Random Kauffman Stadium Facts from Wikipedia
- Kauffman Stadium is the only stadium in the American League named in honor of a person.
- Kauffman Stadium was the sole baseball-only facility built in the majors between 1962 and 1991.
- Academy Award Winning Actor Chris Cooper, who grew up in Kansas City, attended the University of Missouri, and narrated the documentary of Ewing Kauffman's life story, was on the construction crew that built Kauffman Stadium.
- A construction strike delayed the opening of the Stadium and Kauffman added money to make sure it would open in time for the 1973 season and the 1973 All Star game.
- * Kauffman Stadium is the sixth oldest stadium in Major League Baseball. [edit]
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Frank White worked on the construction crew too
Kauffman is the only AL stadium currently named after a person. Progressive Field was named after former owner Richard Jacobs and it was kinda tacky the sold the naming rights (as they did at Jack Murphy Stadium)
Its only a matter of time before the Royals do the same. Goodbye Kauffman Stadium, hello Mr. Goodcents Field!
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Mr. Goodcents isn't a person?
What?!? What?!? What?!?
by AxDxMx on Dec 17, 2009 6:19 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I Seem To
Remember that Jackson County or the Chiefs or whoever controls the naming rights is going to sell the rights to Arrowhead. I don’t like it.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Dec 19, 2009 2:58 PM EST up reply actions
6. Kila Ka'aihue hit the most awesome home run ever there
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This is probably a stupid question
But on the off chance that this isn’t sarcasm, when did that happen?
yep
It marked the first time I ever heard “Hawk” Harrelson(sp?) say anything flat out positive about a team that wasn’t the white sox.
I refuse to set up a signature....DAMMIT
Here's his first
I LOVE the way Hawk just mangles his last name:
http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=3517277
"Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it." -Hal McRae
"I was doing this when BJ was in his father's nutsack." -Renzo Gracie
by Sweep_the_Leg on Dec 17, 2009 9:04 PM EST up reply actions
Naiee...Nagee...Nagah...
Not gonna work here anymore anyway, huh? Hahaha!
"Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it." -Hal McRae
"I was doing this when BJ was in his father's nutsack." -Renzo Gracie
by Sweep_the_Leg on Dec 17, 2009 9:27 PM EST up reply actions
Whatever
That homer was weak. Big Mac’s shot off the Dog Food sign back in 98 is still my my pick.
(sigh)
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by Matt Klaassen on Dec 18, 2009 2:34 PM EST up reply actions
Fact Number 7:
It was better before the renovations. We should used that money towards a Downtown stadium around 2015.
Should've stopped at "Wikipedia"
Kauffman Stadium is the only stadium in the American League named in honor of a person.
While the Twins technically played their last game at the HUBERT H. HUMPHREY Metrodome, they have yet to make their debut in their new stadium.
Wikipedia is almost as reliable as Fan House or Wordpress.
- W. Bloomquist homered to deep center
- P. Earth explodes
Fanhouse?
Outside of the Mariotti’s and Price’s over there, the bloggers are actually pretty good. Do you mean BleacherReport?
I used to work with an old man that told me- Son, every workplace has a dumbass. If you don't have one where you work, then I'm afraid you're it.
I don't know when this happened
But I was watching some NFL wrap up show and they referred to the Metrodome as “Mall of America Field”. Wha??!?!?
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It now has one of those really dumb names
“Mall of America Field at The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome”
by kcbottom9th on Dec 18, 2009 10:24 PM EST up reply actions
Wikipedia is awesome
The Metrodome is now named Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, so I suppose technically (even though they will play at Target field from now on) you are correct.
However, Wikipedia is the single best place to read about an unfamiliar topic. You just need some common sense and the time to read the sourced links. The sources cited for a Wikipedia article are usually far more scholarly than anything easily found using a generic search engine.
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