The Kansas City Royals Tickets : The Royals Quickly Became A Powerhouse

The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City

, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From 1973 to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium. The Royals have participated in two World Series, winning in 1985.

The "Royals" name originates from the American Royal, a livestock show, horse show, and rodeo held annually in Kansas City since 1899.The "Royals" name may also have been selected as a respectful recognition of the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro League and a nod to the Kansas City Blues franchises of the Western League and American Association.

This is reflected in the similarity of the Royals logo to that of the Monarchs.Entering Major League Baseball as an expansion franchise in 1969, the club was founded by Ewing Kauffman, a Kansas City businessman. The franchise was established following the actions of Stuart Symington, then-United States Senator from Missouri, who demanded a new franchise for the city after the Athletics Kansas City's previous major league team from 1955 to 1967 moved to Oakland, California.

The new team quickly became a powerhouse, appearing in the playoffs 7 out of 10 seasons from 1976 to 1985, including one World Championship and another pennant, led by stars such as George Brett, Frank White and Bret Saberhagen. The team remained competitive through the mid-1990s, but more recently has posted a winning record only once in the past 15 seasons.

The Royals began the 2010 baseball season on a rocky start. After the team's record worsened to a 12-23 season, the Kansas City Royals and General Manager Dayton Moore made the tough decision of firing then-manager Trey Hillman. After Hillman's departure, former Milwaukee Brewers manager Ned Yost took over and became the new manager. His main focus was to get the Royals mindset on a winning season.

The Royals, up through the first half of the season, were leading the MLB in team batting average. They had at least 10 hits on many of their games and even reaching 20 hits twice. They were known for scoring late in the game (7th, 8th, 9th, and extra innings) and scoring with two outs. David DeJesus, leads the MLB with the most consecutive errorless games. Joakim Soria was chosen to represent the Royals in the All-Star game in Anaheim. Bud Selig, Commissioner of Major League Baseball, confirms that Kauffman Stadium, home of the Kansas City Royals, will host the 2012 MLB All-Star Game.

Racking up runs against the Kansas City Royals - the Royals allowed 42 runs in a three day span from Sunday, July 25, 2010, giving up 12 runs against the New York Yankees, 19 runs on Monday, July 26, 2010 against the Minnesota Twins, and another 11 the following day against the Twins. This streak of runs allowed has set a franchise record.

Historically, one of the Royals' major rivalries was with the New York Yankees. The rivalry stems largely from the period between 1976 and 1980, when both teams were in top form and met four times in five years for the American League Championship Series. An older factor in Kansas City-New York relations is the "special relationship" between the Yankees and the Kansas City A's during the 1950s, in which Kansas City's best players (such as Roger Maris and Ralph Terry) were repeatedly sent to New York with little compensation.

The Royals' recent lack of success, however, as well as the Yankees' more popular and historic rivalry with the Boston Red Sox has caused this rivalry to lose its prominence. Also of note are division rivalries with the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, and Minnesota Twins. In the early 2000s, Detroit and Kansas City had a number of bench clearing brawls.

Forgotten in recent years is the old division rivalry between the Royals and the Oakland Athletics. In the early 1970s, Oakland won three World Series titles from 1972-1974, and after the A's left Kansas City under less than honorable terms, a strong rivalry existed between the two teams during this period. This was soon forgotten by the late 1970s when the Royals came to prominence and the terrific rivalry with New York began. Also strong in the late 70s was the rivalry against the California Angels, particularly in the fights for the American League West pennant in 1979.

The Royals' most prominent rivalry is with the intrastate St. Louis Cardinals, stemming back to the Royals' victory over the Cardinals in the 1985 World Series. The series is still a source of contention among fans, notably the controversial call in the bottom of the ninth of game 6 in which Jorge Orta was called safe on a play that replays later showed him out. A Royals rally let them tie and later win the game and then later the series.

Interleague play in 1997 allowed the I-70 Series to be revived in non-exhibition games. The first few seasons of the series were rather even, with the Cardinals holding a slight advantage with a 14/13 record through the 2003 season. Through the 2010 season, the Cardinals hold the series advantage 34/26. The Royals took two out of three from the Cardinals in 2010 behind victories from starting pitchers Zack Greinke and Bruce Chen.

by: Amanda Harrison

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