Sports have become so ingrained in the essence of the average American that he or she does not even remember it. Let alone such an important cultural feature of the United States as baseball. “Three strikes and an out,” when you’re talking about someone’s advantage or something like that. Sex in general can only be talked about using baseball catchphrases. One of the most beautifully filmed movies, “How I Met Your Mother,” has a whole series of metaphors between Barney Stinson’s walks and baseball.
As long as you have at least one chance, you don’t lose. That’s a truism often applied to any sport, but it works best in baseball. In soccer, a penalty shootout in the final seconds of a 0-3 score will only help reduce the margin of victory. The same applies to virtually all game types. In baseball, even a last chance by the last batter in a 0-7 score can lead to a comeback.
There is a theory that good stories do not come by themselves. They are made by narrators, and in today’s world this role has been taken over by mainstream television. Its existence depends on the stories that stirred up the viewers and kept them in front of their screens. Typically, if the story does not untwist, then it simply perish in a thousand commonplace events. Or even in a hundred of these very good stories.
The Kansas City Royals’ victory will go down in the golden fund of American sports history. The events of the last two years can make a great unexpanded table.
The Royals’ epic campaign began in the fall of 2014. After winning the 1985 World Series, Kansas fell to the bottom of the MLB. Needless to say, the Royals never made it to the playoffs. Last fall, there was a chance to play the Wild Card against the Oakland Athletics. Twelve hard-fought innings and an uninspiring tie for the Royals.
This match was the genesis of the tie. The Royals won the American League playoffs too easily, preventing the Orange and Orioles from winning one game apiece. The World Series with the Giants did not end in favor of the Royals. San Francisco won the win. Neumovirny Madison Bumgarner outdueled Kansas City Chiefs catcher Salvador Perez at the very end of the sixth game. The name is definitely worth noting for the sake of history.
