Picked by many to win their division in 2004 after faring well in the free agent market, the Royals got off to a disappointing start and by late June were back in a rebuilding mode, releasing veteran reliever Curtis Leskanic and trading veteran reliever Jason Grimsley and superstar center fielder Carlos Beltrán for prospects, all within a week of each other.

The following season, the Bucks got an unexpected gift when they acquired Oscar Robertson, known as " the Big O ", in a trade with the Cincinnati Royals.

The Royals did enjoy brief run of form in late June in which they won three straight games, including an exciting 3-2 victory at home over Greenville Lions, and they followed that up with a comprehensive 3-0 win over the Chesapeake Dragons in early July, but this as good as it got for the team in 2003.

Later in his Royals career, Hernandez got into a scuffle with batterymate John Buck.

After Graig Nettles singled in a run in the fourth to make it 5 – 2, the Royals got two more in their half.

The following year was marked by the 1981 baseball strike and the Royals never got untracked.

However, the Royals gave this out back later when Orta was thrown out at 2nd after a botched sacrifice bunt.

The Royals came back to win the next game on October 10, 6 – 3, for their first post-season win in Royals Stadium.

The Royals were the first team in the history of the World Series to lose the first two games of the series at home and come back to win.

Ewing Kauffman established the Kansas City Royals, bringing major league baseball back to Kansas City.

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

The Royals, however, came back to even the series after two games in Kansas City, with McGraw picking up the loss in game three.

He pitched three scoreless innings, while his team scored two ninth inning runs off Royals closer Dan Quisenberry to head back to Philadelphia with a 3 – 2 series lead.

However, the name change proved to be unpopular with some fans, and after three seasons the team name was changed back to the Royals in 2002.

The Stags finished tied for third with the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons ( and behind the Lakers and Royals ), 11 games back, with a 40 – 28 record, and again lost to the Lakers in the opening round.

The Blues and Royals is one of two regiments of the Household Division that can trace its lineage back to the New Model Army, the other being the Coldstream Guards.

In 1980, he suffered a major slump with injuries in the regular season, batting just. 228 with 19 home runs and 56 RBIs in 106 games, but came back with 2 game-winning hits in the 1980 National League Championship Series: a game-winning home run in Game 1 ( the only home run hit in the entire championship series ) and a pinch-hit double in the top of the 10th in Game 4, as Philadelphia beat Houston in five games to finally make the World Series, where they defeated the Kansas City Royals to take the title.

Royals outfielder Mitch Maier fouled back a pitch from Twins pitcher Brian Duensing.

He reported back to the Royals ' spring training facility in Surprise, Arizona, on April 17, where he underwent ongoing pitching sessions.

The Cardinals had taken a 1-0 lead in the 8th inning on a single by little-used backup catcher Brian Harper after pitchers Danny Cox ( of the Cardinals ) and Charlie Leibrandt ( of the Royals ) had battled back and forth all game long.

The Royals also were the sixth and ( to date ) the last team to come back from a three games to one deficit to win the World Series, the others being the 1903 Boston Red Sox, 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates, 1958 New York Yankees, 1968 Detroit Tigers and 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates.

Amazingly, the ' 85 Royals had previously come back from a three games to one deficit to win the American League Championship Series against the Toronto Blue Jays.

The red-hot Amos Otis led the Royals back with another homer, and by the sixth, K. C.

Briles suffered set back after set back with the Royals.

On January 6, 2003, Field signed back with the Royals, appearing in 69 games over the next three years, and becoming a free agent after the 2005 season.

Under the terms of Rule 5, Sisco remained on the Royals major league roster for the entire 2005 season so that he would not have to be offered back to the Cubs for $ 50, 000.

As part of the " fire sale " of his franchise's best players, Conine was shipped back to the Kansas City Royals for minor league pitcher Blaine Mull.

He was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Blues and Royals of the Household Cavalry Regiment — serving temporarily with his brother — and completed his training as a tank commander.

Throughout the ensuing playoffs, the Royals repeatedly put themselves into difficult positions, but managed to escape each time.

It was redeveloped in 1987 into Boardwalk and Baseball and included a minor league baseball park that would attract spring training and minor league baseball teams for the Kansas City Royals, earning the area the moniker " Baseball City ".

He signed with the Kansas City Royals shortly after his release, and walked into Fenway Park as a player for the opposing team for the first time on July 15.

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

Going into, he won the job as the Royals ' starting center fielder and leadoff hitter.

On May 15, 1973, the stadium, barely a month into its existence, saw Nolan Ryan, pitching for the California Angels, throw the first of his seven no-hitters, blanking the Royals 3 – 0.

After efforts to bring partners into the Royals ownership group failed, Kauffman dictated that the new owner would keep the Royals in Kansas City, sell the team for a fair price, and have proceeds from the sale go to local charities.

In, he was inducted into the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame.

His future coach with the Vancouver Canucks, Marc Crawford, passed on Bertuzzi during the draft while he was general manager of the Cornwall Royals ; he has recalled not selecting him due to " maturity issues " and that he was " a big kid who hadn't grown into his body yet.

On October 10, George Brett of the Royals hit a tide-turning three-run homer off Gossage into Yankee Stadium's right-field upper deck to lead the Royals to a three-game sweep in the AL Championship Series, after the Yankees had defeated the Royals in three consecutive ALCS from 1976 to 1978.

Adair had spent much of spring training that year with a young daughter who had terminal cancer ( she died a few weeks after his release ) and claimed the Royals let him go without taking the family's problems into consideration.

This applied in an unusual play August 3, when Melky Cabrera of the New York Yankees hit a ball that ricocheted off Kansas City Royals pitcher Ryan Braun's foot and bounced into the stands in foul territory.

Clubs have adopted local city names in an effort to integrate themselves more with the local communities ; for example, Daewoo evolved over the years into Daewoo Royals, Pusan Daewoo Royals, Busan I ' cons and latterly Busan IPark.

The Royals first entrance into the Kelly Cup Playoffs came in 2004 while in their third season, when they won the North Division Championship under head coach Derek Clancey.

Todd Worrell came into the game for the Cardinals in the 9th inning, first facing Jorge Orta, the leadoff batter for the Royals.

Foreign Royals have also served in the Army, such as Eugène Bonaparte the son of Napoléon III, who was commissioned into the Royal Artillery, but was killed in 1879 while serving in South Africa during the Anglo-Zulu War.

The Royals also have four people inducted into the OCAA hall of fame.

He retired following the season, and was inducted into the Royals ' Hall of Fame in, his first year of eligibility.