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Passan: Salvador Perez is back where he wants to be: Playing October baseball in Kansas City

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Salvador Perez , the Royals' 34-year-old catcher, was MVP in last year's World Series .

The Royals won their first World Series in 30 years , Perez hit 27 home runs, drove in 104 runs and played 158 games.

He is approaching 11,000 innings caught and 300 home runs hit, the type of gaudy numbers that are the domain of those inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame .

"This is what he lives for," Cole Ragans, the winning pitcher in Game 2 of the ALDS, says Perez .

Salvador Perez is the heart of the Royals ' postseason success.

The Royals beat the Yankees 4-2 in Game 2 of the World Series 2 on Tuesday night .

Perez: "We have the best fans ever. Even in the bad moments, they were there for us" The Royals have been on the road for 17 days to finish their season .

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