Welcome to fan-friendly Kansas City!
What a fun experience!
What a fun experience!
To begin with, we were met at the gate by Tim and his gang. They work for Fan Relations, and are starting up a "Kids Say The Darndest Things"-style segment for their Diamond Vision between innings. They wanted to interview CARTER!! Well, you can imagine how funny our social little-guy was, as he answered questions about Kaufman Stadium (How much do you think it holds? "Yots") and his favorite team ("The A's... we ARE A's fans!") They are going to edit his segment and show it at a future Royals game, and we got two free tickets!
Our seats were amazing! We were practically right behind home plate, up under the overhang. We were out of the weather, and could see everything.
At the start of the game we were greeted by the Navy Seal "LeapFrogs," a skydiving exhibition team. 8 divers dropped from planes above the stadium. Several performed stunts, one carried in the Royals team flag, and one brought in a huge American flag. After all were on the ground, the plane treated us to a fly-by!
At the start of the game we were greeted by the Navy Seal "LeapFrogs," a skydiving exhibition team. 8 divers dropped from planes above the stadium. Several performed stunts, one carried in the Royals team flag, and one brought in a huge American flag. After all were on the ground, the plane treated us to a fly-by!
Kauffman Stadium now has the largest Diamond Vision of any baseball stadium. (They actually planned it that way, waiting for Texas to complete theirs before deciding on the final dimensions.) Note the center-fielder in this picture to show scale.
In addition to having AMAZING production-value for what they show, they use this giant H-D TV to fully entertain the fans -showing a new game, contest, sing along, or fan-cam between every inning. Imagine a lawn mower race, a speed-text challenge, the "Kiss-cam", and many contestant trivia games with prizes, not only for the fan, but his/her entire row! We were also treated to a Hot-Dog cannon (Yes, flying wieners everywhere!), and T-shirts thrown into the crowd.
The Royal's mascot is called Slugrrr. He is a crown-wearing Lion, who seems to like to hang small boys upside down.
We will be hanging with Brandy and Jack for the next few days, here in beautiful Kansas City. We plan to see the Negro League Museum, as well as taking in the Zoo, and possibly the Nelson Gallery (As well as eating our way from one side of town to the other) before heading to St. Louis on Monday.
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