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Keep the Line Moving: The Story of the 2015 Kansas City Royals
Mired in a decades-long playoff drought, the Kansas City Royals surprised the baseball world by clinching a postseason berth late in the 2014 season. Following an epic comeback victory in the Wild Card game, the Boys in Blue shocked the nation by sweeping through the playoffs to capture the American League pennant. Sadly, the magic ended when the inspiring underdogs fell one run short in Game 7 of the World Series. This heartbreaking end to what had been a dream season devastated players and fans alike. A dark cloud settled over Royals Nation.
With the passage of winter, hope returned. The Royals arrived at spring training in 2015 with a new swagger, a new hunger, and a new confidence. They resolved to return to the World Series and take care of unfinished business. But despite this determination, the players faced a long, arduous road ahead. Other teams challenged their mettle night after night. Undaunted, the Boys in Blue remained steadfast in the pursuit of their goal. Battling through injuries, slumps, and formidable new rivals, the team captured the AL Central. Then in the postseason, Kansas City again embarked on a historic October run. Relive the Royals 2015 season and learn about the players who strived to Keep the Line Moving all the way to a world championship.
With the passage of winter, hope returned. The Royals arrived at spring training in 2015 with a new swagger, a new hunger, and a new confidence. They resolved to return to the World Series and take care of unfinished business. But despite this determination, the players faced a long, arduous road ahead. Other teams challenged their mettle night after night. Undaunted, the Boys in Blue remained steadfast in the pursuit of their goal. Battling through injuries, slumps, and formidable new rivals, the team captured the AL Central. Then in the postseason, Kansas City again embarked on a historic October run. Relive the Royals 2015 season and learn about the players who strived to Keep the Line Moving all the way to a world championship.
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241 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 1, 2016
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About the author
Kent Krause
14 books7 followersI am the author of the Diamond Legacies series, Sunny Jim Bottomley, Wahoo Sam Crawford, Keep the Line Moving, Ninety Feet Away, Behind in the Count, Men Among Giants, and The All-American King. When not working on books, I write content for online high school and middle school courses. I grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, and attended Iowa State University (B.A., M.A.) and the University of Nebraska (Ph.D.).
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November 13, 2024
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Mr. Book just finished Keep The Line Moving: The Story Of The 2015 Kansas City Royals, by Kent Krause.
This was an enjoyable look at the 2015 World Series champion Royals. The book had a full recap of the season, along with writeups about the important players and a full game by game review of the postseason.
I give this book a B+.
Goodreads requires grades on a 1-5 star system. In my personal conversion system, a B+ equates to 4 stars. (A or A+: 5 stars, B+: 4 stars, B: 3 stars, C: 2 stars, D or F: 1 star).
This review has been posted at my blog, Mr. Book’s Book Reviews, and Goodreads.
Mr. Book finished reading this on November 13, 2024.
Mr. Book just finished Keep The Line Moving: The Story Of The 2015 Kansas City Royals, by Kent Krause.
This was an enjoyable look at the 2015 World Series champion Royals. The book had a full recap of the season, along with writeups about the important players and a full game by game review of the postseason.
I give this book a B+.
Goodreads requires grades on a 1-5 star system. In my personal conversion system, a B+ equates to 4 stars. (A or A+: 5 stars, B+: 4 stars, B: 3 stars, C: 2 stars, D or F: 1 star).
This review has been posted at my blog, Mr. Book’s Book Reviews, and Goodreads.
Mr. Book finished reading this on November 13, 2024.
April 9, 2022
I love when I find not-so-known treasures like this book. A well-written and researched book on the Kansas City Royals and their quest to win a World Series after falling just short in 2014. The author, Kent Krause, does a nice job doing a small bio on each of the key Royal players and woves it in nicely into the overall story. Would I have liked a few more quotes from players in the book? Yeah maybe. But the rest is very good as each chapter is a month of the season or playoff round. If your a Royals fan this is a MUST and if a MLB fan you'll enjoy as well. You'll ready about the World Series vs the Mets, ALCS vs. the Blue Jays as well as stories on Hosmer, Gordon, Ventura, Cueto, Perez, Escobar, Moustakas, Cain, Morales, Volquez, Wade Davis, Herrera, Ned Yost, etc. Good stuff. Wonder if the author would write another book non-Royals related.
April 28, 2026
★★★★★
When I picked up Keep the Line Moving: The Story of the 2015 Kansas City Royals, I didn’t just read a book about baseball—I revisited a time that still pulses in my chest like a heartbeat. The Royals’ 2014 and 2015 seasons were more than a sports story to me. They were a living, breathing reminder that resilience, positivity, and timing can change everything—not just for a ballclub, but for a life.
I was lucky enough to attend 16 games during those unforgettable 2014 and 2015 seasons. Sixteen nights where the air in Kauffman Stadium felt electric. Sixteen moments where hope wasn’t just an idea—it was loud, it was tangible, and it wore Royal blue. That energy, that refusal to quit, that collective belief that we can, changed the way I moved through my own world. It softened me, it opened me up. It made me believe in possibility again. And it’s no coincidence that through that lens of relentless hope, I met the person who became my beloved.
