Even when the titles were over, the Royals had some contending teams during the late 1980s to the early 19990s. The Oakland Athletics dominated the American League West, but that didn't stop the Royals from having some competitive teams during that time period. Some of the stars on those Royals teams include: Bo Jackson, Tom Gordon and Kevin Seitzer. Currently at this time, the Royals are in 2nd place in the American League Central with a 11-6 record. But by the mid-1990s, Kansas City had a new owner (Ewing Kaufmann, whom the stadium is named after, passed away in 1993) and general manager (John Schuerholtz took his talents to Atlanta and with Manager Bobby Cox, turned the Braves into a National League powerhouse with 14 division titles, 5 pennants and 1 World Series Title) but despite that, the Royals fell into an abyss where they haven't recovered since. It was well documented that by July, the Royals were well out of playoff contention and fans were looking forward to the Kansas City Chiefs (a team whose stadium, Arrowhead Stadium, is right across the street from Kaufmann Stadium) football season. Currently, the Royals are in 2nd place with a 15-13 record. Hopefully, they can turn it around this year and make it to the postseason in October for the first time since 1985.

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Hopefully, this is the year that the Pittsburgh Pirates will finally turn it around because it has been a long time coming. In 1970, the Pirates, led by Roberto Clemente and Willie Stargell began their run of three straight National East Division titles and a World Series championship to boot in 1971. After the tragic death of Clemente on New Year's Eve in 1972, the Pirates made it back to the postseason in 1974 and 1975, but lost in the playoffs. In 1979, the "We Are Family" Pirates, managed by Chuck Tanner and led by Stargell and Dave Parker came from a 3-1 deficit in the World Series and defeat the Baltimore Orioles in 7 games. The early to mid 1980s was not a good time for the Pirates, bad baseball teams and the drug scandal did not help matters much. But from 1986-1992, the Pirates through their farm system and trade, engineered by Syd Thrift, had prospect that would because all stars, these players include: Barry Bonds, Andy Van Slyke, Bobby Bonilla, Doug Drabek, Mike LaValliare, Jay Bell, Jose Lind, Sid Bream, and John Smiley. Together, the Pirates won the National League East in 1990, 1991 and 1992, however, they fell short of making the World Series each year. 1992 was detrimental because after their Game 7 loss to the Atlanta Braves, Bonds left as a free agent to join the San Francisco Giants and that started the decline of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who last winning season was 19 years ago.

Since then, the Pirates have changed ownership a few times, and despite having arguably the best looking stadium in baseball, PNC Park, the team's losing ways has remained the same. Since 1993, the Pirates have lost 90 games or more 9 times, include two years (2001 and 2010) where they lost 100 games. Like every other small market team, Pittsburgh's main problem is keeping their young players on their team for a long period of time. The cycle goes like this: 1) Player is drafted by the Pirates; 2) Player become very productive in the Minor Leagues; 3) Player get called up to the Big Leagues; 4) Player become a star or even an All-Star; 5) Once the player is in the last year of their contract, the team doesn't have enough money to sign them to a long-term deal; 6) During the off-season, player leaves the Pirates for a bigger market: Ex. New York, Los Angeles, Boston or Chicago. This is a vicious cycle that the Pirates have been involved in for many years. Currently, Pittsburgh is in 3rd place in the National League Central Division with a 14-15 record. It would be great to see the Pirates in a pennant race or even fight for a Wild Card spot in October.


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