-
Adam Teicher, ESPN Workers AuthorOct 3, 2024, 04:29 PM ET
- Coated Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas Metropolis Star
- Joined ESPN in 2013
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes purchased into the possession group of the Kansas City Royals in 2020 and has been patiently ready for postseason baseball to return.
His wait will quickly be over.
The Royals are assured at the least one residence recreation of their upcoming American League Division Sequence towards the New York Yankees. They swept their two-game wild-card collection towards the Baltimore Orioles, with each video games being performed in Baltimore.
“It is superior,” the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback stated Thursday. “It is nice for town. I’ve heard all of the tales about how superior the atmosphere was the final time they have been within the playoffs and they’ll go up towards an ideal baseball crew within the Yankees, a historic baseball crew. I am simply excited for these guys after they’re hungry. They’re taking part in nice baseball proper now and to be at [Kauffman Stadium], bought out crowd hopefully … I get to see that October baseball there may be going to be particular.”
Mahomes stated he is searching for the Royals to make up for the frustration he felt as a teen when his hometown Texas Rangers misplaced in back-to-back World Sequence.
“I have been to a postseason baseball recreation again after I was in highschool,” he stated. “I obtained to see [the Rangers] lose, I believe Recreation 5, I believe towards the [San Francisco] Giants one 12 months … I’ve had some shut heartbreaks there with the Rangers, however the Royals are going to show it round for me.”
