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Crowning the Kansas City Royals: Remembering the 1985 World Series Champs |  | Author: Jeffrey Spivak
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Category: Book
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 619773
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 20th Anniversary ed.
Pages: 200
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 1582618267
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.357
EAN: 9781582618265
ASIN: 1582618267
Publication Date: March 1, 2005
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Dane Iorg stepped back into the batters box. "Look for the ball down," he told himself. Pitcher Todd Worrell of the St. Louis Cardinals wound up and released the pitch low, at the thighs. Iorg whipped around his lumberjack-like arms. The bat met the ball. The bat broke. Radio announcer Denny Matthews suddenly raised his voice: "Little looping fly ball..." And with that, the Kansas City Royals were on the way to their one and only World Series championship. Crowning the Kansas City Royals: Remembering the 1985 World Series Champs revisits the greatest sporting event in Kansas City history, when the Royals rallied from a 3-1 deficit in games, their morbid luck finally turned and the cross-state rivalry between Kansas City and St. Louis was irreparably altered. Written in an engaging and absorbing story-telling style by Jeffrey Spivak of The Kansas City Star, it is the first book of its kind. It recounts how few expected the I-70 series clash to be much of a contest, least of all Cardinals fans. It journeys through the anguish and ecstasy of all seven World Series games, with tales of resiliency and redemption about such players as George Brett, Frank White, Willie Wilson, Bret Saberhagen, Buddy Biancalana, and Charlie Leibrandt. Crowning the Kansas City Royals: Remembering the 1985 World Series Champs also catches up with some of those players today, including World Series star Saberhagen, the light-hitting hero Biancalana, Royals icon Brett, and umpire Don Denkinger, whose infamous call in Game 6 swung the momentum in the Royals favor. Crowning the Kansas City Royals is a memorable retrospective of the "Miracle Royals" on their 20th anniversary.
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A ROYAL BOOK FOR ROYALS FANS August 27, 2010
COOL JEWEL (MACEDONIA, OHIO USA)
JEFFREY SPIVAK DOES A GREAT JOB REVIEWING THE WORLD SERIES VICTORY BY THE ROYALS IN 1985. THE ROYALS WERE CONTENDERS IN THE MID 70'S THRU THE EARLY 80'S. (LOSING TO THE DAMN YANKEES IN THE ALCS) THEN LOSING IN WORLD SERIES TO THE PHILLIES. I REALLY LIKED THE DETAILED AND ACCURATE GAME BY GAME RETELLING THAT MR SPIVAK DOES. I ALSO LIKED THAT HE SPENT TIME TELLING THE READER ABOUT THE LOSING CARDINALS PLAYERS AND MANAGER WHO ARE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL. THE ROYALS MADE A MIRACULOUS COMEBACK FROM LOSING THE FIRST TWO GAMES AT HOME. NEITHER TEAM WAS A POWER JUGGERNAUT. THEY RELIED ON SPEED AND MANUFACTURING RUNS. BOTH HAD A GOOD PITCHING AND PLAYED ON ARTIFICIAL TURF WHICH MADE FOR A PRETTY EVEN MATCHUP. ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT IS COVERAGE OF SOME OF THE ROYALS PLAYERS AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING TODAY. A FEW OF THEM ARE BRETT, WHITE AND SABERHAGEN. ALL IN ALL THIS IS A GREAT BOOK FOR ALL ROYALS FANS WHO REMEMBER THEIR ONE AND ONLY WORLD SERIES WIN. THIS IS ALSO A GREAT ESCAPE FROM THE RECENT AND CURRENT TEAMS WHICH HAVE BEEN VERY BAD WITH NO HOPE IN SIGHT.
 My heart gives this a 5. December 12, 2007
Darrel Drumm (Bunch, OK United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you're a Royals fan (like I am), if you can remember the disappointments of 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981 and 1984 (like I can), if you were on top of the world when the Royals won it all (like I was), this is a book to buy. It is chock full of memories of the 1985 Series, with little interesting facts thrown in about various player's lives after the Series, (where have you gone Buddy Biancalana is answered among others), and neat insights into the running of the Royals that year. "The Call" warrants a chapter of it's own, as does a member of neither team, Don Denkinger.
The only reason I didn't give this book a "5" is that the writing of the book itself is only average, even for a sports book. It doesn't come up to the level of some of the great true-sports authors of our time such as Halberstein.
If you are a true-blue Royals fan, you need this book. If you aren't, it is still a nice story of a team that came together at the right time to win the World Series.
Royals shining moment August 30, 2006
B. E Jackson (Pennsylvania)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Kansas City Royals won the World Series in 1985. Most people aren't aware that the team had a few occasions when they were really good and competitive. Sure, those were many years ago, but you can't take away a World Series victory for a team that truly deserved it that year.
The opinions and memories that this book provides is worth a serious read. Every baseball fan should order this book right away.
Revive the Royals November 21, 2005
Pied Piper (Michigan)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
It's a shame that any Royals team wouldn't be inspired by reading this book. Former Kansas City Royals outfielder Frank White is right, "You've only got a few chances in life when a special challenge is put before you." So I hope future Royals teams will read this book, and maybe that inspiration will help improve the franchise. It was wonderful to experience what the former Royals are up to now-a-days, and Mr. Spivak did a great job in describing the feel of all seven World Series games. Finally, "The Curse of The Call" was a brilliant twist.
I-70 Series: Beyond The Games April 13, 2005
Scooter Loves Baseball (Kansas City)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am a lifelong Royals fan and like many Kansas Citians, I have vivid memories of the games that year. However, I have very limited information about what this series meant at the time to the actual players. This book transcends the box scores and recaps to provide true insights to the thoughts and emotions of the players and the fans. The importance of this series to this team and city is epitomized by the graphic descriptions of players' mental impressions surrounding the key plays in that series. This series was the greatest sporting event in this city's history and this book is a wonderful way to relive the splendor.
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