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The 2022 MLB season starts in 15 days, so what better time to share my favorite images from 2021 than now?
Fans were back in seats, photo friends were back in the wells, and Salvy was back at the plate crushing homers. All was right in the world for my third year with MLB.
Here are my top 48 from the K (+2 from Werner Park):
By now you've all heard that the Kansas City Royals won the 2015 World Series. As a relatively new Royals fan and even newer Kansas City resident, I can only imagine the joy a long-time fan must feel based on my insane level of happiness. I got a taste of just how over-the-moon fans in Kansas City and the surrounding area are on Tuesday, when an 800,000 people crowded the streets of downtown Kansas City to watch their World Series Champions parade. Being present for the sea of royal blue fans, deafening shouts of "PAY ZOBRIST," Gomes' hilarious "unpolitically correct" speech and getting to hold the Commissioner's Trophy was amazing. This city is definitely a baseball town, whatever the naysayers may think. And despite wearing off the heel of one of my boots while walking the parade route a half dozen times, I had a blast covering the World Series Parade for MLB. Here are a few of my favorite shots from the day:
The Kansas City Royals are World Series bound next week after a 2-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles. They've yet to lose a game in this postseason, and with the way they're playing and announcement that South Korean superfan SungWoo Lee will be in attendance for Game 1 of the Fall Classic, you have to wonder if they ever will.
I also gave gif-making a try for the first time:
© 2014 Major League Baseball Photos/Amy Stroth
Last night (after a delay due to Monday's rainout), the Kansas City Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 and are now potentially one game and eight hours away from clinching a World Series berth. What?!
© 2014 Major League Baseball Photos/Amy Stroth
If you had told me one week ago that as of today, the Kansas City Royals would have won four-straight postseason games (three of which in extra innings, three of which against the team with the best record in baseball), I would have laughed. Last night I had the opportunity to head back to the K and photograph the boys in blue as they swept the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Despite a first inning blast by Mike Trout, the Royals pushed on and defeated the Halos 3-8. Up next: Baltimore Orioles.
© 2014 Major League Baseball Photos/Amy Stroth
