If you live in the Kansas City area, you already know maybe from the sound of fireworks or the sea of blue that took over on the week of Nov. 1- The Kansas City Royals won the 2015 World Series against the New York Mets. It was game 5 at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the Royals were down in the 9th inning 0-2. Salvador Perez was up to bat. He hit a grounder that sent Hosmer sliding into home tying the game 2-2. Three scoreless innings later, it’s go time. One by one, the Royals rattle their bats and end up scoring 5 in the final and 12th inning. Bottom of the 12th, Wade Davis comes out. There are 2 outs, 1 on base. Three strikes he’s out. The Royals have taken the crown. Also, catcher Salvador Perez got his own win when he was given the title of MVP.

“Freaking eat a lot of food,” freshman Stephen Luancing said, as he celebrated by hogging it out and eating a lot.

That night, people flooded stores to get their World Champion merchandise.  Many Kansas Citians left their houses ecstatic but exhausted Monday, but the fun didn’t stop there.

If you were one of the roughly 800,000 Royals fans who gathered in KC to see the celebratory parade, you may have noticed the crowd was both young and old. This was because most Kansas schools gave students the day off to soak in the Royal festivities and enjoy the big win. The parade route started at the Sprint Center and ended at Union Station, the home of the rally. People gathered to see their favorite players and manager Ned Yost give thanks to Kansas City and all the fans.

“The Celebration was good and bad. It was good because the parade was very crowd engaged and I liked seeing the players so close. But the rally was bad because I could not hear anything,” freshman Nolan Thimmesh said.