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The Kansas City Royals captured their first World Series title in 30 years with a 7-2 win in 12 innings over the New York Mets on Sunday night, and catcher Salvador Perez walked away with MVP honors following his sensational championship display.

There's plenty of blame to go around in Gotham after the Mets blew a 2-0 ninth-inning lead in Game 5 and ultimately got blown out by Kansas City, ending what had been a remarkable late-season charge to the postseason, and ultimately, the Fall Classic.

While losing the series in five games is disappointing, there's plenty for Mets fans to be excited about heading into next season.

The Kansas City Royals are determined to end the World Series on Sunday night in New York.

And they may do it at the expense of New York Mets closer Jeurys Familia.    

New York Mets star outfielder Yoenis Cespedes exited Sunday's World Series game against the Kansas City Royals after suffering a knee injury.

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The 2015 World Series is on the brink of being over. After falling short in last year's Fall Classic, the Kansas City Royals have been on a mission en route to a commanding 3-1 lead over the New York Mets entering Game 5.

FINAL SCORE: Royals win 7-2 over the Mets

The Mets were three outs away from sending the World Series back to Kansas City. Instead, the Royals orchestrated their eighth comeback of the postseason, scoring two runs in the ninth and five in the 12th to claim the club's first Fall Classic since 1985.

The Kansas City Royals have three chances to end their 30-year world title drought, beginning with Sunday night's Game 5 of the 2015 World Series.

One win away from taking the 2015 World Series, the Kansas City Royals turn to a pitching rematch of the series' opening game for Game 5 against the New York Mets.

To examine the data, skim over the analytics and listen to the brains that have firmly entrenched themselves in every single major league front office, clutch does not exist.

It is not tangible. It is not readily quantifiable. Players do not perform better, over time, in certain situations. Other players do not fold, over time, in the same ones.

"Clutch" does not exist.

NEW YORK — The games change quickly, and the stories do, too. Baseball is a game meant to be judged over time, but the postseason gives us little, and the World Series gives us less.

One pitch. One home run. One little ground ball that rolls under a glove and into history.

"I wish I would have caught it," Daniel Murphy said late on Halloween night, when the trick was on him.