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Robert W. Butler

A pleasant roll through the park in The Ball

By ROBERT W. BUTLER

The Kansas City Star

It’s called The Ball, but technically it’s two balls — a big one 9 feet in diameter and a smaller one about 7 feet suspended inside the first.

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