Royals, Orioles get out the vote in election between Kauffman Stadium and Camden Yards
Last month, a website created a bracket of Major League Baseball stadiums, and invited fans to vote for their favorite ballparks.
Sports on Earth seeded the stadiums based on age. Fenway Park was the top seed, while Marlins Park was No. 30.
Kauffman Stadium was seeded No. 6 and easily dispatched of Citi Field in the first round. After that came wins against Great American Ball Park and Dodger Stadium.
It’s down to the Final Four, and fans are voting for two races: Kauffman Stadium vs. Oriole Park at Camden Yards, and Fenway Park vs. PNC Park.
The voting ends at noon on Thursday. On Monday morning, Kauffman Stadium had a huge lead: 69 percent to 31 percent.
Then the Orioles tweeted this:
Is Oriole Park at Camden Yards your favorite ballpark? Vote now in this stadium competition: https://t.co/EtanxbZNvt pic.twitter.com/O3ZpVPoHhI
— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) April 18, 2016
Some Orioles fans heeded the call, and were frankly stunned that their team’s home wasn’t winning the competition.
@Orioles the fact that anyone has voted for Kauffman is astounding.
— Tyler Bowman® (@TylerBowman5) April 18, 2016
@TylerBowman5 like I don't even see a comparison, Baltimore for the win!
— Derrick Narvaez (@dnarvaez01) April 18, 2016
#Orioles fans,Camden Yards is NOT losing to Kauffman Stadium. Vote for OPaCY.https://t.co/U592yAJSRn
— J-Eddy (@EdHotnix) April 19, 2016
@Orioles Is there actually ANY competition?
— Christopher Suprun (@FireEMSGuru) April 18, 2016
@Orioles This vote will not be accurate due to KC fans, just like the all-star votes.
— Mark Sullivan (@mcsully116) April 18, 2016
The Orioles’ get-out-the vote campaign has made a noticeable difference. The voting as of Tuesday morning was much closer: Kauffman Stadium was ahead 55.75 percent to 44.25 percent.
Here is the where fans can vote in both races.
UPDATE: The Royals have responded with a call of their own.
...You know what to do, #Royals fans! https://t.co/ViJRJkhuME
— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) April 19, 2016
Pete Grathoff: 816-234-4330, @pgrathoff
This story was originally published April 19, 2016 at 11:21 AM.