Game 8 Kauffman Stadium: Eternal Hope, Royal Mess

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Baseball is a fickle sport, so when your team is in last place, it’s easy to lose faith. But as this baseball road trip continues, our basecrawlers find a loyal group of Royals fans who stick by their team with a strange mixture of pride and embarrassment. Stop No. 8 in Kansas City also presents a unique opportunity to visit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, which showcases a rich part of American history, and reminds us of baseball’s segregated past.

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Troy writes a blog on the joys of rooting for the last place team in “Revive 1985: Kansas City rans keep the faith.”