Sports Illustrated prediction: Before the Astros, the Royals
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Sports Illustrated predicted the 2017 World Series win for the Houston Astros. In 2011, Joe Posnanski wrote a season preview for Kansas City Royals. The Royals were coming off seven straight losing seasons.
Royals won their first World Series in 30 years in 2015. They had a parade through the Country Club Plaza.
Sports Illustrated predicts the Royals will beat the Astros.