Kansas City, Missouri Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Professional baseball=== [[File:Kansas City Royals.jpg|thumb|The [[Kansas City Royals]] became 1985 and 2015 World Series Champions.]] The [[Oakland Athletics|Athletics]] baseball franchise played in the city from 1955, after moving from [[Philadelphia]], to 1967, when the team relocated to [[Oakland, California]]. The city's current Major League Baseball franchise, the [[Kansas City Royals|Royals]], started play in 1969, and are the only major league sports franchise in Kansas City that has not relocated or changed its name. The Royals were the first [[American League]] expansion team to reach the playoffs (in [[1976 American League Championship Series|1976]]) to reach the World Series (in 1980) and to win the World Series (in 1985).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-27-1985-royals-rout-redbirds-to-wrap-up-first-world-series-title/|title=October 27, 1985: Royals rout Cardinals 11-0 to clinch first World Series title|last=Bush|first=Frederick|date=October 4, 2020|website=Society For American Baseball Research|access-date=August 1, 2023}}</ref> The Royals returned to the World Series in 2014 and won in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sbnation.com/2015/11/2/9657312/2015-royals-world-series|title=The Royals won the 2015 World Series because of devil magic and pure talent|last=Brisbee|first=Grant|date=November 2, 2015|website=[[SB Nation]]|access-date=August 1, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/11/02/453845714/kansas-city-wins-world-series-for-first-time-in-30-years|title=Kansas City Royals Win World Series for first time in 30 Years|last=Domonske|first=Camila|date=November 2, 2015|website=[[NPR]]|access-date=August 1, 2023}}</ref> The [[Kansas City Monarchs]], formerly the Kansas City T-Bones, is an unaffiliated minor league team. It played in the [[Northern League (baseball, 1993β2010)|independent Northern League]] from 2003 until 2010 and has been part of the [[American Association of Independent Professional Baseball|independent American Association]] since 2011. Its home is [[Legends Field (Kansas City)|Legends Field]] in [[Kansas City, Kansas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/history/negro-leagues/teams/kansas-city-monarchs|title=The Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues|website=[[MLB.com]]|access-date=August 1, 2023}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page