Into the last weeks of Major League Baseball’s regular season now, the teams with the best records in the American and National leagues play in stadiums separated by about 240 miles of Interstate 70.
Never mind that they also are worlds apart.
“Kansas City is the farthest-east Western city in America, and St. Louis is the farthest-west Eastern city,” Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon said.
As such, he added, “The underlying differences between (the cities) are exacerbated during sporting competitions.”
Especially the one they’re on trajectory toward: Royals-Cardinals World Series, The Sequel.
The time is just right for this now, a year after that loaded storyline would have messed with the singular tale of the Royals revival.