The Royals finished the 1989 season with a 92 – 70 record ( third best in the major leagues ) but did not qualify for the playoffs.

The Royals did, however, see promising seasons from two rookies, center fielder David DeJesus and starting pitcher Zack Greinke.

In, Brett batted. 294 ( the only time between 1976 and in which he did not bat at least. 300 ) in helping the Royals win a third consecutive AL West title.

Eighteen teams have all hosted an all-star game at least twice since the Mets last did: Atlanta Braves ( 1972 and 2000 ), Chicago White Sox ( 1983 and 2003 ), Cincinnati Reds ( 1970 and 1988 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1981 and 1997 ), Detroit Tigers ( 1971 and 2005 ), Houston Astros ( 1968, 1986, and 2004 ), Kansas City Royals ( 1973 and 2012 ), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ( 1967, 1989, and 2010 ), Milwaukee Brewers ( 1975 and 2002 ), Minnesota Twins ( 1965, 1985, and 2014 ), New York Yankees ( 1977 and 2008 ), Philadelphia Phillies ( 1976 and 1996 ), Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1974, 1994, and 2006 ), San Diego Padres ( 1978 and 1992 ), San Francisco Giants ( 1984 and 2007 ), Seattle Mariners ( 1979 and 2001 ), and St. Louis Cardinals ( 1966 and 2009 ), and Washington Senators / Texas Rangers ( 1969 and 1995 ).

However, the title did not translate into profit for the Royals.

Now a losing team filled with rookies, the Royals still did not turn a profit.

This rivalry did not last, and the Royals moved to Kansas City only a few years later.

The Royals did qualify for the US Open Cup for the second time in 2000, but lost at the first attempt for the second straight year, losing 3-2 to the Hampton Roads Mariners in the second round.

Royals owner Ewing Kauffman fired Lemon as manager and stated he wanted a younger person to fill the position and " did not want to lose Jack McKeon ," who was named as Lemon's replacement.

He was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 4th round of the 1982 amateur draft, and this time did sign.

His skill did not hold in the ALCS, however, where he went 0-1 with an 8. 71 earned run average in two starts as the Blue Jays fell to the Kansas City Royals in seven games.

Sanders was drafted while in college by the New York Yankees ( He also was selected by the Kansas City Royals out of North Fort Myers High School, though he did not sign.

He was originally drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 6th round of the 1985 draft, but did not sign with them.

The team did enjoy a couple of comprehensive victories, during the mid-season, notably a second 4-1 win over Northern Virginia Royals in which Moussa Sy scored all four goals, and a 5-2 hammering of New Hampshire Phantoms in early July, but elsewhere things were tough ; even their US Open Cup campaign ended early with a shocking 4-0 defeat to PDL side Ocean City Barons in the second round.

Danny Jackson was the winning pitcher, following the same formula and pitching rotation as the Royals did in the ALCS where Jackson also won Game 5.

In a repeat of the 1977 playoffs the New York Yankees again dispatched the Kansas City Royals, this time three games to one as the Los Angeles Dodgers did the same to the Philadelphia Phillies by the same margin.

His time on the DL did not last long, though, as he returned to the Royals on May 6.

The Royals joined Folk Nation and the Insane Popes eventually did also.

Seitzer also became one of only ( currently ) three Royals to collect six hits in a nine-inning game, which he did on August 2 of that year in a 13-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox at Royals Stadium ; two of those hits were home runs.

Viola was drafted following his freshman year in the 16th round of the 1979 Major League Baseball Draft by the Kansas City Royals, but he did not sign.

In 1934, he collected six hits in one game, and was the last New York Yankee to accomplish this feat until Johnny Damon did so against the Kansas City Royals on June 7, 2008.

He did not appear in the 1978 American League Championship Series against the Kansas City Royals, however, he appeared in four of the six games of the World Series, and had two hits in twelve at-bats.

