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How to buy New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals ALDS playoff tickets

The Kansas City Royals eliminated the Baltimore Orioles in the AL Wild Card and now travel to New York to take on Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees.

The Kansas City Royals are moving onto the American League Division Series.

After winning back-to-back one-run games on the road in Baltimore, the Royals eliminated the Orioles and will now take on the New York Yankees in a best-of-five game series beginning Saturday, Oct. 5.

While Bobby Witt Jr. and the Royals are flying high after two tense wins in the Wild Card round, Aaron Judge and the Bronx Bombers lie in wait with a berth in the American League Championship Series on the line.

Here’s everything you need to know in order to attend a playoff game between the Yankees and Royals.

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How to buy Yankees vs Royals ALDS tickets

Game 1: Saturday, Oct. 5 in New York at 1:08 p.m. ET – Shop tickets

Game 2: Monday, Oct. 7 in New York  at 4:08 p.m. ET – Shop tickets

Game 3: Wednesday, Oct. 9 in Kansas City, time TBD – Shop tickets

Game 4 (if necessary): Thursday, Oct. 10 in Kansas City, time TBD – Shop tickets

Game 5 (if necessary): Saturday, Oct 12 in New York, time TBD – Shop tickets

New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals playoff ticket prices

Game 1: From $104

Game 2: From $79

Game 3: From $202

Game 4 (if necessary): From $107

Game 5 (if necessary): From $117

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American League Division Series schedule

Saturday, Oct. 5 – Game 1:

  • Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Guardians – 1:08 p.m. ET
  • Kansas City Royals at New York Yankees – 6:38 p.m. ET

Monday, Oct. 7 – Game 2:

  • Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Guardians – 4:08 p.m. ET
  • Kansas City Royals at New York Yankees – 7:38 p.m. ET

Wednesday, Oct. 9 – Game 3:

  • New York Yankees at Kansas City Royals- TBD
  • Cleveland Guardians at Detroit Tigers – TBD

Thursday, Oct. 10 – Game 4 (if necessary)

  • New York Yankees at Kansas City Royals- TBD (if necessary)
  • Cleveland Guardians at Detroit Tigers – TBD (if necessary)

Saturday, Oct. 12 – Game 5 (if necessary)

  • Kansas City Royals at New York Yankees – TBD (if necessary)
  • Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Guardians – TBD (if necessary)

The ALCS is scheduled to being on Monday, Oct. 14 and conditional tickets are available now for both teams. If your team advances to the ALCS, you’re in! If not, you will receive a refund.

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Bobby Witt Jr. hit a home run to a lucky Royals fan wearing one of his jerseys

Imagine being this Royals fan.

Kansas City Royals superstar Bobby Witt Jr. is no stranger to hammering homers, but he doesn’t often do them to someone wearing his jersey.

That’s exactly what happened in Minnesota on Tuesday night as Witt hit a home run right to a Royals fan who was wearing a Witt Kansas City jersey.

The fan was, of course, very hyped up to catch one of Witt’s home run balls in the stands at Target Field, as we’re sure Witt was excited to add another homer to his impressive 2024 season tally.

What a fun coincidence this was. How often do you see something quite like this happen in the MLB?

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The Royals were absolutely livid after the D-backs hit Bobby Witt Jr. while a single shy of the cycle

The D-backs denied hitting him intentionally.

The Kansas City Royals and Arizona Diamondbacks couldn’t be further from rivals. They’ve only met 34 times in their history. But you’d never realize that after seeing how Monday night’s game went between the two teams.

Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. is having himself a breakout season, and he put on a show against the D-backs pitching staff in the series opener. Witt tripled, double and homered in his first three at-bats. So, when he came to the plate in the sixth inning a single away from the cycle, the entire crowd at Kauffman Stadium was on their feet. They wanted to see history.

D-backs reliever Humberto Castellanos wouldn’t let that happen.

Castellanos hit Witt with a fastball on the first pitch of the at-bat. The Royals and their fans were furious, thinking that the pitch was intentional. After all, the Royals were up big and hitting a star player with a first-pitch fastball always raises suspicions.

The Royals retaliated the following half inning, hitting catcher Gabriel Moreno — presumably the one who would have called for the Witt plunking — with a 2-1 sinker after working inside for much of the at-bat.

D-backs manager Torey Lovullo was ejected after both dugouts got warned, and Salvador Perez — who was upset after the initial plunking — had more strong words for the D-backs.

After the game Lovullo strongly denied that the D-backs hit Witt on purpose.

Witt would have another chance to chase that cycle in the eighth inning, but he flew out to finish the night at 3 for 4 with three RBI and three runs. The Royals won, 10-4.

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Bobby Witt Jr. got agonizingly close to tying up the 2024 Home Run Derby final round

Close, but no Home Run Derby crown.

