CLEVELAND
On Monday back in Kansas City, Frank White was on the phone, listening to a statistic he could not believe. In the last 30 baseball seasons, 10 teams have faced a 3-1 deficit in the World Series. All 10 have lost; none even pushed the series to a decisive seventh game.
Not since the 1985 Royals has a team pulled off a 3-1 comeback in the Fall Classic. Not since the 66-year-old White was a 35-year-old second baseman has baseball seen such a stunner in the season’s final days.
“Wow,” White said, taking a break from his post as the Jackson County executive.