{"id":2129083,"date":"2025-11-01T16:39:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T16:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2129083"},"modified":"2025-11-01T16:39:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T16:39:17","slug":"nebraska-native-alex-gordon-leads-royals-to-world-series-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/nebraska-native-alex-gordon-leads-royals-to-world-series-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska native Alex Gordon leads Royals to World Series title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) &#8211; On this day in 2015, Nebraska baseball legend Alex Gordon led the Kansas City Royals to a World Series title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Royals captured their first championship in 30 years with 4-1 series victory over the New York Mets \u2013 the Royals\u2019 first title in three decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Gordon is a Lincoln native with a stellar college career. He also helped lead the Huskers to the College World Series in 2005.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Gordon <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wowt.com\/2025\/06\/15\/kansas-city-royals-induct-alex-gordon-into-hall-fame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wowt.com\/2025\/06\/15\/kansas-city-royals-induct-alex-gordon-into-hall-fame\/\">was inducted into the Royals Hall of Fame<\/a> just this summer. He spent his entire 14-year career with Kansas City.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"header | article-header w-100\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wowt.com\/community\/we-the-people\/history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wowt.com\/community\/we-the-people\/history\/\">MORE LOCAL HISTORY<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><i>On July 4, 2026, our country will celebrate its 250th birthday. Every day leading up to it, First Alert 6 will take a look at the people and events that shaped our area.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><i>\u2014<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\"><i>Get a first alert to severe weather approaching your area. <\/i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wowt.com\/page\/get-the-first-alert-weather-app\/\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wowt.com\/page\/get-the-first-alert-weather-app\/\"><i>Download the First Alert 6 Weather app<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\"><i>Copyright 2025 WOWT. All rights reserved.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.wowt.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) &#8211; On this day in 2015, Nebraska baseball legend Alex Gordon led the Kansas City Royals to a World Series title. The Royals captured their first championship in 30 years with 4-1 series victory over the New York Mets \u2013 the Royals\u2019 first title in three decades. 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