Lol, 1985.
In 1985, the Kansas City Royal won their first and only World Series.
In honor of their return, let's travel back in time 30 years to see what the world was like the last time the Royals won the World Series..
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Thứ Năm, 29 tháng 10, 2015
Thứ Tư, 28 tháng 10, 2015
“It’s like they’ve got 11 Dicks on the field.”
Why not kick off with a quote about Dicks?
A Metro Radio reporter has a slip of the tongue...
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Kevin Keegan on Argentina's impressive football team:
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George Best looks back on his fast lifestyle with no regrets:
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The legendary Brian Clough reflecting on his managerial career:
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In an extensive Q&A with TASS, a Russian news agency, FIFA president Joseph “Sepp” Blatter shared his opinions on the current state of the FIFA administration. He maintained that the scandal was spurred largely by years of accumulating animosity between him and Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) president Michel Platini.
“I think this crisis, and this is also the idea of my lawyers, has nothing to do with any criminal activity,” Blatter said. “So it was by perception.”
The tension between Blatter and Platini appears to have begun in 2010, when FIFA began deliberating over who would host the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments.
Blatter told TASS that it had been previously decided that the 2018 World Cup would be held in Russia and the next one would be held in America, but Blatter allegedly intervened and submitted a nomination for Qatar to host in 2022. The move, he said, “has changed all pattern.”
Blatter and Platini are currently on suspension from FIFA for 90 days, an announcement made by the FIFA ethics committee on Oct. 8, while the soccer governing body conducts investigations into allegations of corruption.
The FIFA president called the suspensions “total nonsense,” adding that he was not given the opportunity to respond to the call for his temporary departure.
“This is not justice,” he said. “I put these people into the office, where they are now in the ethics committee, and they don’t even have the courage to listen to the secretary general, Platini, or me.”
Blatter maintained that while the “football has never been so good as now,” the leadership of FIFA is in crisis.
He told TASS that FIFA needs more parity between governing regions, pointing out that Europe has three vice presidents even though Africa has more member associations. He also believes that “we should give more access to women in the executive committee.”
When asked if he had any advice for the future FIFA president, Blatter said, “Don’t forget that FIFA is the most valuable institution in the world.”
“Football is connecting people,” he added. “It makes bridges. This is football and this we cannot abandon.”
Meanwhile Tuesday, the AP reported that seven candidates put their names in the running to be the next president of FIFA. The candidates are Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, Gianni Infantino, Tokyo Sexwale, Musa Bility, Jerome Champagne, Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim al-Khalifa, and Michel Platini, whose nomination is pending since he's been suspended.
A breakdown of the candidates shows that three are from Europe, two from Africa, and two from Asia. A three-man election panel will first vet the candidates and will then announce next month which have been "officially accepted," according to the AP.
Read the full Blatter interview with TASS here.
LINK: FIFA’s Blatter, Platini, And Valcke Suspended For 90 Days
LINK: How The Relationship Between Sepp Blatter And Michel Platini Soured
Edinson Volquez’s father reportedly died just before Game 1 of the World Series Tuesday night. It was unclear how the pitcher found out about the death.
Royals pitcher Edinson Volquez throws during the first inning of Game 1 of the World Series Tuesday.
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ESPN reported the death, saying Daniel Volquez, 63, died of heart disease complications.
Royals spokeman Mike Swanson told BuzzFeed News in an email that Volquez's wife initially asked that he not be told about his father's death. Volquez eventually did find out about the death, though Swanson said he did not know when that happened.
The Royals were playing the New York Mets in Kansas City Tuesday night, and Volquez served as his team's starting pitcher.
According to the AP, Volquez was introduced to baseball as a 10-year-old by his father, who worked professionally as a mechanic. Volquez has described his parents as his biggest supporters, the AP also reported.
For a few moments in the fourth inning, viewers at home were unable to watch the New York Mets and Kansas City Royals, forcing a delay of game.
