Kansas City Trip

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kc001P6211089 On June 21, 2006, Kate and I took a road trip to Kansas City, Missouri. We wnt to see the Pirates play the Royals, but also to check out the Negro League Baseball Museum. Unfortunately, no pictures were permitted to be taken in the museum. After checking out the museum, Kate and I drove over to Union Station. One of the cool things to see in this part of town is the only World War I memorial in the U.S. As seen here, it is located on a hill on the south side of town.

kc002P6211092 Kate enjoyed the water fountains of Liberty Memorial, as the World War I memorial is called.

kc003P6211093 One of the two phrases on this side of the structure. It reads

kc004P6211094 And the phrase from this side reads

kc005P6211102 The main section of the memorial, the Memorial Tower, is 217 feet above the observation deck. There are four stone spirits near the top - Honor, Courage, Patriotism, and Sacrifice.

kc006P6211104 A view from the observation deck of the area to the south of the memorial.

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kc008P6211107 The southern side of the Memorial Tower, and...

kc009P6211106 ...a zoomed in shot of the original dedication cornerstone from November 1, 1921.

kc010P6211109 The Liberty Memorial from the southern lawn area looking north. On the observation deck are two sphinxes on each side of the lower. The one on the left (looking to the east) is Memory, and the one on the right (looking to the west) is Future.

kc011P6211110 Kate and I later went up to the top of the Memorial Tower. This is the view to the south from the top of the tower, and...

kc012P6211111 ...the view of Kansas City, Missouri to the north from the top of the tower. Union Station is in the foreground.

kc013P6211112 A zoom in from the top of the tower of one of several large fountains in Kansas City.

kc014P6211114 After a while, we finally made it over to the stadium for the baseball game. The one statue of a ballplayer outside of Kauffman Stadium is of Kansas City third baseman George Brett.

kc015P6211119 A close-up of the statue of George Brett.

kc016P6211121 The outside part of the scoreboard in the outfield.

kc017P6211132 After heading inside the stadium, we had pretty good seats along the third base line. Great for viewing the fountains in the outfield as the Bucs warmed up.

kc018P6211141 Another view of the fountains.

kc019P6211152 The three retired numbers of the Kansas City Royals.

kc020P6211135 Kate took this picture of Pirates shortstop Jack Wilson fielding a groundball during infield practice.

kc021P6211143 Jack was practicing turning the double play with second baseman Jose Castillo.

kc022P6211149 Another shot of Jose Castillo preparing to field the throw from Jack Wilson in order to turn the double play.

kc023P6211153 Just before the game, several members of the Pirates did some running. Here, Joe Randa (left), Jason Bay (center), and Sean Casey (right - now with the Detroit Tigers) are walking back to the foul line.

kc024P6211154 After the next run, Joe, Jason, and Sean are joined by Freddie Sanchez (#12).

kc025P6211157 Just before the game turned bad for the Pirates, I got this shot of the outfield scoreboard and fountains before the sun went down.

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