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The Royals’ return home this week is a reminder how frustrating it is for fans not to be able to see more replays on the fabulous new Crown Vision board.
It’s bad enough that Major League Baseball does not allow clubs to show bang-bang plays on the bases, which, by the way, would prove how good the umpires really are (the All-Star Game notwithstanding).
But what about the Royals’ refusal to show outstanding defensive plays by opponents? In the last homestand, White Sox third baseman Joe Crede made a few dazzling plays, as did Seattle shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt.
No replays were shown, though any routine grounder or fly ball to a Royals fielder was quickly shown. We’re not asking the Royals to show opponents hitting home runs or striking out Kansas City batters.
But fans paying for tickets, parking and concessions are entitled to the replays of web gems that the folks at home see on television, no matter what uniform a player is wearing.
There are also plenty of Twins, Yankees, White Sox, Red Sox and Cardinals fans in the stands when those teams visit. The Royals are happy to sell them tickets. Those fans, too, deserve seeing replays of both teams.
Remembering Shane
There’s no way Shane Slayline could have known as he trained for his first 5K run in 2007 that it would be the only race of his life. Slayline was later diagnosed with colon cancer and died at 35 in February, leaving his wife, Lori, and two children, Stefani, 16, and Derek, 7.
This year’s 13th annual Grand Prix 5K Run and Fun Walk, one of the top races in the Midwest, will honor Slayline. Lori is inviting family, friends and co-workers to join her and be part of “Shane’s Gang” to raise funds for Cancer Action, a local, nonprofit agency offering free programs and services to cancer patients and their families.
The race will start at 7:30 a.m. Saturday at GM’s Fairfax assembly plant in Kansas City, Kan. Participants can register at www.canceractionkc.org or by calling 913-642-8885.
Boots and KC
Now we know why AEG, which had a contract with William “Boots” Del Biaggio to operate a prospective NHL team at the Sprint Center, signed off on his buying a large stake in the Nashville Predators.
Del Biaggio, a San Jose, Calif., businessman who has since filed for bankruptcy protection, faces fraud lawsuits from several lenders and is under investigation by the FBI, had his eye on moving the Predators to Kansas City by the 2009-10 season.
According to a report in the Nashville Tennessean, Del Biaggio negotiated a “Portability Value” clause, so if the Predators lost $20 million by 2009-10 and failed to average 14,000 paid, he could relocate the team.
As it turned out, AEG, which is owed $7 million by Del Biaggio, was blindsided by Boots and needs to do more due diligence in its search for an NHL owner for Kansas City.
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