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Agreed the 76-85 Royals-Yankees rivalry was the best IMO by TheRC

during that time frame for all of sports (49ers-Cowboys just emerging as well as Lakers-Celtics, older traditional rivalries didn't seem to be running as hot at that moment). Even better than the Pine Tar incident was the fight between Brett and Nettles in the ALCS. Brett slid hard into 3rd and got tangled up with Nettles. Nettles didn't like it and kicked Brett, who immediately leapt to his feet and punched Nettles. Huge brawl. NO EJECTIONS!

One other thing about the Royals is people think they sucked the entire time from 1986 to 2014 but that really isn't the case. They finished 2nd 3 more times from 1986 to 1995 and had 2 very good 3rd place teams in 88 and 93. They also finished 6th in the AL West one year with an 82-80 record which was tied for their worst positional finish until 1996.

Kansas City can be a really great baseball town, if management would just look like they are trying.