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Are they close geographically?<\/strong> They are not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Should Yankees fans hate the Royals?<\/strong> Uh\u2026let\u2019s just saw that in the clip below, the Royals aren\u2019t Don Draper.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Should Royals fans hate them?<\/strong> Well, they shouldn\u2019t, but a majority does. The Cardinals, until recently, have had a string of success that would indeed make other fanbases jealous. They\u2019ve hit hard times the past couple of seasons, though. The Royals can take advantage of it by winning and becoming the go-to team in the state. Easier said than done, of course.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Are they close geographically?<\/strong> It\u2019s an awfully boring drive but yep!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Should Cardinals fans hate the Royals?<\/strong> No, and they don\u2019t. It\u2019s not to the level of Yankees fans not giving us a thought, but why would Cardinals fans bother hating us? Before interleague play, we\u2019d faced each other once, in the 1985 World Series. That was 40 years ago, and it remains the only meaningful series between the franchises. Cardinals fans hate the Cubs, as they very well should.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Should Royals fans hate them?<\/strong> Back in 2014 and 2015, sure. Both teams were good back then, and that 2015 ALCS between the clubs was heated. It was actually the second time the Royals beat the Blue Jays to capture the pennant, the first coming in 1985. Hey, it\u2019s good luck when we beat these guys in the Championship Series!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Are they close geographically?<\/strong> Toronto is 848 miles away. Which, to a Midwesterner, is peanuts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Should Blue Jays fans hate the Royals?<\/strong> Maybe. As mentioned, the Royals have defeated them twice in the pennant, but as also mentioned, one of those times was 40 years ago. Seems like water under the bridge. And the Blue Jays are a completely different team from 2015. A couple of World Series titles in the early \u201990s probably helps ease the pain, as does playing a division with much more hostile fanbases.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Should Royals fans hate them?<\/strong> These days, why bother? They\u2019re super bad. They\u2019ve never really been good at the same time as the Royals, either.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Are they close geographically?<\/strong> Comparatively.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Should White Sox fans hate the Royals?<\/strong> I don\u2019t know, so I asked one! He said, \u201cNo,\u201d and then mentioned the White Sox\u2019s true rivals are the Cubs and have been since\u20261906. So, maybe 1985 isn\u2019t water under the bridge. He then added he\u2019d \u201ctravel the country to root against the Cubs.\u201d Dude really hates the Cubs, but not the Royals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Should Royals fans hate them?<\/strong> Cleveland has been so good for such a long time that it feels like we should<\/em> hate them, but when it comes to actual feelings about Ohio\u2019s American League Club, I don\u2019t feel much of anything. I asked a friend about his feelings toward the Guardians. He responded with such keen insight as, \u201cMeh.\u201d Another friend, when asked the same question, stated that Jose Ramirez is his favorite non-Royal. That\u2019s not exactly dripping with hate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Are they close geographically?<\/strong> I honestly don\u2019t know where Ohio is.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Should Guardians fans hate the Royals?<\/strong> I can\u2019t imagine why they would. They\u2019re probably busy enough hating their own team for picking such a stupid nickname.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Should Royals fans hate them?<\/strong> My eighth-grade religion teacher is the only Twins fan I\u2019ve ever met, and he was a super nice dude. No ill feelings. Shout out to Kramschuster.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Are they close geographically?<\/strong> Over 400 miles to the north<\/em>, Ben Verlander, not south<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Should Twins fans hate the Royals?<\/strong> Not much has happened between the clubs. Excluding 1994, which was the first year of the new divisions but also the strike year, the Royals and Twins have finished with winning records in the same season only three times. It\u2019s usually a fight for the cellar. I can\u2019t imagine those fans getting too up in arms about that.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Should Royals fans hate them?<\/strong> It\u2019s getting there! Detroit started a rebuild right around the same time as the Royals and completely bottomed out in 2019 when they finished an abysmal 47-114. That same year, they drafted a pretty good outfielder fifth overall named Riley Greene\u2014three spots after the Royals grabbed Bobby Witt Jr. Detroit finished strong last year, ending with the same record as the Royals. This year, they\u2019ve surged by, leading the American League Central by 10.5 games. They\u2019re the team to beat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Are they close geographically?<\/strong> Detroit is located in Michigan, which is another state that borders Canada. It\u2019s about 750 miles northeast of Kansas City.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Should Tigers fans hate the Royals?<\/strong> Not yet, at least. If the Royals make some noise here to end the season, that changes things. Knocking the Tigers out of the playoffs\u2014assuming the Royals make it in\u2014would go a long way toward making this a true rivalry. But it\u2019s hard to get other fanbases to even think of you when you\u2019ve only had five winning seasons since joining the same division.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Should Royals fans hate them?<\/strong> No, but it gives me a reason to post this clip:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Are they close geographically?<\/strong> Sure, but it\u2019s super hot down there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Should Astros fans hate the Royals?<\/strong> Nah, they have their piece of metal. They\u2019re fine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Overall, I wouldn\u2019t consider any of the teams currently in a division with the Royals to be their rivals. Is the baseball season so long so as to have killed intra-division rivalries? I don\u2019t think so. See the Cardinals and Cubs, the Yankees and Red Sox, the Dodgers and Giants, or, more recently, the Dodgers and Padres. Not a lot of teams listed there, but rivalries still exist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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I just can\u2019t think of a compelling one for the Royals. It\u2019s getting there with Detroit, but it still has a way to go.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The teams we hate don\u2019t hate us. And really, does any team despise the Royals? Why would they?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Let\u2019s just keep hating on the Yankees and Cardinals and, to a lesser extent, the Tigers. It\u2019s fun.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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If you disagree, as I\u2019m sure many of you do, hit up the comments and let me know who you think the Royals\u2019 biggest rival is, and whether you want to see them in a division with the Royals once realignment occurs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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