Major League Baseball gets its first intrastate World Series since 1974, as the Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals win their respective playoff series. Kansas City wins the ALCS with a 6 – 2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 7, capping a comeback from a 3 – 1 deficit. While at Dodger Stadium, Jack Clark hits a dramatic three-run home run off the Dodgers’ Tom Niedenfuer with two outs in the top of the 9th inning and first base open, to give the Cardinals a 7 – 5 victory and a 4-2 Series victory
1985 – Major League Baseball gets its first intrastate World Series since 1974, as the Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals win their respective playoff series. Kansas City wins the ALCS with a 6 – 2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 7, capping a comeback from a 3 – 1 deficit. While at Dodger Stadium, Jack Clark hits a dramatic three-run home run off the Dodgers’ Tom Niedenfuer with two outs in the top of the 9th inning and first base open, to give the Cardinals a 7 – 5 victory and a 4-2 Series victory