“Round Year Title Anniversaries”

Three of the four current major North American sports league champions won their current crowns in “round year” anniversaries of their last one.

First the New england Patriots, who for all their sustained excellence including a (16-0) pre Super Bowl record seven years earlier, won what was their first title in 10 years.

Next the Golden State Warriors, sans an NBA crown for 40 years and true contender status for 39, won it all.

Then on the first day of November, 30 years and 5 days after another Sunday title clincher, the Kansas City Royals gained their second crown. (World Series and not royal as in royalty or soda. “RC,” as in Royal Crown soda was out there in 1969 when the Royals were born and the franchise they beat in the most recent World Series, the Mets became 100 to 1  World Series winners and their Tom Seaver did Royal Crown soda ads, I do believe.)

Oh time! On a fine show about the Royals’ titles 30 years apart, narrated by Bob Costas, who else today when something is good?!– (with some but far too little of his play by play of the 1985 ALCS, like the 2015 version won by the Royals vs the Toronto Blue Jays) the 1985 World Series is also shown.

If you do not blink after game 5, there I appear to “guide” the great player George Brett to the great player Reggie Jackson for an ABC network interview. It lasts one second and perhaps time went by that fast. Oh and I had hair, a moustache and much more hope. Ah but be grateful for that and other nice moments, past, present and hopefully future.