Despite failing to put together a positive streak at any time in the year, Chaos did enjoy some encouraging results: they hammered Northern Virginia Royals on the road in early June off a brace by David Lilly and, most impressively, beat divisional champions Virginia Beach Submariners 3-2 on the final day of the season, with two goals by Karim Boukhemis.

He had a brief Major League career as a second baseman, playing for both the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers ' minor-league team.

He also played two and a half seasons both for the Dodgers and Tigers, spent a year in Cincinnati, had two brief stints with the Royals, and provided three years of good services for Toronto, pinch-hitting, serving as DH, and playing at first base, second, third, left field and right.

Additionally, the mid-season addition of Carlos Beltrán in a trade with the Kansas City Royals helped the Astros tremendously in their playoff run.

* 1983 – George Brett batting for the Kansas City Royals against the New York Yankees, has a game-winning home run nullified in the " Pine Tar Incident ".

The Royals vanquished the Yankees in a three-game sweep punctuated by a George Brett home run off of Yankees ' star relief pitcher Goose Gossage.

In what has come to be known as " the Pine Tar Incident ," umpires discovered illegal placement of pine tar ( more than 18 inches up the handle ) on third baseman George Brett's bat after he had hit a two-run home run off Gossage that put the Royals up 5 – 4 in the top of the 9th. The baseball bat used by Kansas City Royals third baseman George Brett ( baseball ) | George Brett in the Pine Tar Incident on July 24, 1983.

After Smith's teammate Jack Clark hit a late-inning home run of his own in Game 6 to defeat the Dodgers, the Cardinals moved on to face the Kansas City Royals in the 1985 World Series.

The next day, with the American League Championship Series with the Royals beginning, Jackson hit a home run off the Royals ' top reliever at the time, Al Hrabosky, the flamboyant " Mad Hungarian.

On September 17, 1984, on the 17th anniversary of the day he hit his first home run, he hit his 500th, at Anaheim Stadium off Bud Black of the Royals.

On June 27, he hit his 550th career home run against the Kansas City Royals.

Brett won the title when a fly ball dropped in front of Twins left fielder Steve Brye, bounced on the Royals Stadium AstroTurf and over Brye's head to the wall ; Brett circled the bases for an inside-the-park home run.

But a May 15, 1971 start against the Royals in Kansas City would be his last in regular rotation ( he gave up one run on four hits in five full innings ; final score Royals 5-A's 4 ).

Gilmour was injured during the 1981 championship run, but in the 1981 – 82 season, he returned and led the Royals in scoring with 46 goals and 119 total points.

During the 1983 season, Martin was involved in one of the most controversial regular season games, known as the Pine Tar Incident, where umpires nullified a game-winning home run by Yankee nemesis, Kansas City Royals third baseman George Brett, when Martin protested that there was too much pine tar on his bat.

Ultimately, American League President Lee MacPhail ruled in favor of the Royals protest, reinstating the home run, and replaying the game from the point of the nullification.

* July 9: Pitching in front of another sell-out crowd ( 51, 041 ) at Tiger Stadium, Fidrych held the Royals to one run in nine innings, but Dennis Leonard shut out the Tigers 1-0.

Led by the pitching of Bret Saberhagen, Darryl Motley's two-run home run, and George Brett's four hits, the Royals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 11 – 0.

* The first inside-the-park home run was hit by Jimmy Rollins on June 20, 2004, against the Kansas City Royals.

Despite winning their first ever game in the PDL, 3-1 over West Virginia Chaos, the Royals suffered spotty form for most of the season thereafter, never quite building up enough of a head of steam to put together a decent run of victories.

Meanwhile, the Phillies came back with a run in the tenth to proceed to the 1980 World Series against the Kansas City Royals.

On August 18, he had three hits and three RBI, including a home run against Jeff Suppan, as the Devil Rays defeated the Kansas City Royals 8 – 6.

Three days later, he had two hits and four RBI, including a three-run home run against D. J. Carrasco in a 6 – 3 victory over the Royals.

Rodríguez became the youngest player in the history of the Texas Rangers to hit a home run, on August 30, 1991, facing the Kansas City Royals and right-hander Storm Davis.