The Kansas City Royals are the 2015 World Series Champions

Denied by one run, leaving the tying run at third in the seventh game of the World Series last year, the Kansas City Royals won it all this year.

Kansas City clinched their second world title, with a (7-2), 12 inning win over the Mets in game 5.

The Royals join the Pittsburgh Pirates, who 90 years ago in the seventh game of the World Series trailed (4-0) after one inning, as the only teams in baseball history to overcome as much as a 4 run  deficit in a  game in which they faced elimination, and go on to win the World Series.

On a Monday, three weeks ago (it seems like 3 months ago) K.C. trailed the Houston Astros (6-2) entering the top of the eighth inning in Houston, facing elimination.

They rallied for 5 runs in that eighth inning and won. In the just completed World Series, twice they trailed entering the ninth inning, but tied each game and eventually won in extra innings.

Eric Hosmer had a big go ahead two run single in game two and had a key double and great, daring base running to get the Royals two runs to tie last night’s clincher in the 9th inning. He, not Salvador Perez, should have been Series MVP.