SuggestedLeadIn: The American League Champion Kansas City Royals prepared for the opening game of their World Series match up against the National League Champion New York Mets

Script: SOUNDBITE: (English) Ned Yost, Kansas City Royals Manager (on his team):

"You know, they have a lot of confidence. They've got a lot of determination. They've had determination from day one of Spring training. I think this time last year we were really excited to be here. I don't think we really expected to be here, but we were excited to be here. This year we expected to be here. This group of guys has gone out and accomplished everything they've set their mind to this year. And they wanted to win the Division, they did that; they wanted to win home-field advantage, they did that; they wanted to get back to the World Series, they've done that. And of course, we had a large contingency of Royals in the All-Star Game. They wanted to get home-field advantage for the World Series, they've done that. They've accomplished everything that they've set their minds to up to this point, and we've got one big series left."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Ned Yost, Kansas City Royals Manager (on New York's lack of World Series experience):

"I don't really see it as an advantage. We didn't have any play-off experience last year, and we took it all the way to game seven of the World Series. It's about execution. These guys have got a tremendous team. They've got tremendous pitching. They're going to go out and play their game. It's the World Series, but when you're here, it's a very rapid pace, but it's fun. There's only two teams left. The whole world is watching. I don't see having a huge experience advantage over those guys, because it's the World Series, anything can happen. You just go out and play."