The 2014 Royals are eerily similar to the '07 Rockies

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Kansas City's captivating run to the World Series invokes images of the 2007 NL Champs, and they have more in common than you think.

The surprising playoff run of the Kansas City Royals invokes images and reminders of the 2007 National League Champion Colorado Rockies. Like the Royals, the Rockies shocked the baseball world, making it to the postseason after wallowing at the bottom of their division for many years. Colorado finished fourth or fifth nine straight seasons prior to their World Series run, and the Royals have not sniffed the playoffs in nearly three decades.

The path to the pennant was similar for both teams, as neither lost any playoff games prior to the World Series. The Rockies swept the Phillies three straight games, and then beat the Diamondbacks in four games, making it to the World Series a crisp 7-0. Likewise, the Royals beat the Athletics in the one game Wild Card showdown, then swept the Angels three straight in the American League Divisional Series. They then went on to silence the Orioles taking four more in a row, winning the pennant on an impressive 8-0 run.

The similarities do not end with the hot streak each brought with them into the World Series — the numbers tell us the 2014 Royals and 2007 Rockies are far more similar than different, something Royals fans may not want to hear considering the irrelevance of the Rockies since their unlikely playoff success.

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