The 2014 World Series has been set: Royals-Giants.
That's right: the hometown Kansas City Royals - who bookend 29 years of futility with World Series appearances - are playing Tim's pick to win it all, the San Francisco Giants - who just won their third NL pennant in 5 years.
For KC, this is their third World Series appearance: the Royals famously won in 1985 over the St. Louis Cardinals (a Series that St. Louisans are still upset about, in particular Game 6) and lost to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1980.
For the Giants, it's Series appearance number 20 (6th since moving from New York to San Francisco in 1958).
Series wins (7) came in:
- 1905 (Philadelphia A's)
- 1921 (New York Yankees)
- 1922 (Yankees)
- 1933 (Washington Senators)
- 1954 (Cleveland Indians)
- 2010 (Texas Rangers)
- 2012 (Detroit Tigers)
Series losses (12) for the Giants came in:
- 1911 (Philadelphia A's)
- 1912 (Boston Red Sox)
- 1913 (A's)
- 1917 (Chicago White Sox)
- 1923 (New York Yankees)
- 1924 (Washington Senators)
- 1936 (Yankees)
- 1937 (Yankees)
- 1951 (Yankees)
- 1962 (Yankees)
- 1989 (Oakland A's - a Bay Area Series interrupted by an earthquake)
- 2002 (Anaheim Angels)
We're looking for a good Series.
