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KC Royals 2014-2015 World Series Appearances

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Hummdrum
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KC Royals 2014-2015 World Series Appearances

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The Royals almost won 2 titles in a row.
The Chicago Cubs need one more World Series Title to tie the Twins and the Royals.
What did the Royals do that the Twins are not doing now ? I posted this question once and it came down to the Royals bullpen which was awesome but their starters must have been better than ours now.
I can see a season where some team gets eliminated and you fall into the W.S. but KC almost won 2 in a row. What is going on with the MN Twins now ? It's not good.
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Royals had more speed and less K's.
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they had a knack for "keeping the line moving".
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perfect storm of most of their players having career years or peaking plus the back end of the bullpen.

Moose hit .212 in '14 but .280 in '14, hosmer had one of his best stretches and has been worse since the 2 WS runs.

had ben zobrist at his peak as the best utility man in the game

cain was 29
gordon was 31
escobar/cain/dyson stole a crap ton of bases

wade davis was an ok starter, then became the best reliever in the world for a second. has been worse and worse each year and now is bad and hurt (6.23 era 2019 after being under 1 for the royals 2 years)
Greg holland sucks now (2014 1.44era 2015 3.38era but got hurt for WS run...2019 era 4.6)
Ryan Madson sucks now (2015 era 2.13 after not playing for 4 years.... 2018 5.5era, out of league or hurt now)
Kelvin Herrera sucks now (2015 2.7era...2019 7+era)
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thank you Boxter432 for your summary, much appreciated..
The Royals represented our divisiom and I guessed they would NOT return to the
W.S. after narrowly losimg to the Giants but they did and kicked the Mets ass.
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