Wasn't a fan of the Royals since 1985. Even though I was only 9, I remember big fat Steve Balboni got a fluke hit in a game which turned the series around that the Blue Jays were in charge of to that point. Blue Jays still choked it away and missed out on the WS, but that hit from some guy clearly out of shape bugged me. Plus, for some reason, most of the games seemed to be in the afternoon while at school. Finally, they had Dan Quisnberry who had the unorthodox sidearm delivery which was also very annoying for some reason.
I also recall Tony Kubek (who did regular season color for Toronto) turning into a KC fan for the NBC broadcast...a big uproar about him using "Toronto, Canada" lots, as if Americans thought that the game was being played on the moon or something...and considering he was in Toronto all season, it seemed as if he was being a turncoat.
Also, probably because the Royals then got one of the worst calls in history go there way to help them win Game 6 of the WS, staving off elimination, fat ass Balboni part of that as well...then the Cards melting in Game 7. Flukes.
Go Angels.
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