Search Islandora Content

Search Content

142 Results

Grid Results Facet Summary

Card Grid List

Missouri Valley Special Collections

Member of » Content » ID
Filter results
Becoming George Brett
Becoming George Brett
Commemorative keepsake section of the Kansas City Star printed to honor the 40th anniversary of George Brett's debut with the Kansas City Royals. The section contains several articles by three…
Date : 2013-08-04
Greinke Savors this One
Greinke Savors this One
Zack Greinke received the Wilber "Bullet" Rogan Award as the American League's most outstanding pitcher at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Greinke also recently received the Cy…
Date : 2010-01-22
Room with a View
Room with a View
Special two-page description with photographs and diagrams of the changes made to Kauffman Stadium in its renovation. Includes statistics about number of seats, etc.
Date : 2009-04-06
Royals Say No to Downtown
Royals Say No to Downtown
The Kansas City Royals announced Friday that they and their fans want to keep the Truman Sports Complex as it is, rather than building a downtown ballpark or renovating Kauffman Stadium. This abrupt…
Date : 2005-02-12
Royals to Honor Sabes
Royals to Honor Sabes
Bret Saberhagen has been selected to be in the Royals Hall of Fame. He was a pitching hero for the Royals in the 1985 World Series and played for the team from 1984 through 1992. Saberhagen says…
Date : 2004-01-12
Ballpark Area's Future May Lie In Historic Past
Ballpark Area's Future May Lie In Historic Past
Article about the efforts being made in the Monarch Manor subdivision on the former site of old Municipal Stadium to attract home buyers. "Nearly $300,000 worth of trees, landscaping and a…
Date : 2012-06-09
Eagle's Nest was Ours, This was Home Turf
Eagle's Nest was Ours, This was Home Turf
The Eagle's Nest, or American Legion Post 213, was an anchor of the neighborhood at Argentine Boulevard and 26th Street in Kansas City, Kansas. The post was founded by Hispanic veterans who…
Date : 2005-03-17
First, He Had to Overcome
First, He Had to Overcome
Profile and interview with former Royals trainer Mickey Cobb. Cobb was born in Waycross, Georgia with infantile paralysis. He had difficulty learning to walk, but managed to fulfill his dream of…
Date : 2012-06-25
Kansas City People: As Ageless as Baseball Itself
Kansas City People: As Ageless as Baseball Itself
File containing a photo and biographical article about Don Motley, "honored recently for his 30th anniversary as a manager and coach with the Ban Johnson League, founded in Kansas City in 1927.…
Date : 1998-02-04
A Field of Fans' Dreams
A Field of Fans' Dreams
The Royals baseball team and Jackson County officials have unveiled a $250 million renovation plan for Kauffman Stadium. Construction is to begin in October of 2007 and be completed by opening day of…
Date : 2007-05-22
Clock between Pitches
Clock between Pitches
Finley put a clock in Municipal Stadium that ticked off the 20 seconds that rules allow between the time a pitcher receives a ball from the catcher and when he delivers his next pitch.
Date : 1996-02-20
A Puzzle about Quiz
A Puzzle about Quiz
Commentary, written on the occasion of relief pitcher Bruce Sutter's induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, arguing that Royals reliever Dan Quisenberry's career statistics qualify him…
Date : 2006-01-11
Mickey Cobb's 1985 World Series Ring is Found
Mickey Cobb's 1985 World Series Ring is Found
Article documents the theft and eventual recovery of Mickey Cobb's 1985 World Series Ring. Cobb, the former head trainer for the Kansas City Royals baseball team, is interviewed and describes…
Date : 2015-10-09
Old Ball Park Leaves Its Memories
Old Ball Park Leaves Its Memories
Article debating the future and recalling the past of the now-deserted stadium, former home to such sports teams as the Kansas City A's, Royals, and Chiefs at 22nd & Brooklyn Avenues.
Date : 1972-10-06
Pujols' Respect for the Game is Equivalent to His Talent
Pujols' Respect for the Game is Equivalent to His Talent
Albert Pujols, a Fort Osage High School graduate, received the Charleston Award January 3, 2006. Article reviews Pujols baseball game statistics and reflects on Pujols' personality. He signed…
Date : 2006-01-04
Truman's Dream Comes True
Truman's Dream Comes True
After two years of construction, "Dream Field," the new baseball home field for Truman High School in Independence, Missouri, was finally ready for play. March 25, 2008, went "down as…
Date : 2008-03-28
Ban for Life: Ban Johnson League Marks Anniversary With List of 50 Greats
Ban for Life: Ban Johnson League Marks Anniversary With List of 50 Greats
Extensive article on the Ban Johnson Baseball League in celebration of its 75-year anniversary. Includes a timeline, all-75-year team, league award winners and league champions. The article is…
Date : 2002-03-29
We Lost Satchel
We Lost Satchel
Photo and obituary article about Leroy Robert Paige, or Satchel Paige (ca. 1906-1982), "a man who moved from the obscurity of the old Negro baseball leagues and into major league baseball's…
Date : 1982-06-09
Farewell to an Outfielder Who 'Just Oozed Happiness'
Farewell to an Outfielder Who 'Just Oozed Happiness'
Column notes the death of Alfred "Slick" Surratt . Surratt was an outfielder for the Kansas City Monarchs from 1947 to 1952 and one of the original founders of the Negro Leagues Baseball…
Date : 2010-02-20
Pinstripes & The Plains: The History of Kansas City's Long and Winding Relationshiop with the Yankees
Pinstripes & The Plains: The History of Kansas City's Long and Winding Relationshiop with the Yankees
This article explores the relationship over the years between Kansas City's major league baseball teams and the New York Yankees. According to the article, "Lou Gehrig played his final game…
Date : 2007-09-09
Negro Leagues Star Gets Headstone
Negro Leagues Star Gets Headstone
"After lying for 30 years in an unmarked grave," Carroll Ray "Dink" Mothell received a headstone installed by the Society of American Baseball Research. Mothell played 15 seasons…
Date : 2011-06-20
James Tierney Obituary
James Tierney Obituary
Obituary for James Tierney, or Cot Tierney, a former Major League Baseball player dying at the age of 59 in 1953.
Date : 1953-04-18
It's All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses a Team
It's All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses a Team
Article discussing the status of professional baseball.
Date : 1999-04-22
White Shoes
White Shoes
In what turned out to be his last season in Kansas City, Finley put his club in white baseball shoes made from the pelts albino kangaroos.
Date : 1996-02-20
Comfort of Home
Comfort of Home
Article profiles the life and career of Rick Sutcliffe, a former major-league pitcher and Kansas City native who is battling colon cancer. Nicknamed the "Red Baron," Sutcliff spent 18 years…
Date : 2008-05-23