Reading this book in 2016—when the Royals fell short of the postseason—felt like closing a chapter. But it didn’t sting the way you’d think. Watching the Cubs finally break their century-long curse reminded me that sometimes it’s okay to be part of the buildup and not the repeat. We weren’t going to be a dynasty, and that was fine. What we were was something raw and special: a scrappy, heart-first team that defied the odds.
Keep the Line Moving captures that perfectly. The 2015 Royals weren’t a 100-win juggernaut. No, they battled every damn game. They scratched and clawed their way through the season, never letting the pressure eat them alive. Coming off the heartbreak of 2014—when Madison Bumgarner, baseball’s boogeyman, shut us down and stranded Alex Gordon on third—it would’ve been easy to crumble. But they didn’t. None of us did.
And 2015 was the payoff. Winning the AL without flashy numbers, beating the Mets' young fire-throwers in five games, and doing it with swagger, speed, and soul. That wasn’t just baseball—it was a metaphor. A reminder that with enough fight and enough belief, even a small-market team can make the big dance and walk away champions. It was also a deeply personal validation that the positivity I’d carried through those 16 games, the openness it brought into my life, was worth every high and low.
Sure, I’ll never forget that final at-bat in 2014. Salvador Perez swinging with everything he had, trying to bring Gordo home. And Bumgarner? The guy still shows up in my dreams—fun-filled nightmares, if such a thing exists. But that pain made 2015 taste even sweeter. There’s a kind of poetry in that.
So no, this review isn’t just about the book—it’s about everything around it. The Royals didn’t just keep the line moving on the field—they kept it moving in my life. They reminded me that love, joy, and belief often show up when you least expect them. Sometimes under the lights at Kauffman. Sometimes in the quiet of a heartbreak. And sometimes, just sometimes, in the smile of someone new, when your heart is finally open enough to see it.
Five stars. Forever Royal.
When I picked up Keep the Line Moving: The Story of the 2015 Kansas City Royals, I didn’t just read a book about baseball—I revisited a time that still pulses in my chest like a heartbeat. The Royals’ 2014 and 2015 seasons were more than a sports story to me. They were a living, breathing reminder that resilience, positivity, and timing can change everything—not just for a ballclub, but for a life.
I was lucky enough to attend 16 games during those unforgettable 2014 and 2015 seasons. Sixteen nights where the air in Kauffman Stadium felt electric. Sixteen moments where hope wasn’t just an idea—it was loud, it was tangible, and it wore Royal blue. That energy, that refusal to quit, that collective belief that we can, changed the way I moved through my own world. It softened me, it opened me up. It made me believe in possibility again. And it’s no coincidence that through that lens of relentless hope, I met the person who became my beloved.
Reading this book in 2016—when the Royals fell short of the postseason—felt like closing a chapter. But it didn’t sting the way you’d think. Watching the Cubs finally break their century-long curse reminded me that sometimes it’s okay to be part of the buildup and not the repeat. We weren’t going to be a dynasty, and that was fine. What we were was something raw and special: a scrappy, heart-first team that defied the odds.
Keep the Line Moving captures that perfectly. The 2015 Royals weren’t a 100-win juggernaut. No, they battled every damn game. They scratched and clawed their way through the season, never letting the pressure eat them alive. Coming off the heartbreak of 2014—when Madison Bumgarner, baseball’s boogeyman, shut us down and stranded Alex Gordon on third—it would’ve been easy to crumble. But they didn’t. None of us did.
And 2015 was the payoff. Winning the AL without flashy numbers, beating the Mets' young fire-throwers in five games, and doing it with swagger, speed, and soul. That wasn’t just baseball—it was a metaphor. A reminder that with enough fight and enough belief, even a small-market team can make the big dance and walk away champions. It was also a deeply personal validation that the positivity I’d carried through those 16 games, the openness it brought into my life, was worth every high and low.
Sure, I’ll never forget that final at-bat in 2014. Salvador Perez swinging with everything he had, trying to bring Gordo home. And Bumgarner? The guy still shows up in my dreams—fun-filled nightmares, if such a thing exists. But that pain made 2015 taste even sweeter. There’s a kind of poetry in that.
So no, this review isn’t just about the book—it’s about everything around it. The Royals didn’t just keep the line moving on the field—they kept it moving in my life. They reminded me that love, joy, and belief often show up when you least expect them. Sometimes under the lights at Kauffman. Sometimes in the quiet of a heartbreak. And sometimes, just sometimes, in the smile of someone new, when your heart is finally open enough to see it.
Five stars. Forever Royal.
September 9, 2016
How can a Kansas City Royals book not be a 5 star read! I'm a huge Royals fan & watch them play every chance I get (and have way before the 2014 season). This is a book I will keep on my bookshelf to go back & re-read to relive the glorious 2015 season.
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