KC Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer stood 90 feet from home plate on Sunday night in New York City. He was the tying run in World Series Game 5 with the Kansas City Royals trailing by one run.
The KC Royals had been here before.
In 2014, Alex Gordon had watched as Salvador Perez popped out 90 feet from tying the game to lose Game 7 of the World Series. Third base coach Mike Jirschele had famously put up the stop sign at third base on a ball that rolled to the wall rather than send Gordon to the plate.