What Sports Looked Like the Last Time the Royals Made the Playoffs
The 29-year post-season drought is over for the MLB team.
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Kansas City Royals Make MLB Playoffs for First Time in 29 Years - The Kansas City Royals have made the MLB playoffs for the first time in 29 years. The last time the Royals made the playoffs in 1985 they won the World Series. To put it in perspective how long ago that was, current Royals ace James Shields was three years old. Although a lot has transpired in baseball and sports overall since then, BET.com thought it'd be fun to have a blast from the past and peep what sports looked like the last time the Royals made the playoffs. Enjoy the time travel back to when Michael Jordan had hair and Don Mattingly had the handlebar mustache! What a time!(Photo: Rich Schultz/Getty Images)
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Michael Jordan - What was Michael Jordan doing in 1985? Wrapping up his 1984-85 rookie year, one that earned him Rookie of the Year honors and served as a springboard to arguably the greatest pro basketball career of all time. He was also sporting hair. Those were the days! (Photo: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
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Don Mattingly - Don Mattingly hit .324, 35 home runs and produced 145 RBI for the New York Yankees in a monster 1985 season, one in which he took home American League MVP honors. And on the low, who could forget his trademark handlebar mustache? Donnie Baseball, baby! (Photo:Gene Boyars/Sports Imagery/Landov)
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George Brett - The last time the Kansas City Royals made the playoffs in 1985 they won it all. George Brett was a big reason why. The slugger hit a staggering .370 with 10 hits to be named 1985 World Series MVP, leading the Royals to a seven-game series victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. (Photo: Ronald C. Modra/Sports Imagery/Getty Images)
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Magic Johnson - What was Magic Johnson doing in 1985? Helping the Los Angeles Lakers cash in on their third title in six years via a 4-2 NBA Finals victory over the Boston Celtics. Magic averaged 18.3 points, 14 assists and 6.8 rebounds per game in the series. Can you say numbers on the board? (Photo: Steve Lipofsky/Corbis)
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Walter Payton - The late great Walter Payton was already the NFL’s all-time leading rusher by the time the Chicago Bears rumbled their way to the 1985-86 season Super Bowl championship. Peep Payton’s iconic style, too. (Photo: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
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Lawrence Taylor - Lawrence Taylor was an absolute beast in 1985, a season before helping the New York Giants to a Super Bowl championship. LT’s ’85 campaign had him posting 13 sacks as a preview to his 20.5 sacks the following years. Damn. That was a lot of Ben-Gay for plenty of NFL quarterbacks. (Photo: George Gojkovich/Getty Images)
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Arthur Ashe - Late great tennis legend Arthur Ashe was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1985. By then, he had created history by being the only Black player to win the Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open titles. (Photo: Keystone/Getty Images)
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Martina Navratilova - Martina Navratilova definitely held weight in the women's tennis ranks during the 1980s and 1985 wasn't any exception. The year saw her win the Australian Open and Wimbledon tournaments. A definite force. (Photo: Steve Powell/Getty Images)
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Patrick Ewing - After dominating the college basketball ranks with Georgetown (1981-85), Patrick Ewing was taken by the New York Knicks as the No. 1 overall pick in the 1985 NBA Draft. That powered the way for an eventual Hall of Fame career for the 7 foot tall center.(Photo: Bettmann/Corbis)