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The Toronto Blue Jays promoted assistant general manager Tony LaCava to general manager Monday.

The Kansas City Royals are World Series champions for the first time in 30 years, and in honor of the accomplishment, some Kansas City-area schools are canceling classes Tuesday so students and staff can go to the victory parade.

When the Royals beat the New York Mets in Game 5 to win the 2015 World Series, school districts in Royals country faced a difficult decision: Should they have class as usual Tuesday, or should they close for the day to let everyone celebrate with the team?

It will be a celebration fit for a king Tuesday in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, as the city honors the Kansas City Royals and their World Series victory.

Given how much the fanbase and city as a whole have rallied around the Royals over the past two years, Tuesday's parade will be raucous from start to finish.

The Kansas City Royals won the World Series on Sunday night in the most appropriate possible fashion given how they've played this season, somehow erasing a two-run deficit in the ninth inning before winning Game 5 in the 12th inning, 7-2.

It took three decades, but the Kansas City Royals are once again world champions. The Royals ruined Matt Harvey's brilliant start with a ninth-inning comeback and then scored five runs in the 12th to earn a 7-2 victory and take home the title Sunday night.

Yoenis Cespedes' midseason acquisition helped propel the New York Mets to their first World Series appearance since 2000, but don't expect him back in Queens next season.

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The New York Mets saw their 2015 season end in heartbreaking fashion with a 7-2 extra-innings loss in Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday night, but even in defeat, the club showed a lot of class.

The relentless Kansas City Royals earned their second World Series title in a convincing five-game triumph over the New York Mets thanks to their own ability to come through at the plate in the late innings—and the Mets' failure to make plays when the game was on the line.

The 2015 World Series is officially in the books, as the Kansas City Royals capped off an impressive postseason run with another come-from-behind victory in Game 5 on Sunday night to claim their first title in 30 years.

There will be time to reflect on the 2015 season in the months ahead, but there is no rest for MLB teams in their pursuit of a title, and with the World Series wrapping up, the offseason is officially underway.

While the World Series spotlight shines brightest on the biggest names and most established veterans every October, less hyped and somewhat overlooked players are often the ones who come through with the most surprising moments.

The 2015 World Series was no different, with a handful of players who in some ways had become afterthoughts delivering clutch performances, some bigger than others.