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Author Marshall Garvey and host Thomas Emerick revisit an overshadowed but fascinating Fall Classic between the Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals. This series peaks with Game 6 and captures a turning point in 1980s baseball, while featuring some angles unique to Missouri and the Midwest.It’s October 1985. Cardinals vs. Royals. World Series, Game 6. Remember That Game is the podcast about sporting events that take you on a journey—and sometimes chart the path of the zeitgeist along the way. I’m your host, Thomas Emerick, joined by Marshall Garvey, author of Interstate 85: The Royals, The Cardinals, and the Show-Me World Series.Show threads:Why the 1985 Cardinals–Royals matchup felt unlikely before Opening Day—and why pundits missed the signsMissouri vs. Missouri (by way of Kansas): geography, rail lines, I-70, and civic prideHow two very different baseball styles defined the 1980s and collided in this seriesThe stacked contenders who didn’t make the playoffs in 1985—and what that says about the eraJoh