Ned Yost

MLB: Second Half

The 2019 MLB season is over and it's hard to believe that I've photographed 80 (!!) games this year – 78 at Kauffman Stadium here in KC, and two at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio for Players' Weekend. It was a marathon of a baseball season, but I learned so much and had a blast working alongside some of the best in the biz. Thank you so, so much to the MLB Live Content team for this opportunity.

Without further ado, here are my favorite frames from the second half of the season.

ALCS Game 4 (WE GOIN' TO DA 'SHIP!)

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:

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© 2014 Major League Baseball Photos/Amy Stroth

ALDS: ROYALS SWEEP ANGELS

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