It's interesting hearing the KC lease challenges of the past and then comparing them to the current stadium debate!

Was Del Webb mobbed up?

I’m from KC so this is interesting to hear about a club wayyyy before my time. My dad is a Chiefs fan and greeted them, along with other fans, at their arrival of the flight back from SB IV with a big “GO CHIEFS” sign and what not. Him being a football fan I never heard about any of this growing up so thanks. Also, if you were going for a Jon Bois/Secret Base feel to your videos, ya nailed it 👌🏻

Just think how interesting baseball would've been through the years without the Yankees around to dominate the news. Holds true even today. I'm sure this weekend will be all about the Boston-New York series like anyone in the midwest gives a crap.

Good documentary. Very informative. Just a note though.... Roger Maris last name is pronounced with the A sounding like it is in the word as, not Morris.

The A's were so bad that in 13 years in Kansas City they not only never had a winning season, they never even had a winning month.

Beautifully told and illustrated story. Only flaw: The pronunciation of Roger Maris' name.

Was wondering if The Beatles playing Municipal Stadium in Kansas CIty would make it's way onto this documentary. Probably the only highlight for the Kansas CIty A's.

Got to see all these teams from the mid 60s on and we are in the golden age of chiefs football. What a cast the of misfits coaches and quarterbacks In the mid 2000s.

2:27 Take a gander at Charlie Finley in the newspaper photo under the headline "Finley Eyes Move to Oakland" That, folks is what many a 42 year old looked like "back in the day" Good Lord

Those fans in KC had a right to be angry. There was never a chance for their team to improve or compete. Not under Arnold "Yankees Puppet" Johnson or under Finley until he moved them to Oakland; right when the A's had finally assembled some talent and turned things around like the Braves did "suddenly" in 1991. Went from 99 losses to 82 wins and soon their 70's Dynasty.

This is an interesting video. I do have a correction. He said that in the early years, all professional baseball teams were based in the northeast and upper midwest. Not true. St. Louis has constantly had professional baseball since 1875, and the Cardinal's franchise started in 1900. Maybe it depends on how you define "upper midwest". If you live in Alabama or Georgia, you would consider St. Louis to qualify. :)

Should have stayed in KC.

I recall the A's signing power hitters Rocky Colavito and Jim Gentile to bolster their offense and they did but the team still finished last. Colavito hit 34 homers and Gentile hit 28.

This is a great video and I hope this channel succeeds. One note: the correct pronunciation of Roger Maris’ last name is like “Paris”.

Great video! Now do Oakland?

Orioles had a big rivalry with the Athletics in the 70s

AS A NEWYORK YANKEES FAN I HATED CHARLIE FINELY HE WAS A SCUMBAG TAKING THE A OUT OF KANSAS CITY WAS STUPID YES THEY DID WIN THREE WORLD SERIES IN A ROW REGGIE JACKSON AND CATFISH HUNTER CAME TO THE A S WHEN THEY WAS ON KANSAS CITY IF THEY WOULD HAVE STAY THE ROYALS WOULD HAD NEVER GOTTEN A BASEBALL TEAM KENNETH O

The A's were the favorite unofficial farm team of the New York Yankees in the 1950s

Soon to be the Las Vegas Athletics

This is so good

Superbly crafted!! Beautifully done!!!

Good video. Hot take: the Kansas City Monarchs shouldn’t have become a minor league team. They should have been considered major league and simply integrated.

I hate the royals, as a cardinals fan. This was an excellently made video

I wonder what the people of K.C. thought when they left and a few years later the team had a dynasty.

And now...they go to Sacramento.

Great video. Poor Marty. So many wins, but such a poor playoff record. He made me crazy at times. Still bitter over Elvis Grbac over Rich Gannon in 97. I'm glad we are so blessed now.

19:25: Well, that "owner who could not get out of his own way" did pretty darn good, winning three World Series championships in a row.

Update please?!

Excellent content. Subscribed!👍

Although the A's had their best record in Kansas City in 1966( 74-86) attendance still wasn't that great it was still well under 1 million

Brilliant video. As a huge fan of the Mariner's one, this certainly gripped me and I encourage you to keep putting these out! Sub time

I’ve been a Chiefs fan since Steve Deberg era. The wait has been worth every second!! Thank you Andy and Pat💯

"He changed the team mascot from an elephant to a mule named Charley O." he did in his mind, but I bought an A's cap w/ an elephant logo in the '80s or '90s I can't say for sure but I think the team still uses the logo, tho' not in any big way that whole bit with the Pennant Porch @11:30, & especially that weird touch @12:00 = classic Charlie Finley as an Oakland A's fan in '70s I wished Finley would disappear soon & stay gone + I loved everything about the entertaining, gritty, talented rosters he put together & the character of the "characters" on that responsibility who delivered all the goods

Outstanding-caliber exposé’ on the KC A’s. Should win an Emmy. I sat in my car to watch this after work on my phone.

Thank you for this. This is so well-edited and researched, I wish you could make more videos. About anything. When something is crafted as well as this, it breathes life into any subject imaginable. I greatly look forward to your next video, whenever it does happen.

Very nice job on the documentary Adam. That last KC A's team in '67 saw the debut of future Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson. They also had good young players John "Blue Moon" Odom, Jim "Catfish" Hunter (another future HOF player), Sal Bando, Joe Rudi and Rick Monday, and young veteran shortstop Bert Campaneris.

Wow great job! Sadly there’s probably going to be an Oakland A’s video in the future. Btw you gotta make more videos.

Good vid bro

Very interesting stuff about the A’s, and I’m watching this just as approvals have gone through to have the A’s move the Las Vegas. Over what? Stadium issues, the exact reason how Oakland even got the A’s. Great content, thanks for the video. 👍🏻

Is one of the biggest what if, the A's left when they were about to be really good. The 1967 team had Reggie Jackson and Catfish Hunter just to name a few

Awesome video

i can make better ribs than arthur bryant's

Kansas City was where A's outfielder Hawk Harrelson invented the batting glove. He ran afoul of Finley, and was dispatched to Boston where he was integral to Bosox winning the pennant in 1967. And in a one-division, 10 team league, that was hard to do. Hawk often said that Finley's colorful uniforms in K.C. were terribly hot and uncomfortable.

Jerry Lumpe, first baseball glove!

Really interesting documentary. Shame about The A's in 2023. Bring back The Montreal Expos. The Phillies to win the 2024 World Series. MLB fan watching in the UK. ❤

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Now, their 4th city, Las Vegas

(9:00) Nice to hear Merle Harmon's voice again - I was a friend of Merle's

Man fuck the chiefs