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Kansas City vs. San Francisco: How the Rival World Series Cities Stack Up
Only one team can claim ownership to Journey's song "Don't Stop Believin'."
— -- The baseball season all comes down to this -- one final game tonight to decide 2014’s champion: the Kansas City Royals against the San Francisco Giants for baseball immortality in Game 7.
This is the first time the World Series has reached a seventh game since 2011, when the St. Louis Cardinals topped the Texas Rangers. The previous Game 7 before that came in 2002.
Kansas City has home-field advantage in the game -- but the outcome remains very much in the balance, pitting two teams and fan bases against each other. Here’s how Kansas City and San Francisco stack up, on and off the field.
Giants Vs. Royals
Game 7 Starting Pitcher
Giants: Tim Hudson
Royals: Jeremy Guthrie
Manager
Giants: Bruce Bochy
Royals: Ned Yost
Last Championship
Giants: 2012
Royals: 1985
Iconic Moment
Giants: ‘The Catch’ by Willie Mays, 1954
Royals: ‘The Pine Tar Game’ featuring George Brett, 1983
Franchise History
Giants: Began play in 1886 (in New York); moved to San Francisco following 1957 season
Royals: Began play in 1969
World Series Titles
Giants: 7
Royals: 1
Notable Fan Attire
Giants: Panda outfits
Royals: Crowns
Connection to the Journey Song ‘Don’t Stop Believin’’
Giants: Started playing the song during 2010 World Series run. The song has become the team’s unofficial anthem.
Royals: Fans voted to play the song during 2014 season, but with Kansas City facing the Giants in the World Series, the song was swapped for Kiss’ “Rock and Roll All Nite.”
San Francisco vs. Kansas City, Missouri
City History
San Francisco: Founded in 1776
Kansas City: Incorporated in 1853
Notable City Nickname
San Francisco: The City by the Bay
Kansas City: City of Fountains
Food for Thought
San Francisco: Rice-a-Roni, “The San Francisco Treat”
Kansas City: The “world’s barbecue capital”
Tourist Spot
San Francisco: Golden Gate Bridge
Kansas City: National World War I Museum
Cultural Flashpoint
San Francisco: 1967, “The Summer of Love”
Kansas City: 1930s, Jazz Era
Key Song
San Francisco: “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” performed by Tony Bennett
Kansas City: “Kansas City,” performed by Wilbert Harrison
Notable Natives
San Francisco: William Randolph Hearst, Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, Bruce Lee
Kansas City: Burt Bacharach, Don Cheadle, Edie McClurg
