Cinderella loses a lot more than just a shoe

Cinderella left more than a shoe on the field after Wednesday night’s Game 7 of the World Series.

The Kansas City Royals, a team that was seemingly never meant to escape the first playoff round, duked it out with the San Francisco Giants for a week, battling all the way to the bottom of the ninth inning. The Royals managed to get a runner on third, Alex Gordon, with two out, but the Giants’ pitching ace, Madison Baumgarner, grooved a fat one down the middle that KC catcher Salvador Perez somehow popped up for a foul fly ball, caught by Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval.

The Royals had a good run. They lost Game 1, but came back to take Games 2 and 3. San Francisco retaliated by winning Games 4 and 5, but Kansas City wasn’t ready to throw the towel in Game 6, pounding San Francisco, 10-0. That forced a seventh game, where San Fransisco had the lead for the majority of the game. The Royals never stopped trying, but just could not seem to contend with the Giants’ experience in the World Series.

So, the Giants took their third championship trophy in five years with Wednesday’s win.

Whoop-de-do. We all know it would have been way cooler to see Kansas City get its glass slipper.

Advocate Staff