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Weekend Rumblings - News for October 20, 2018
Sam Melliner reports the Royals are now free to negotiate a new television deal with anyone.
“We view it as an exciting time,” said Kevin Uhlich, the Royals’ senior vice president for baseball operations. “We don’t view it negatively at all. It’s part of the process, and we’re up for it.”
Fox will pay the Royals about $25 million in the final year of the contract. Uhlich wouldn’t disclose either side’s final offer but said “it’s still a pretty big gap.”
The Star says there downtown baseball isn’t on the radar right now.
A year ago, The Star reported that Kansas City was funding a study of potential sites for a downtown baseball stadium. But since then, not much has happened.
The main private sector players — Jon Copaken, principal with real estate development firm Copaken-Brooks, and Bill Dietrich, president and CEO of the Downtown Council of Kansas City — did not respond to requests for comment.
City Manager Troy Schulte, who irritated some City Council members by not informing them of the study before the story appeared, said he’s seen no report nor been a party to any serious discussions on the issue.
“I don’t think there are any significant conversations,” he said.
The media got a chance to hit dingers at the K.
We invited the media to check out Hit For Your Seats this afternoon. Renew your season seats or place a deposit by October 26 to get the chance to hit on the field! https://t.co/HjCIvsVFY6 pic.twitter.com/vMVlIJHLeC
— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) October 19, 2018
Here is a video of @cdotharrison taking a hack today at Kauffman Stadium #TheDrive pic.twitter.com/PX10RNRJ3P
— Steven Spector (@StevenSpector10) October 19, 2018
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