Kansas City Chiefs slugger Bobby Witt Jr. got incredibly close to forcing another round in the 2024 MLB Home Run Derby final.

Trying to match Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Teoscar Hernández’s 14 homers in the final round, Witt hit 13 home runs and nearly matched Hernández with his last swing.

However, the ball got agonizingly close to leaving the stadium before coming up just short, giving Hernández this year’s Home Run Derby crown.

We’re sure Witt will win a derby one of these days, as he got very, very close to matching Hernández before gravity had other plans.

You know, there’s always next year.

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Royals’ Bobby Witt Jr. legged out MLB’s fastest inside-the-park home run since 2017 and it was awesome

Royals breakout Bobby Witt Jr. can FLY.

Even though the Kansas City Royals aren’t having the best season, emerging shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. continues to be a bright spot for the team.

The son of MLB veteran Bobby Witt, Witt Jr. showed off his blazing speed in a Monday night game against the Seattle Mariners.

Witt Jr. rounded the bases in a blistering 14.3 seconds, which the Royals say is the fastest any MLB player has gone from home plate to home plate since 2017.

Baseball players being able to run that fast are major assets to their teams, and Witt Jr. looks like one of the most ferocious baserunners in the league.

Like, my goodness. He’s just flying in that clip, further showing why the Royals were able to get a 7-6 win on Monday over the Mariners.

The future will be bright in Kansas City as Witt Jr. continues to grow into one of the MLB’s elite talents.

With baserunning like that, he might already be there.

Royals infielder Bobby Witt Jr. replaces Bill Self as Chiefs’ drum honoree vs. Raiders

#Royals infielder Bobby Witt Jr. is the new drum honoree for the #Chiefs’ Week 5 game against the #Raiders.

The Kansas City Chiefs appear to have a new drum honoree for “Monday Night Football” against the Las Vegas Raiders.

Originally, the Chiefs had scheduled KU men’s basketball coach Bill Self, but due to a scheduling conflict, they had to replace him. They didn’t have to look far for a replacement option, calling on their friends across the parking lot at the Truman Sports Complex.

The team announced on Monday afternoon that Kansas City Royals infielder Bobby Witt Jr. would now be leading the pregame drum ceremony. It’s basically like the football version of throwing out the first pitch, so he should be plenty adept at getting Chiefs Kingdom fired up before the game.

 

Unfortunately, the Royals’ season is over after a last-place AL central finish, which means Witt Jr. has time to partake in the festivities at Arrowhead.

This marks the first time that Witt Jr. has been the drum honoree for the Chiefs. It’s also the first time a Royals player has served as the team’s drum honoree since Salvador Perez got fans going for the Week 5 game against the Buffalo Bills last season.

The drum ceremony should occur between the coin toss and kickoff. Here is the full timeline for tonight’s game, so you don’t miss a moment of the action:

            2:30 p.m. – Parking Gates Open

            3:00 p.m. – Ford Tailgate District Opens

            4:30 p.m. – CommunityAmerica Club Level Gates Open

            5:00 p.m. – All GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium Gates Open

            6:15 p.m. – Team Warm-Ups Begin

            7:05 p.m. – Raiders Team Introduction

            7:07 p.m. – Chiefs Team Introduction

            7:10 p.m. – National Anthem

            7:13 p.m. – Coin Toss

            7:15 p.m. – Kickoff

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Harrison Bader rudely tossed Bobby Witt Jr.’s first-career MLB home run into the fountains

That’s cold.

Kansas City Royals rookie Bobby Witt Jr. came into the big-league club with as much hype as any prospect in recent years. But after a slow start, Witt went into Wednesday on an 11-game hitting streak in which he’s batting .342 over that span.

On top of that, the wait for his first Major League home run came to an end. The problem: Retrieving that baseball was more difficult than it should have been.

Witt put Kansas City on the board against the Cardinals with a solo home run in the second inning on Tuesday. The ball bounced back onto the field, which should have made matters simple for Witt. Cardinals outfielder Harrison Bader had other ideas.

Bader picked up the baseball, and instead of tossing it towards the Royals dugout for safekeeping, the dude just chucked the ball into the Kauffman Stadium fountains.

Of course, you could make the argument that Bader wasn’t aware of Witt’s home run drought. But I wouldn’t buy that because Bader fields his position based on scouting reports, and Witt’s homer drought wasn’t exactly an under-the-radar storyline in Kansas City. Plus, he could have just given the ball to a fan if he wasn’t aware of the milestone homer. Throwing it into the fountains takes intent.

So yeah, pretty rude on Bader’s part.

Thankfully, Witt was able to get the baseball and was a good sport about it being damp. Via the Kansas City Star:

“Yeah, I heard about that,” Witt said of the splashdown. “It got a little wet, but that’s cool. I can say it went in the fountains.”

Fans had plenty of thoughts on the fountain toss too.