1985 Royals film The thrill of it all

[Demonpenz]

Nice memories here for those old enough to remember.

[Demonpenz]

[DJay23]

We had this on VHS when I was a kid. I wore this tape out I watched it so much.

[myselff77]

Love that video. I had a VHS copy of it as a kid. I think the Royals gave away a DVD copy of it at a game to mark the 20 year anniversary. Since I couldn't go to the game, I bought a copy off ebay and forced anyone who came over to watch it.

[chinaski]

I remember this! We actually had it on Beta.

[WilliamTheIrish]

Ohhhhh Penz


You magnificent bastard. I haven't had the pleasure of seeing this in several years.

[WilliamTheIrish]

8 games out at the break..

[WilliamTheIrish]

Have to go through my old scorecards but I saw 32 games that summer. And all of those September games against the Angels.
They were a damn good squad too.

[GeorgeZimZam]

Originally Posted by DJay23

We had this on VHS when I was a kid. I wore this tape out I watched it so much.

Same here. We also had a VHS with an Al Michaels narrated feature of the ‘85 World Series.

My rotation as a young chap was The Thrill of it All, Super Duper Baseball Bloopers, The Natural, Ghostbusters, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, and Flight of the Navigator.

Shee-it--would be something to transport back to early childhood for a day or two.

[siberian khatru]

One of my fondest memories remains sitting in my dorm room at Mizzou listening to that Angels series on the radio the last week of the season, with Brett going on one of his greatest tears. I still remember a Fred White call of one of his home runs, where Fred's voice cracked with emotion when he said "Gone!"

Brett should've been AL MVP that year, not Mattingly.

[WilliamTheIrish]

Originally Posted by siberian khatru

One of my fondest memories remains sitting in my dorm room at Mizzou listening to that Angels series on the radio the last week of the season, with Brett going on one of his greatest tears. I still remember a Fred White call of one of his home runs, where Fred's voice cracked with emotion when he said "Gone!"

Brett should've been AL MVP that year, not Mattingly.

And Brett had a grade 1 hamstring pull. And the Angels lineup had

Carew
DeCinces
Grich
Downing
Devon White
Reggie
Pettis

Their pitching was bad ass

Candelaria
Tommy john
Don Sutton
Mike Witt
Geoff Zahn
Donnie Moore (yourself - Cp Lexicon) eek

[WilliamTheIrish]

Although one never knows where he would have been in 1985, imagine that lineup with Lyman Bostock had he not been murdered in 1978.

That guy was a tremendous player.

[tredadda]

That video brings back memories. Love the Karate Kid theme associated with Brett. Also a great reminder of just how good and impactful he was to the Royals and KC sports. Also love thinking how KC kept the Angels from the possibility of winning two World Series in their history.

[WilliamTheIrish]

Originally Posted by tredadda

That video brings back memories. Love the Karate Kid theme associated with Brett. Also a great reminder of just how good and impactful he was to the Royals and KC sports. Also love thinking how KC kept the Angels from the possibility of winning two World Series in their history.

Include in that what can only be described as a tragic loss in the ALCS (one strike away in game 5) before Dave Henderson became a temporary household name with that 2 out, 2 strike HR off Donnie Moore in the top of the 9th. (and Dave Henderson, going down the 1st base line, leaped so high as the ball went towards LF, that when he came down, he sprained his ankle.

Donnie Moore never recovered mentally.

[siberian khatru]

Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish

Include in that what can only be described as a tragic loss in the ALCS (one strike away in game 5) before Dave Henderson became a temporary household name with that 2 out, 2 strike HR off Donnie Moore in the top of the 9th. (and Dave Henderson, going down the 1st base line, leaped so high as the ball went towards LF, that when he came down, he sprained his ankle.

Donnie Moore never recovered mentally.

I saw Donnie Moore in spring training with the Royals in Baseball City, FL in 1989, he was a non-roster invitee IIRC. Moore was warming up in the bullpen and pitching coach Frank Funk was walking down the first base line toward us and I asked him "Is that Donnie Moore down there?" And he just nodded.

A few months later, Donnie killed himself.