What the World Looked Like the Last Time the Royals Made the World Series

 By 
Brian Koerber
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What the World Looked Like the Last Time the Royals Made the World Series
Royals' George Brett gets the full champagne treatment from his ecstatic teammates after winning the American League Championship Series in 1985, sending them to the World Series. Credit: Jeff Goode/Toronto Star/Getty Images

The Kansas City Royals face off against the San Francisco Giants for the 2014 Major League Baseball World Series on Tuesday -- finally.

The last time the Royals made it to the World Series was 1985, a simpler time before Taylor Swift existed, before everyone carried the Internet in their pocket and when people watched music videos on their television.

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To celebrate the Royals finally reclaiming their former glory, we looked back at what the world looked like the last time the Royals made it to the World Series.

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1985, man.

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