Kansas City 4-5 August

En route to Kansas City, we stopped at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library. This took a full day to tour. I highly recommend it to anyone who is in the Kansas City area.
Truman was famous for this slogan. The plaque that was on his desk is prominently displayed. This is only one of many small displays. There are many other estensive displays as well.

The statue of Truman and his grave are the final items on the Library tour. There is so much info here that it is hard to summarize. It is simply a gotta see.

As far as the Royals go, they were playing the Red Sox. There were as many Red Sox fans as there were Royals fans at the game. Unfortunately, the RedSox fans brought with them the ill manners and conceit that they had exhibited in Boston.

In front of the stadium is the statue of George Brett. It is the only significant statue or memory of the Royals past outside the stadium.

The largest privately owned fountain is at Kauffman stadium in Kansas City. They do quite a bit with it during the game.
Much to the dismay of the many Red Sox fans that had migrated to Kansas City, the Kansas City pitching was sufficient to hold on to the win (barely). It was nice to go to the breakfast room at the hotel the next morning without hearing predictions of how many runs the Sox would win by.
In between games we had the chance to do a bit of sight seeing. The national World War I memorial is in Kansas City. It is worth a visit if you are in town.
We had been looking forward to visiting the Negro Baseball League Museum since our visit to Pittsburgh. It is an outstanding exhibition, unfortunately, this is the best picture that I could get. They make you turn in your camera at the door, but there are many great displays. We spent about two hours here, and we could have spent another hour or two.
That night, the Red Sox bounced back against the hapless Royals pitching. Fortunately, this was a major promotion night for the Royals so more of the locals showed up. The crowd was far more home team centric.

Unfortunately, getting to the Royals stadium is not easy (there is no public transport) and the stadium is undergoing major rennovation during the season. The stadium is not the jewel that it could be. Thus, the list of Stadiums goes as follows:

First Division:

• Wrigley Field
• PNC Park
• Turner Field
• St Louis

Second Division:

• Baltimore
• Milwaukee
• Cincinnati
• Toronto
• Philadelphia
• New York Yankees
• Cleveland
• Washington
• Kansas City
• Chicago White Sox
• Boston
• Minnesota