Kansas City Declines Option on Royals

Ok, made you look.

about 2 years ago Bill Potter 13 comments 0 recs |

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Still, if KC could really do this, they probably would.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Nov 17, 2009 2:49 PM CST reply actions

Didn't they have that chance when the Royals wanted Kauffman Stadium renovated?

If the issue hadn’t passed the vote, the Royals might be not be in Kansas City anymore.

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg

by Bill Potter on Nov 17, 2009 3:06 PM CST up reply actions

Too late now, I guess.

The folks in Copenhagen will just have to wait.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Nov 17, 2009 3:11 PM CST up reply actions

Love the Copenhagen Comment!

Eamus Ursuli!

by WGNstatic on Nov 17, 2009 2:54 PM CST reply actions

There was a good article in The Onion about the Grizzlies insisting they had five players better than Allen Iverson. Iverson and the Griz have since parted ways. I’m sure the Griz will stay in Memphis for the next several years, but I wouldn’t be surprised at all if they moved to KC’s Sprint Center before 2017. The lease at FedEx Forum runs until 2021. A deal could be struck between the city of Memphis and the Grizzlies to let the team out of the lease early.

"The big possums walk late." - Harry Caray

by memphiscub on Nov 17, 2009 3:39 PM CST reply actions

Kansas City?

You mean where the Kings did so well they had to move to Sacramento?

Odd, that several cities with major league baseball have no NBA team: St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Kansas City, and San Diego.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Nov 17, 2009 4:27 PM CST up reply actions

Sprint Center

I’d pick KC as the most likely city to get an NBA team some time in the next decade because the city already has an NBA ready arena built. KC is a long way from the nearest NBA city.

To your point, the Kings got as far as the conference finals only once during their time in Kansas City. The team didn’t draw that well. The market is small to have a third major league team to go with the Royals and Chiefs, but I don’t see a better or perhaps “less worse” place for the NBA to go than Kansas City because of the Sprint Center. I don’t see Louisville building an NBA palace. That’s an even smaller market than Memphis. I don’t know if Seattle will get around to building a new arena any time soon.

"The big possums walk late." - Harry Caray

by memphiscub on Nov 17, 2009 4:58 PM CST up reply actions

Don't forget to include Vegas...

as having a very outside chance at a professional team. They’ve been trying.

by Kansas25 on Nov 17, 2009 11:09 PM CST up reply actions

And IIRC

When the All star game was there a few years back, it was in large part because of the owners of the Sacramento Kings. It’s plausible. The Arco Arena (where the Kings play) is getting old, and fans aren’t coming out as much.

"If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, 'Sorry, Mom,' but nobody beats me." ~ Leo Durocher

by Musicdude10 on Nov 18, 2009 3:04 PM CST up reply actions

The problem...

with Vegas is, of course, getting league approval. Which may not happen.

by Kansas25 on Nov 18, 2009 3:18 PM CST up reply actions

look at the four major sports

and there are teams in each where no one else resides.

perfect examples (and there are many)
San Antonio has NBA alone
Columbus has NHL alone
Jacksonville has NFL alone
yet not one city has MLB and no other sport

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on Nov 17, 2009 10:39 PM CST up reply actions

For San Antonio...

Tom Benson wanted to move the Saints there after Hurricane Katrina and was very unpopular for it here. All seems to be forgotten now that the franchise has done better post-Katrina, but San Antonio could have gotten an NFL team.

And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fight Club, you have to fight.

by Ace Venom on Nov 18, 2009 12:01 PM CST up reply actions