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Royals Rally at Union Station Caps World Series Celebration

By Greg Echlin
Published November 4, 2015 at 2:34 PM CST
Royals fans gather near Union Station Tuesday, November 3, 2015, to celebrate World Series title with team. (Photo Credit: Kansas City Star)
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A Royals crowd packed around the fountains at Union Station. (Photo by Greg Echlin)
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The banner hangs at Union Station. (Photo by Greg Echlin)
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The Royals team on the rally stage. (Photo by Greg Echlin)
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An estimated 800,000 Kansas City Royals fans lined the parade route and gathered at Kansas City's Union Station to celebrate the team's World Series championship. KPR's Greg Echlin was among them.

Check out this story and photo gallery from the Kansas City Star.

 
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Greg Echlin
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.
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