Kansas City Royals players pose for a photo after defeating the New York Mets 7-2 in 12 innings in Game 5 of the World Series at Citi Field in New York City to complete a 4-1 victory. — Reuters

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A year after losing in seven games to San Francisco, the Royals made up for it with another never-say-die rally after being held scoreless for the first eight innings.

The Mets led 2-0 going into the ninth, and manager Terry Collins elected to bring back starter Matt Harvey, who was bidding for a rare World Series shutout but whose pitch count was already into three figures. Harvey gave up a walk and then an RBI double to Eric Hosmer, which made it 2-1, and was immediately replaced by closer Jeurys Familia.

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Royals catcher Salvador Perez, who was later named as series MVP, hit a slow ground ball toward third baseman David Wright, who froze Hosmer with a glance and threw across the diamond to first base for the second out.

Hosmer, however, bolted for home plate as soon as Wright released the ball.

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Hosmer made a headfirst dive home with the tying run, and given Kansas City’s history of successful late rallies — all four of their wins in the series were come-from-behind victories — there was an immediate sense of inevitability about a Royals victory.

One agonizing step from ecstasy last season, this time the Royals reign after their latest incredible comeback, and a go-ahead hit in the 12th inning from maybe the most unlikely player in uniform.

Christian Colon, making his first at-bat in four weeks, singled home the tiebreaking run to begin a five-run avalanche that buried the Mets. Lorenzo Cain sealed it with a three-run double. “I couldn’t have written a better script [url=http://www.cheapnorthamericajerseys.com/]Wholesale Team North America Hockey Jerseys[/url] ,” Royals manager Ned Yost said.

Now, a group of homegrown favorites who turned around a floundering franchise — Mike Moustakas and Alex Gordon and Hosmer — take their place in Royals history alongside George Brett, Willie Wilson, Bret Saberhagen and the champions from 30 years ago.

They couldn’t have done it without major contributions from newcomers like Ben Zobrist, Johnny Cueto, Kendrys Morales, and Chris Young.

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“I let my heart get in the way of my gut,” Collins said. “I love my players. And I trust them. It didn’t work. It was my fault.”

Curtis Granderson had put the Mets ahead with a leadoff homer in the first inning, and the Mets managed a 2-0 lead against heavy-hearted Royals starter Edinson Volquez, pitching one day after returning from his father’s funeral.

But for these resilient Royals, no deficit is too large, no time in the game too late. “We never quit. We never put our heads down,” Perez said.

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They swept the Chicago Cubs for their first NL pennant in 15 years but remain without a World Series title since 1986.

NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks wavered and posted gains for the week, as investors mainly focused on tax legislation progress and newly-released economic data.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed a 1.5-trillion-dollar tax cut bill into law, as well as a spending bill to keep the federal government running through Jan. 19, 2018.

The U.S. Congress this week passed the tax bill along party line, with no Democrats voting for it.

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"By cutting taxes and reforming the broken system, we are now pouring rocket fuel into the engine of our economy," Trump said Wednesday in a statement after the final congressional passage of the tax legislation.

The tax bill, the sweeping rewrite of U.S. tax law since 1986, would cut the corporate income tax rate to 21 percent from the current 35 percent and lower individual income rates.

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