This is the final part of a three part series recounting my experience learning to like baseball.

This is part two of a three part series recounting my experience learning to like baseball.

This is part one of a three part series recounting my experience learning to like baseball.

From the baseball god formerly known as the New York Mets’ Daniel Murphy to the clutch bats of the Kansas City Royals, both teams have a number of things working in their favor. Will the Royals find a way to inexplicably win as they have all season? Or will the Miracle Mets kick off a dynasty based on pitching in style? The Student Life sports staff foresees a close series with any advantage potentially becoming the deciding factor.

We were so close to an I-70 showdown. With the Kansas City Royals making the World Series in their first playoff appearance in 1985, all the Cardinals had to do was win the National League pennant for the third time in four years to show the Show Me State to the sports world.