Here another reason why IMO MLB and the writers/media really needs an 'opoy"?

    In 1987 Andre Dawson of Cubs had arguably the best offensive season of anyone in the '80's. Yet his team finished dead last. Ditto for Ryan Howard in '06.

  • I remember this series. George Brett was a one-man wrecking crew

  • Best video ever.

  • This is not a 'dis' against the '85 champion Royals but imo the 1980 AL Champs was a better team on paper.

    If Bret Saberhagen was on the 1976-78 and '80 KC playoff teams, they and not the Yankees could have won 'at least 2' straight world series.

    KC only weakness at that time was a great #1 Pitcher ie Cartlon or Guidry. Please no hate mail Royal fans this is being honest.

    That era was great in MLB.

    While NBC broadcast team in 1980's was best Micheals Palmer and McCarver was good.

  • I won't dispute that the '80 team was better than '85, but I don't believe they were the best team in Royals history outside of '85.

    The best Royals team outside of the 1985 team imho was the 1977 team that won 102 games and had a 16-game winning streak. This was Brett, McRae, White, Cookie Rojas, Amos Otis, Fred Patek, and John Mayberry in the lineup with Splittorff, Larry Gura, and Dennis Leonard pitching and Whitey Herzog as the manager. All those names are in the Royals Hall of Fame.

  • the 80 team did not have don dekinger helping them .

  • good point lol. Without maybe the worst call by a umpire in world series history the Royals are the '70/80's version of the Atlanta Braves. Very good teams that could not win the 'big one.'

  • Oh, get over it. It was the first batter of the inning that he made the bad call on. They still could have gotten 3 outs and won the Series. But there was a passed ball, Clark missed a pop up, and the Cardinals relievers gave up hits. Are you going to blame all that on the umpire too? And then what about Game 7? The Cardinals had their ace John Tudor pitching who was 21-8 that season and had pitched a shut out in game 4. However, the Royals won 11-0. So what's your excuse for Game 7, the ump?

  • The Royals totally outplayed the Cards in this Series winning games 3, 5, & 7 by a combined score of 23-2. They held the Cards to a .185 average & only 13 runs for the series. Was there anemic hitting the umps fault too? If the Cards were the better team they would've found a way to get 3 more outs in the 9th inning of game 6. After all, the bad call was made on the FIRST batter of the inning. Or, they would have won Game 7. Instead, they lost 11-0. So, what's your excuse for Game 7, the umpire?

  • I was only 12 years old in 1985, so i dont remember everything. As a Yankee fan I though Mattingly had a very good carrer(cut short by injuries)with signs of greatness at times.

    Simplygu while you make some good points for Brett 1985 was by far Mattingly carrer.

    I always thought MLB should separte and create another award for MLB everyday player(Pitchers not included) for offensive player of the year. In that case give the Offensive nod to Mattingly and MVP to brett. 1985 was close call.

  • Again, you make a great point about offensive poy. However, I would have to give offensive poy to both Mattingly and Henderson. Here are the stats Henderson hit .314 24hr 72rbi 146 runs 99 walks .419 on base & 80 steals Mattingly hit .324 35hr 145rbi 107 runs 48 doubles 211 hits in 652 at bats. Notice how the rbi for Matt. & the runs for Rickey are the same? Mattingly did most of his damage the last 2 months with 23hr 66rbi after August 1st. Also, the Yanks scored 839 runs, the Royals only 687.

  • someone who used to play on the royals is my baseball coach

  • what was his name? Darrell Porter was an assistant coach on my team...RIP Darrell.

  • who is it ?

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