Article: Go ahead and believe: The Royals are not a fluke.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Byline: Joe Posnanski

KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ A few years ago, we were watching Buster Douglas pound the life out of Mike Tyson, watching it in complete disbelief, when a friend offered up one of the truest lines I have ever heard.

"You know, the longer this goes on," he said around the fourth or fifth round, "the less likely it's a fluke."

That's how I feel about the Royals now. This is no fluke anymore. Everybody keeps asking, "When is it OK to believe this is for real?" It's for real. Believe it right now. The Royals did something remarkable on Thursday. Well, actually they did two remarkable things.

One, they won when Minnesota's Torii ...

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