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David Glass half full, Kauffman will remain empty
Ahsan Latif
Issue date: 2/14/05 Section: Sports
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Sure, Kauffman Stadium is one of the better old stadiums in baseball. But that's not why the Glass family wants to remain there for the next 10 years. If that was the case Glass would have been wholeheartedly behind Bi-State II, a plan which offered enough money to completely renovate Kauffman Stadium into a truly state-of-the-art ballpark.
Instead Glass offered a tepid endorsement of that ill-fated venture, biding his time to see how much of the cost of a possible downtown stadium would be picked up by Kansas City taxpayers.
Apparently it wasn't enough.
If anyone has a right to oppose the construction of a new ballpark, it's Brett. It's the memories of his own achievements that are locked up in that ballpark. The rivalry with the New York Yankees. The majority of his 3,000 hits. The 1985 World Series. It's all locked up in that beautiful, decaying park.
But even he can see past it all into the endless possibilities of the future.
David Glass is apparently not an optimist. Glass is content to see this once proud baseball town's stadium perpetually half empty. As long as the Royals are run like Wal-Mart, the Glass will never be half full.
alatif@unews.com
Instead Glass offered a tepid endorsement of that ill-fated venture, biding his time to see how much of the cost of a possible downtown stadium would be picked up by Kansas City taxpayers.
Apparently it wasn't enough.
If anyone has a right to oppose the construction of a new ballpark, it's Brett. It's the memories of his own achievements that are locked up in that ballpark. The rivalry with the New York Yankees. The majority of his 3,000 hits. The 1985 World Series. It's all locked up in that beautiful, decaying park.
But even he can see past it all into the endless possibilities of the future.
David Glass is apparently not an optimist. Glass is content to see this once proud baseball town's stadium perpetually half empty. As long as the Royals are run like Wal-Mart, the Glass will never be half full.
alatif@unews.com
