Subject: Kauffman Stadium

• Nearly Headless Mike Sweeney

  July 20, 2007

• David Cook at the Power & Light District

  May 9, 2008

• Here's a Proposition for the Royals: an Exorcism

  May 23, 2008

• The K gets a bowl lift

  The Blue Ridge Cutoff is not one Kansas City's most desirable addresses. What the Royals and Chiefs lack in location, they make up for in acreage. With room to grow, the teams are using the $625 million renovation of the Truman Sports Complex to bump out the stadiums' concourses and add new shops, concession stands and, in the case of the Royals, a barbecue stand beyond right field.The Royals invited the media to take a hard-hat tour of Kauffman Stadium yesterday. Some of the most dramatic chang

  January 8, 2009

• Off the Couch

  October 25, 2001

• Best Night of Beisbol

  October 17, 2002

• Heavy Petting

  February 26, 2004

• Gates most likely gone from Kauffman Stadium

  Flickr: Clever SwineIt's looking as if Gates Barbecue won't have a place at the redesigned Kauffman Stadium.In charge of concession stands and restaurants in the newly redesigned stadium is food giant Aramark, which signed an agreement this past fall with the club to provide food services for the next 10 years. Calls to Aramark office went unreturned but a Royals employee with knowledge of the new concession layouts told me he had not seen Gates in the new plans.

  March 13, 2009

• This week's "Best of Fat City"

  Flickr: mringlein We're thinking these were the top stories posted on Fat City this week: Bluestem owner Colby Garrelts is a James Beard Award finalist Young inventor creates beer-flavored popcorn Sheridan's Frozen Custard an official tenant of Kauffman Stadium Chef Linda Duerr, laid off at J.J.'s Restaurant, looks for a new job. Smitten by Campo Lindo Farms    

  March 27, 2009

• Slideshow: Kauffman Stadium preview

  The Royals opened the gates of Kauffman Stadium yesterday and allowed fans to explore the refurbished ballpark. The largely taxpayer-financed $250 million renovation expanded the concourses and created new attractions (batting cages, a carousel) in the outfield. Click here for a slideshow.

  April 6, 2009

• Hey, Batter

  April 9, 2009

• Lady Liberty at the K

  Looks like the Liberty Tax people are working at Kauffman Stadium. Nah, another opening day photo from our publisher. Give me your drunks, your homers, your long-suffering masses yearning to be victorious.

  April 13, 2009

• Daily Briefs: Your new dress code

  The new Power & Light District dress code began yesterday, and all patrons will now be be required to wear those little black shorts Henry Rollins used to wear when he fronted Black Flag. Button-down dress shirts must be TUCKED IN to little black Henry Rollins shorts. The only permissible hats are the race-neutral Darth Vader helmets which truly bring us together as one people, you guys, regardless of ethnicity, gender or unexplainable lack of fondness for famous records everyone says are

  April 14, 2009

• The Old Turf

  April 16, 2009

• Kansas City Royals vs. Oakland

  August 28, 2008

• Cheap Game

  August 21, 2008

• Marching Orders

  August 7, 2008

• Kansas City Royals v. Boston

  July 31, 2008

• Kansas City Royals v. Seattle

  June 26, 2008

• Dear Fans: I suck. Sincerely, David Glass

  June 12, 2008

• Kansas City Royals v. Texas

  June 5, 2008

• Kansas City Royals v. Baltimore

  May 1, 2008

• The Poor Canucks

  April 24, 2008

• No Cost but Pride

  October 4, 2007

• Pregame Fiesta

  September 6, 2007

• Ballers From Up North

  August 2, 2007

• So So Sosa

  July 26, 2007

• Popcorn Tubs Runneth Over

  How do you get through another dismal Royals season: gluttony.

  July 5, 2007

• Representin' the ... Where Are We?

  June 14, 2007

• Dan's No Jared

  March 8, 2007

• Is David Glass Smoking Grass?

  March 30, 2006

• David Is Goliath

  Wal-Mart's union killer faces baseball's heavy hitters.

  February 8, 2001

• Backwash

  We drag the river for stuff you didn't know you were missing.

  February 17, 2005

• The Season of Greed

  Fall 2004 means baseball playoffs, a new football campaign — and open season on the Kansas City fan.

  August 5, 2004

• T-Bones n' Roses

  This is some raw fun.

  May 20, 2004

• Dodge This

  Those red rubber balls are back in action.

  April 8, 2004

• What's in a Name?

  For the Chiefs and the Royals, not having to pay for refurbishing their fields.

  March 11, 2004

• Royal Gain

  Kauffman Stadium keeps on giving.

  August 28, 2003

• Flaming the Fans

  Kansas City has nothing to lose when it comes to pro athletes.

  September 12, 2002

• Royal Blues

  Baseball's been buried, buried good in KC.

  April 4, 2002

• Wake-up Brawl

  KC's ass-kicking choirboy teaches the town a lesson.

  August 23, 2001

• White Tide

  Royals give black fans little to cheer.

  June 21, 2001

• Damon-Possessed

  WHB's all-sports talker isn't such a good sport.

  May 17, 2001

• The Cost of the Game

  Kansas and Missouri legislators are crafting a second bistate tax proposal with the help of major league sports teams and the business community. Some people, including economists, raise questions about what taxpayers will get for their money -- if anyt

  March 30, 2000

• Despite swine flu, Cinco de Mayo still on

  What happened to New York City? I thought it was supposed to be a city of tough guys, vicious models and determined immigrants. Yet they cancel a Cinco de Mayo parade over a little swine flu scare. Fortunately we have thicker skin here in the Midwest (plus, more experience with pigs alive and dead). So swine flu be damned! There are still several events taking place around town today.A couple of these were featured in our dining newsletter Pitch Forks, and a couple I found out about today:The Ma

  May 5, 2009

• Though it’s anything but disadvantaged, Mark One Electric Company gets minority-hiring contracts

  June 11, 2009

• Cheapskate Night at the K

  June 25, 2009

• Comfort food and the recession

  ​If you've ever seen the Buck Night crowd at Kauffman Stadium, it's a no-brainer that in times of recession people not only love comfort food but cheap comfort food.  NPR's Gillian Gutierrez recently suggested that hot dogs should be used as an indicator of the economy's health of the economy. Based on the ingredients suggested on cooking Web sites, she figured more hot dogs means tighter times.  Not to debunk a perfectly good theory, but hot dog consumption always increases in

  August 31, 2009

• Breakfast Buffet: Wednesday, October 21

  Thumbs up for Shatto cheese, which is now available at the Whole Foods at 91st Street and Metcalf in Overland Park. [Hot Blog on a Stick]A visit to the regional offices of the Seattle Fish Company and a look at fresh fish in Kansas City. [Making of a Foodie]Whatever you think of the Royals, at least you're not paying $10 a cup for hot cocoa at Kauffman Stadium. [Consumerist]The Burger King Double Cheeseburger is officially available, and it's $1. [So Good]

  October 21, 2009

• Goodbye to salt?

  ​Salt alternatives aren't common yet, but three new salt substitutes have been launched in an attempt to take advantage of several major food corporations' announced intentions to reduce sodium in their products.NutraSalt 66, SaltPro and SaltWise are all being billed as salt alternatives -- the kind that may be needed by Unilever and ConAgra if they are to meet their stated goals of reducing sodium content in their packaged goods by 2010 and 2015, respectively.Reducing sodium intake is likely

  November 12, 2009