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Royals Win World Series, Parade Planned for Tuesday

Royals First Baseman Eric Hosmer celebrates Kansas City's World Championship with teammates (Photo: NPR News)
Royals First Baseman Eric Hosmer celebrates Kansas City's World Championship with teammates (Photo: NPR News)

The Kansas City Royals captured the World Series championship in the style they demonstrated throughout the season: Aggressive, relentless play and dogged perseverance. In 12 innings they beat the New York Mets, 7-2. Kansas Public Radio’s Greg Echlin has the recap.


Parade Tuesday for Kansas City World Series Champs

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City officials have announced plans for the 2015 World Series parade and celebration for the champion Kansas City Royals. The city says in a release that the 2.3 mile-long parade starts at noon Tuesday in the Power & Light District in downtown and heads north before ending at Union Station, where the victory rally is planned. The Royals on Sunday won their first World Series crown since 1985 with a 7-2 win in 12 innings in Game 5 against the New York Mets in New York. Royals starter Edinson Volquez threw two-hit ball for six innings. He pitched a day after returning from his father's funeral in the Dominican Republic. The city also says free transportation to the celebration area will be provided from various locations around the city.

Greg Echlin is the sports reporter for KPR and KCUR. Ever since he set foot on the baseball diamond at Fernwood Park on Chicago's South Side, Greg Echlin began a love affair with the world of sports. After graduating from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, he worked as a TV sports anchor and a radio sportscaster in Salina, Kansas. He moved to Kansas City in 1984 and has been there since covering sports. Through the years, he has covered multiple Super Bowls, Final Fours and Major League Baseball's World Series and All-Star games. With his high metabolism rate, Greg is able to enjoy a good meal and stay slim when he's not running around on the sports scene. He loves desserts, even making them. Cheesecakes, pies and parfaits are the most common around the Echlin household.