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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 sport of their upcoming American League Division Sequence in opposition to the New York Yankees. They swept their two-game wild-card sequence in opposition to 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 the town. I’ve heard all of the tales about how superior the surroundings was the final time they have been within the playoffs and they are going to go up in opposition to an important baseball workforce within the Yankees, a historic baseball workforce. I am simply excited for these guys after they’re hungry. They’re enjoying nice baseball proper now and to be at [Kauffman Stadium], bought out crowd hopefully … I get to see that October baseball there’s going to be particular.”
Mahomes stated he is searching for the Royals to make up for the frustration he felt as a youngster when his hometown Texas Rangers misplaced in back-to-back World Sequence.
“I have been to a postseason baseball sport again once I was in highschool,” he stated. “I acquired to see [the Rangers] lose, I believe Sport 5, I believe in opposition to the [San Francisco] Giants one yr … I’ve had some shut heartbreaks there with the Rangers, however the Royals are going to show it round for me.”
