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The name Royals was chosen from 17,000 public submissions and pays tribute to the American Royal, a livestock show, horse show, rodeo, and barbecue competition held annually in Kansas City since 1899. The winning submission came from Sanford Porte of Overland Park, Kansas. The Royals Board voted 6-1 to adopt the name; the single dissenting vote was cast by owner Ewing Kauffman, who later changed his mind.
The Kansas City Royals have won the World Series twice. They defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1985 World Series, coming back from a 3-1 series deficit, and defeated the New York Mets four games to one in the 2015 World Series. Salvador Perez was named MVP of the 2015 series.
The Pine Tar Incident occurred in July 1983 when umpire Tim McClelland disallowed a two-run home run by George Brett after measuring pine tar more than 18 inches up the handle of his bat. Yankees manager Billy Martin had alerted the umpires to the rule violation. AL President Lee MacPhail later reinstated the home run, and the Royals won the game when it was resumed weeks later.
The Kansas City Royals were founded by Ewing Kauffman, a pharmaceutical executive who won the bidding for the new expansion franchise. The team was established after Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri threatened to remove baseball's antitrust exemption unless Kansas City received a franchise following the Athletics' move to Oakland after the 1967 season. Kauffman owned the team from 1969 until his death in 1993.
The Kansas City Royals did not qualify for the postseason for 28 consecutive seasons, from 1986 through 2013, one of the longest droughts in baseball's wild-card era. The team broke the streak in 2014 by securing the franchise's first wild card berth and advancing to the World Series.
The Kansas City Royals have played at Kauffman Stadium, formerly known as Royals Stadium, since the 10th of April 1973. The stadium is named for founder Ewing Kauffman. The team announced plans in 2022 to leave before their lease expires at the end of the 2030 MLB season, with a new downtown ballpark district targeting an opening by 2027 or 2028.