Welcome to the first “KC Royals Rewind.” We’ll be highlighting interesting moments in the team’s history and players fans may have forgotten, or never realized played for the club. First up is a crucial pinch-hit from the 1985 World Series.
Some say the KC Royals didn’t win the 1985 World Series and maintain to this day that umpire Don Denkinger won it for them. Denkinger’s infamous blown call in Game Six ignited the Royals’ ninth-inning winning rally that forced a deciding Game Seven; but one right or wrong call can’t a victory or World Series championship make.