by Kevin Burton The seasons are changing, calendar and sports calendar; the time is changing (spring forward Saturday night, kids), too much is changing. Any number of poets have rhapsodized about the beginning of spring and all it symbolizes. OK, I’m good with that. But as a sports guy in the man cave, …
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ESPN Classic: A Thing Of The Past
by Kevin Burton ESPN will discontinue the ESPN Classic channel at the end of this year according to published reports. You know what this means? I will have to come up with a new joke to explain the futility of my Cincinnati Reds. I have been saying I still love to watch them, …
Taking The Helm Of Expos Baseball
by Kevin Burton Growing up, if you had a sibling, you had a sibling rivalry. There are a lot of variables here, closeness of ages, gender, talents, interests. But even if it was just competition for the attention/approval of mom and dad, chances are you had a little something simmering at all times, …
Perez Was Vital Part Of Big Red Machine
By Kevin Burton “How good are the Reds” was the question Sports illustrated famously asked on the cover of its 1976 World Series wrap-up edition. Two more questions: how vital was Tony Perez to that team and how misguided was the trade that sent him to Montreal? It’s Perez’s birthday today. He …
Sports Hate Is A Thing, But What Is It?
by Kevin Burton My mother used to get on me for saying I “hated’ certain sports figures or teams. She wanted me to say instead that I didn’t appreciate this or that about them. Well OK, call it sports hate then. When I say I love my wife and I also love …
Recalling The 70s Through Baseball
by Kevin Burton The Cincinnati teams of the 70s, particularly in the mid-70s are regarded as the best National League teams ever assembled. The Royals built on what they did in the 70s and came of age in the 80s with two World Series appearances and one championship in 1985. If I ever …
Do Or Die For Kansas City In Game 5
by Kevin Burton The signs carried by Royals fans said “we believe” as well they should. The Royals themselves believed. The vaunted Big Red Machine had been contained in Cincinnati where the teams split two games, but had exploded for seven runs in each of the two games at Royals Stadium. The …
Kansas City Needs Win To Draw Even
by Kevin Burton Long before the A’s, long before the Royals, The Kansas City Monarchs were charter members of the Negro National League in 1920. The Monarchs were perhaps the most prominent team in Negro League baseball. KC is host to the Negro League Baseball Museum at 18th and Vine in the Jazz …
KC Fans Get First Taste Of World Series
by Kevin Burton You know this is a simulated World Series because fans jam-pack the stadiums. Imagine the thrill of a city’s first trip to the World Series. The Kansas City A’s had come tantalizingly close, finishing sixth in 1955 and seventh three other times before the team left for Oakland after the …
Battle Of Bullpens In World Series Game 2
by Kevin Burton Nobody used the term “walkoff” in the 70s but that’s what we had in game one of my 70-something World Series won by Cincinnati. Kansas City tries to bounce back behind right hander Steve Busby. Busby won 56 games from 1973 to 1975 including two no-hitters. Injuries derailed what might …
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