Blue October
Most years the end to the regular Major League Baseball season is a sullen time for our family. We love watching our boys in blue play the game we love. This year however is different. After a 29 year drought the Royals are in the post season. It is officially Blue October in Kansas City. This team and I have a history. I was born in May of 1969 in a suburb of Kansas City. Later that summer, the Royals, one of four MLB expansion teams played their first game at old Municipal Stadium. The team replaced the Athletics's that had recently moved to Oakland. As a young girl I listening to the Royals on the radio. At the time I understood very little about the game itself, but I enjoyed it's tempo and the consistency of hearing Denny Matthews' voice calling the plays. I knew the players whose numbers are retired and celebrated on the Hall of Fame wall at Kauffman Stadium, along with their skipper Dick Howser. Our lucky cap is working so far! I was in high school in ...