Wednesday, November 18, 2009

The Mayan Calendar predicts apocalypse, competitive baseball in KC

Posted by Peter Rugg on Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 8:00 AM

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Sinister portents abound, Kansas City! Normally, as rational skeptics, we'd laugh at the idea of anything unusual happening in 2012 -- a date getting a lot of attention for being the last year on the Mayan Calendar.

But then there's this story about the owners of Major League Baseball teams gathering in Chicago today to hash out a few things.

One of the topics that's reportedly up for discussion: the site of the 2012 All-Star Game.

And guess which city's stadium is considered the frontrunner?

Kansas City!

Supposedly the K looks good because of all its recent renovations. There's a nice symmetry there, because the last time Kansas City hosted an All-Star game was 1973, when the ballpark -- then known as Royals Stadium -- had just opened.

If Kauffman Stadium were chosen, it wouldn't just get the All-Star Game but also the various things that go with it, such as the All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball game, which mixes former players from the host team with famous actors and musicians. If it turns out that we do get the game, it would be pretty cool, but the idea of so many winners in town just seems ... off somehow.

Cusack be with you.

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Too bad the stadium is a prarie. I swear, one of the things I will never understand is why they didn't build the new stadium inside the urban core...
Fuckin' Kansas City

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