The Magical Mystery Tour Continues- 11 In A Row For KC

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The HQ has cone to appreciate what Ned Yost is doing- and all the crazy, borderline genius that goes with it...

And we're saying 11 in a row because they won the last three in the 1985 baseball championship, then have won the play-in game, the Division Series, and now the ALCS...

You know that this will be shown early on in the discussions of the roll the Kansas City Royals are on...


Ned Yost's genius has worked on multiple levels that include speed, stealing bases, and moving from station to station

It includes your number three hitter BUNTING OVER RUNNERS IN THE FIRST INNING!!!


And a pitching staff that, if you get to the seventh inning, has three relievers lock it down from there...

Enter Greg Holland...


Welcome to the last series of the year, Royals...

ICYMI: Royals Magical Mystery Tour Continues--One Game from World Series

The Kansas City Royals are 7-0 in the American League Playoffs right now.

Yes, at the risk of jinxing their crazy ride, they've won seven straight games. And sometimes with some crazy finishes, sometimes with amazing plays and sometimes just by plain luck.

Tuesday night, the Royals beat the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 to take a 3-0 lead in the best-of-7 American League Championship Series.

They did it in large part with their pitching and defense Tuesday. Mike Moustakas made a crazy, lunging, diving over the dugout railings catch and Jerermy Guthrie along with 4 relievers combined to hold the Baltimore Bats in check.

Oddly, the winning run came on a 6th inning sacrifice fly by Billy Butler.

K.C will trot out Jason Vargas to try and clinch their World Series berth since the early 1980's, which ironically is roughly the last time the team was in the playoffs...

That game kicks off Wednesday afternoon...

Here are your Tuesday night highlights...

Moustakas's crazy catch:




And closer Greg Holland finishing the game;

ICYMI: Royals Magical Mystery Tour Continues--Extra Innings ALCS Gm 1 Win

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For the folks in Kansas City, this baseball season has arguably become magical. A late season push to the playoffs. Multiple walk-off wins in the Wild Card game and multiple games in the ALDS.

And now this.

Thanks in large part to Alex Gordon and Mike Moustakas the Royals inched one step closer to a World Series berth with an 8-6 Game 1 win in the American League Championship Series.

Both Gordon and Moustakas hit solo homers in the 10th inning to seal the deal. Gordon drove in 4 runs on the night and made a bunch of crazy good catches in the outfield.

Kansas City jumped out to an early 4-1 lead, but the Orioles came back in the 5th inning to tie it on a double by Nelson Cruz and a single by Ryan Flaherty.

The two teams jockeyed back and forth before K.C erupted off O's Pitchers Darren O'Day and Brian Matsuz. Baltimore would score one run in the bottom of the 10th to make it close, but Kansas City now has serve winning game 1 in Baltimore.

Your highlights from mlb.com:

Magical Mystery Tour: KC Royals Win ALDS Over Angels

They don't have a "Big Budget" operation and until this season had not been in the Major League Baseball playoffs in almost 30-years.

But this year you can call them playoff winners.

The Kansas City Royals beat the Los Angeles Angels 8-3 Sunday night to finish their sweep of a team with a payroll nearly double of what theirs is.

6 Strong innings thrown by top starter James Shields, homers by Mike Moustakas and Eric Hosmer were enough to do the trick as 40,000 plus screaming Kansas City fans had cause celebre...

Kansas City moves on to face another surprise team in the American League Championship series, the Baltimore Orioles in a series that we might actually watch.

The final out, a rather fast fastball by Royals closer Greg Holland courtesy MLB.com: