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When Kansas City hosts San Francisco in Game 1 of the World Series tonight on Fox, expect the year 1985 to be referenced about 1,985 times during the broadcast. That's probably an exaggeration, but the Royals—which hadn't even made the first round of the MLB playoffs since '85 before this season's memorable run—have truly captured the imaginations of underdog-loving baseball fans.
And the Midwestern team has inspired Gen Xers to look back three decades. In the spirit of this "Rock Me Amadeus" retro moment, we dug up seven nostalgically awesome commercials that aired during ABC's broadcasts of the 1985 World Series between the Royals and St.
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