One of my favorite moments in Kansas City Royals history after their 2015 World Series win was from Jorge López, actually. On September 8, 2018, López, acquired along with Brett Phillips from the Milwaukee Brewers for Mike Moustakas, stepped to the mound for his fifth start of the year. Lopez tossed eight perfect innings.
Perfect games being so rare, potentially watching a Royal do so made the latter innings of the game must-watch TV. There aren’t even enough perfect games in the history of Major League Baseball for each club to even have one. López didn’t get it done—he walked Max Kepler on five pitches and then surrendered a single to Robbie Grossman immediately afterward, thus also losing his no-hit bid.