<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3FpBBw_0w0yiPp900" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3FpBBw_0w0yiPp900" width="1600" height="900" ><figcaption>Royals fans and Silver Lake native Chris Scheafer</figcaption></figure>KANSAS CITY, MO. (WIBW) - For the first time in nine years, Kansas City has baseball in October and the fans are certainly thrilled about that.Fans were given ‘Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey’ towels to wave during the game, a lot of different blue jerseys, and there were some Yankees fans trickled in too.Fans were lining up at 3:30 waiting to get in and settle in for some playoff baseball:<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">The gates are open at the K! Playoff baseball in a couple of hours.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KCRoyals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KCRoyals</a><a href="https://t.co/JrbuxMqQ10">pic.twitter.com/JrbuxMqQ10</a>— Vince Lovergine (@Vince_Lovergine) <a href="https://twitter.com/Vince_Lovergine/status/1844113611930862077?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 9, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote>Two friends that have known each other for many years, they remember the playoff run but their bond for Royals baseball goes further than that.“I actually went to my first Royals game with him so literally we have watched every single Royals game that we can together, we come here all the time, it’s going to be electric today, I can’t wait,” Jayke Welcher said.“I think it’s kind of awesome because our parents grew up on the Yankees and Royals rivalry and now after 34 years it’s being reignited with us so that’ll be pretty cool to carry on the tradition,” Drew Burris said.Even northeast Kansas fans showed up, Chris Schaefer of Silver Lake. He said he used to watch the 1970 series with the Yankees and Royals with his Dad on the couch.When he was here for the last playoff run in 2014-2015, one thing hasn’t changed.“Me and my beautiful wife sat in the stadium when we swept the Orioles and I sat in the stadium and my seat the next person I sat by was Tommy Lasorda and Ron Say so I don’t have the same shirt on because we have too win today but I do have the same underwear on,” Schaefer said.</div></body>

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Royals fans flock to Kauffman to take in playoff baseball again

KANSAS CITY, MO. (WIBW) - For the first time in nine years, Kansas City has baseball in October and the fans are certainly thrilled about that. Fans were given ‘Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey’ towels to wave during the game, a lot of different blue jerseys, and there were some Yankees fans trickled in too.

Royals fans flock to Kauffman to take in playoff baseball again

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