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Game 1 of the World Series was temporarily brought to a halt Tuesday night after an unknown "technical glitch" knocked Fox's broadcast off the air.
A Fox announcer said on-air the "broadcast issue" occurred after a transmission truck unexpectedly lost power at the stadium.
The glitch lasted about 7 minutes, with the Associated Press reporting it started at USA at 9:19 p.m. and the game resuming at 9:26 p.m. ET.
For a few moments in the fourth inning, viewers at home were unable to watch The New York Mets and Kansas City Royals and Fox was forced to broadcast Major League Baseball's international feed. The Fox broadcast did not start again until 10:02 p.m.
According to reports, the game had to be stopped because officials would not have been able to review plays, but teams eventually agreed to continue without the use of instant replay.
In 2014, video review practices were expanded and teams now have rooms at ballparks where employees can monitor several feeds, and relay information to players in the dugout that allow them to know when to challenge umpires call.
Former New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra is seen during his sentencing for grand theft auto in this March 5, 2012 file photo.
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Former MLB player and convicted felon Lenny Dykstra said Tuesday that during his playing career he hired a "team of private investigators" to dig up dirt on umpires that he'd use to intimidate them into calling fewer strikes against him.
"I just pulled a half-million bucks out and hired a private investigation team," Dykstra explained Tuesday afternoon on The Herd with Colin Cowherd on Fox Sports.
"Their blood is just as red as ours. Some of them like women, some of them like men, some of them gamble. Some of them do whatever … It wasn’t a coincidence do you think that I led the league in walks the next two years, was it? Fear does a lot to a man."
Dykstra claimed that after an umpire would call a strike against him, he'd turn around and ask, "Did you cover the spread last night?"
Two umpires who worked during Dykstra's playing career have come out as gay; Dale Scott, who came out quietly in 2014 in an issue of Referee Magazine, is an active umpire.
Former umpire Dave Pallone, who resigned after he was outed in 1988, said following the interview that Dykstra had never blackmailed him.
Dykstra claimed to Cowherd that his blackmailing of umpires — which he says started "after he got the money" — is the reason he led the league in walks in 1993. That season, Dykstra walked 129 times. Statistically, his '93 season is drastically different than the years that preceded and followed: Dykstra walked 40 times in 1992 and 68 times in 1994.
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Cowherd asked Dykstra if this was the first time he had told his story about investigating and blackmailing umpires. Dykstra said yes, and that he has more to say in his upcoming book.
At the beginning of the interview, Dykstra said he spent $500,000 on the private investigator team, but later told Cowherd he'd decided to blackmail the umpires to support his family.
"I had to do what I had to do to win and to support my family," he said.
Dykstra made his MLB debut in 1985 with the New York Mets. He batted leadoff for the Mets during their 1986 World Series victory over the Boston Red Sox. He spent eight seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies, retiring in 1996 at the age of 33 following numerous injuries.
Post-MLB career, Dykstra attempted various business ventures, but filed for bankruptcy in 2009. In 2011, he was arrested for attempting to purchase a stolen car and charged with bankruptcy fraud. Dykstra pleaded no contest to related felonies in 2012 and spent six and a half months in prison.
Dykstra claimed he had a single cell in federal prison between Dr. Conrad Murray — who treated Michael Jackson before his death — and a leader with the Mexican mafia. He claimed he was instructed by the gang leader to read while he was in prison to pass the time.
"I never read a book growing up because I thought it would hurt my eyes for baseball," Dykstra said Tuesday, then claiming he read 300 books during his half-year stint in prison.
“Perhaps I shouldn’t have used that phrase.”
President Obama welcomed the 2015 World Cup-winning U.S. women's soccer team to the White House on Tuesday.
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While praising the champions for their accomplishments, both as athletes and role models, he let slip that they "taught all America’s children that playing like a girl means you’re a badass."
I'm sorry, what was that, Mr. President? Could you please repeat that on a six second loop for the rest of eternity?
That's right — the president said "badass" during public remarks while discussing female athletes.
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