On 10/26/09 6:05 PM, Vic Smith wrote:
On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:31:48 -0400, H the K
wrote:



"Good" - but a fading memory, terrific barbecue from Arthur Bryant's
Barbecue in Kansas City, *especially* when watching Charley Finley's
K.C. Athletics play a few blocks away in the old municipal stadium.

A really drastic diversion here.
One of the best laughs I ever has was when George Brett came on the
field out to play with the Royals after his surgery for hemorrhoids..
Think he was vying for the hitting title.
Lots of speculation whether he was ready to play or not.
He waddled out of the dugout.
The announcers kept their cool, but I laughed like hell.
Forgot all about that.

--Vic


It was always great fun watching the "A's," even with their crappy w/l
record. I was gone from KC by the time the Royals started up. But...and
this is a good connection, I did attend get to "cover" the American
Royal for a few years as a reporter, and some of my fondest memories
were of the table-sized (well, they looked that big) steaks served
during the Royal by the American Hereford Assn. Got one of the best
stories I ever wrote for The Star at an AHA meeting.