Relive all the confetti, crowns and mic drops from the Royals' World Series parade
Relive all the madness of the Royals' WS parade
The Royals took home their first World Series title in 30 years on Sunday and, on Tuesday, the Royals brought the Commissioner's Trophy back home for an epic, city-wide parade:
Kansas City was already set to party, if its fountains were any indication:
They' even had Union Station, the parade's final stop, all decked out:
Check out more photos of KC feeling Royal here. As for the parade itself, well, it's safe to say there wasn't much business getting done in Kansas City:
They're saying 500,000. We think more! pic.twitter.com/Vgj4BIdiN0
- KCTV5 - Kansas City (@KCTV5) November 3, 2015
And by "much business" we mean "absolutely no business," because more or less the entire city showed up:
All told, over 800,000 fans made it out for the day.
Royals parade crowd "easily reached 800 thousand." Veteran KC Police Sgt Brad Lemon tells me after watching throng ebb & flow over 7 hours.
- dan.verbeck (@dan_verbeck) November 4, 2015
We know what happens when thousands upon thousands of people are in one place at the same time:
Only people downtown today will understand. #RoyalsParade pic.twitter.com/204LJFuEBz
— David Reed (@thisguydavidd) November 3, 2015
Fans had to pull out all the stops just to get a view:
The team even brought in foreign dignitaries to mark the occasion:
Whoops, sorry. We meant this foreign dignitary:
Kids were excited to be out of school:
What does many Royals fans look look like? A little something like this:
And they were excited:
Welcome to Crown Town. #RoyalsParade pic.twitter.com/JUrpNj7KTe
— Royals (@Royals) November 3, 2015
And newly crowned World Series MVP Salvador Perez took some time to greet -- and, uh, sign -- some of his adoring fans:
The Moose arrived in style:
Caution: Moose crossing. #RoyalsParade pic.twitter.com/C5xfQSEbVo
— Royals (@Royals) November 3, 2015
KC broadcaster Rex Hudler called Yost's raising of the trophy:
Goals. https://t.co/E8YYB6S92R #RoyalsParade https://t.co/wJc1AwTWfA
— MLB (@MLB) November 3, 2015
A bear stopped by to do a quick interview:
George Brett offered his congratulations:
Salvy chanted for, um, himself:
Most Valuable Perez. #Crowned #RoyalsParade https://t.co/YsOH8CwG0m
— Royals (@Royals) November 3, 2015
But, as it turns out, the huge crowds and signs and parades were all mere prelude to the moment Jonny Gomes announced himself as the emcee of the proceedings:
And introduced "mic flip" into the baseball lexicon:
Hey, you know what they say: To the victors go the right to toss audio equipment.