Random player from history: John Mayberry You probably know this, but just about all of the great ballparks in baseball were built by one of the Kansas City architectural firms … and those firms were built out of the splendor that is Kauffman Stadium.Īll-time pitching rotation: 20th-best (Kevin Appier Bret Saberhagen Mark Gubicza Zack Greinke Dennis Leonard) In fact, it’s not a stadium despite the name: It’s a “ballpark” built in a time of “stadiums.” The fountains. If it was good enough for Bo Jackson, it’s good enough for anyone.Ĭamden Yards rightfully gets the credit for launching the modern stadium revolution, but many years earlier, Royals Stadium - now Kauffman Stadium - reshaped how people saw baseball stadiums. The Royals have a powder blue version now (they have lots of uniform versions) but it’s with white pants which dull the effect. But I have strong feelings of affection for the old powder blues of George Brett, Paul Splittorff, Frank White, Hal McRae and so on. That’s fine as far as it goes: The white uniforms are classy with the script “Royals” across the chest. There was actually some talk about having a cow for the logo this was wisely ditched - not because I’m anti-cow logo (I am certainly not) but because nobody would have any idea what was going on.Īs Paul Lukas of UniWatch points out, the Royals uniform has developed into a sort of Los Angeles Dodgers lite. They were named for the American Royal, a livestock show that has been in Kansas City since 1899. Most people probably don’t know this - the Royals were not actually named for royalty. Look, if it’s good enough for Lorde, it’s good enough for all of us. We’re going to count down these essays from 30 to 1, worst team to best as I see it going into 2021.
This will be a tour of the mind, a love letter to baseball’s history and future. In these hopefully dwindling days of COVID-19, I’m not going to actually go to the spring training sites. For the next 30 or so days - weekends off so my family doesn’t leave me - we’re going to try to take a little baseball tour.
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