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1985 World SeriesThe 1985 World Series, also called the I-70 Series, pitted the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals against the American League champion Kansas City Royals. Interstate 70, which crosses Missouri and links the two cities together, inspired the nickname for this year's Major League Baseball championship. It was the second Missouri-only World Series: the first was the 1944 World Series between two St. Louis teams, the Cardinals vs. the Browns. Although the Royals lost the first two games at home, they overcame their poor start and became World Series champions for the first time, thanks in particular to Series MVP Bret Saberhagen and his victories in games 3 and 7. Umpires: Don Denkinger (AL), Billy Williams (NL), Jim McKean (AL), Bob Engel (NL), John Shulock (AL), Jim Quick (NL)
| Game 1 | Date &
Venue | 10-19 at Royals Stadium | | Winner | St. Louis (3-1) | | Game 2 | Date &
Venue | 10-20 at Royals Stadium | | Winner
| St. Louis (4-2)
| | Game 3 | Date &
Venue | 10-22 at Busch Stadium | | Winner | Kansas City (6-1) | | Game 4 | Date &
Venue | 10-23 at Busch Stadium | | Winner | St. Louis (3-0) | | Game 5 | Date &
Venue | 10-24 at Busch Stadium | | Winner | Kansas City (6-1) | | Game 6 | Date &
Venue | 10-26 at Royals Stadium | | Winner | Kansas City (2-1) | | Game 7 | Date &
Venue | 10-27 at Royals Stadium | | Winner | Kansas City (11-0) |
Trivia - The Cardinals' .185 batting average was the lowest ever for a seven game World Series.
- Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog was ejected in Game 7 by the home plate umpire. The umpire in question was Don Denkinger, the man who infamously called Jorge Orta safe at first base in Game 6. When asked about why he would allow himself to get ejected from the seventh game of the World Series, Herzog said "I've seen enough!"
- The day before starting Game 7, World Series MVP Bret Saberhagen's wife Janeane gave birth to the couple's first child, a nine-pound, three-ounce boy named Drew William. By the 8th inning of Game 7, Saberhagen looked directly towards ABC's cameras and asked his wife over the air, "Is the baby still there?"
- John Tudor was so enraged by his performance in Game 7 (allowing five earned runs and four walks in 2 1/3 innings) that he took a poke at an electric fan afterwards.
- This was the first World Series that featured Tim McCarver, who was calling the World Series with Al Michaels & Jim Palmer for ABC, as a commentator. Howard Cosell was originally supposed to be in the booth, but he was removed from his assignment just prior to the World Series because of the controversy surrounding his book I Never Played the Game.
- Game 6 hero Dane Iorg got his nose broken when his teammates (led by by 230-pound pitcher Mike Jones charged) mobbed him after his game winning hit in Game 6.
- Perhaps the most memorable image of the 1985 World Series was the shot of George Brett racing over to tightly hug Bret Saberhagen soon after the clinching out was made. Just moments earlier, Brett approaced Saberhagen at the mound to inform Saberhagen to stick around on the mound once the final out was made.
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