{"id":2828,"date":"2014-10-10T13:17:53","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T18:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poweradmin.com\/blog\/?p=2828"},"modified":"2015-04-24T15:23:33","modified_gmt":"2015-04-24T20:23:33","slug":"67-of-the-us-rooting-for-kansas-city-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.poweradmin.com\/blog\/67-of-the-us-rooting-for-kansas-city-royals\/","title":{"rendered":"67% of the U.S. Rooting for Kansas City Royals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #003366;\">No, the map below has nothing to do with politics. Or unemployment. Or scary viruses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #003366;\">A whopping <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"The country is rooting for the Kansas City Royals\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/sports\/spt-columns-blogs\/for-petes-sake\/article2569640.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">67% of the country is rooting for the Kansas City Royals<img class=\"extlink-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.poweradmin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/external-links-nofollow-open-in-new-tab-favicon\/images\/extlink.png\"><\/a><\/span><\/span>\u2026as shown below! And why not? They have a lot of things going for them. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #003366;\">An amazing fan base. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #003366;\">A team of young players that love baseball.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #003366;\">They have one of the lowest team salaries in all of the Major League.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #003366;\">They represent an amazing city. One that has been making <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"America's Favorite Cities - #3 Kansas City\" href=\"http:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/articles\/americas-favorite-cities-2014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Top 10 lists<img class=\"extlink-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.poweradmin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/external-links-nofollow-open-in-new-tab-favicon\/images\/extlink.png\"><\/a><\/span><\/span> like crazy this year. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #003366;\">They are, by almost all expert analysis, the underdog team.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #003366;\">They (George Brett specifically) was the inspiration for a recent song by Lorde that topped the charts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #003366;\">And they haven\u2019t been in post-season play for 29 years. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"27 Reasons America Loves the Royals\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/10\/13\/kansas-city-royals-playoffs-fans_n_5932646.html?utm_hp_ref=sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">27 more reasons<img class=\"extlink-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.poweradmin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/external-links-nofollow-open-in-new-tab-favicon\/images\/extlink.png\"><\/a><\/span> America loves the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"Kansas City Royals - America's New Team\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kcroyals.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Royals!<img class=\"extlink-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.poweradmin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/external-links-nofollow-open-in-new-tab-favicon\/images\/extlink.png\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #003366;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #003366;\"><a style=\"color: #003366;\" title=\"America's new team: the Royals\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/sports\/spt-columns-blogs\/for-petes-sake\/article2569640.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2829\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/espn-poll-1.jpg\" alt=\"ESPN poll 1\" width=\"570\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.poweradmin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/espn-poll-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.poweradmin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/espn-poll-1-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\"><img class=\"extlink-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.poweradmin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/external-links-nofollow-open-in-new-tab-favicon\/images\/extlink.png\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #003366;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #003366;\">And just as a side note, as a unanimous vote by the KCMO city council, Kansas City has temporarily <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"Kansas City renames Baltimore Ave to Royals Ave\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/mlb\/eye-on-baseball\/24746193\/kc-city-council-renames-baltimore-ave-to-royals-ave-for-alcs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">renamed Baltimore Ave. to Royal Ave<img class=\"extlink-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.poweradmin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/external-links-nofollow-open-in-new-tab-favicon\/images\/extlink.png\"><\/a><\/span><\/span> through the playoffs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #003366;\">Is it possible we could see a repeat of the I-70 series in \u201985?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #003366;\">Many of us here at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"Power Admin\" href=\"\/servermonitor\/?ref=blog\">Power Admin<\/a><\/span><\/span> are originally from the KC area, and have been lifelong fans. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #003366;\">We say \u201c<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">GO ROYALS!<\/span><\/strong>\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, the map below has nothing to do with politics. Or unemployment. Or scary viruses. A whopping 67% of the country is rooting for the Kansas City Royals\u2026as shown below! And why not? They have a lot of things going for them. An amazing fan base. A team of young players that love baseball. 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