Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy:
Don't they still have ladies night at the K? Not 85% but quite a damn lot.
I'm not sure, I haven't been to a game in probably ten years, long before they ever won anything (well, unless you go all the way back to '85, but I didn't move here until '99...). [Reply]
Nice to see someone having some playoff success. Also, after their terrible seasons Pratto and Melendez have been hitting the ball well in the playoffs.
Two nights in a row facing elimination. Two nights in a row walking it off.
This is what they seem to do most years. Suck shit all year, then win meaningless games at the end of the year. All those wins do is give is lower draft spots and get some fans excited because they played .500 ball for a month and a half, so maybe they will win it all next year! [Reply]
BREAKING: Dave Dombrowski is out as president of the Boston Red Sox. Assistant general manager Eddie Romero will take over as head of baseball operations.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- There's an obscure, citizen-led mechanism that could pave the way for the long-debated downtown stadium for the Kansas City Royals (and possibly the Chiefs).
With a new owner in place for the Royals, discussion of a downtown stadium is heating up once again.
Although there seems to be little appetite among local leaders to make a downtown stadium a top priority, there is one mechanism to bankroll a project that could be spearheaded by taxpayers and fans.
“Turns out, if you wanted to do it by sales tax, there’s a group already in place that could handle it and already has authorization to go to voters,” said Dave Helling, a KC Star columnist and FOX4 contributor.
In an editorial this week, Helling explained a process using the little-known Bistate Commission.
It’s a taxing entity that allows voters in both Johnson County, Kansas, and Jackson County, Missouri, to gather petition signatures that could put a sales tax issue before voters on both sides of the state line.
“If you really wanted to do it, there is a way that you might do it,” Helling said. “Now whether it will happen or not is another huge question, but the mechanism is there.”
The last major project supported by a sales tax through the Bistate Commission involved renovations to Union Station.
Helling concedes the method is a long shot, but it would effectively remove politics from the public debate over building a new stadium.
He estimates a quarter-cent sales tax, over 30 years, could generate $1.5 billion.
“It’s a heavy lift, but it isn’t impossible. It isn’t completely out of the question that this could be at least on some people’s agenda going forward," he said.
Originally Posted by arrowheadnation:
Gotta think he is well over 50 if he plays in a hitter friendly ball park.
Either way, he's now within 2 of Trout. If he can get super hot and maybe the Angels can give Trout a few days off, who knows. It's rare that the Royals ever have anyone within striking distance of the AL homer lead. [Reply]