Stadium History: Municipal Stadium

[@HawklordLI]

I remember my first major league game I ever went to at Municipal Stadium. A's vs the Tigers. Norm Cash TIger's first-baseman hit a home run over the freaking scoreboard.

[@biblebeliever1611]

My first game was there as well. Sadly... I do not remember who was playing the As but remember it was bat day and they gave away green bats...

[@thomaswolf723]

Norm Cash hit three homers onto Brooklyn Avenue.

[@liraloo]

I can recall Frank Howard hitting an absolute moon shot at the old ballpark. Left center field over a clump of trees. Had to have gone 500 feet at least.

[@flyingdutchman913]

Out of all those players and Administration people for Kansas City George Toma is the biggest Legend to come out of there. Seriously seriously.

[@doncarpenter1040]

Wonderful video. Wish I could've seen the stadium.

[@kevinwilkin1427]

George Toma always did a great job. I remember watching Chiefs games on TV and they would have the helmets of both teams sandwiching the 50 yard line.

[@lsmftymf]

The Kansas City Spurs were originally based in Chicago (Soldier Field) as an original member of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) in 1967. The NPSL's merger with the competing United Soccer Association (USA) after that season resulted in two Chicago teams, so one had to move which was the Spurs. The team that stayed in Chicago was the Mustangs which were owned by the Allyn brothers who also had the White Sox and Comiskey Park.

[@johnperrigo6474]

It reminds me a little of the ballpark I went to as a kid - Milwaukee County Stadium. I really miss the old baseball parks.....

[@lsmftymf]

Kansas City's Municipal, Detroit's Tiger and Milwaukee County Stadium all had similarly steep upper decks.

[@hamburg1306]

Nice video segment. I enjoyed this very much.

[@jazmanjef]

I saw my first MLB game in Municipal Stadium in 1969. My dad took me to a game there---I was 5 years old.

[@thomaswolf723]

My Dad took me as an 8 year old to the first MLB game ever played in Municipal Stadium on April 12, 1955 in which the Kansas City Athletics defeated the Detroit Tigers 6-2. He also took me to the first Royals game played there in which the Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins 4-3 in 12 innings on a single by the recently deceased Joe Keough.

[@SLYGARR]

My Dad took me to KC As games ( I remember the rabbit coming out of the ground filled with baseballs. Then going to Royals games there. I wad 12 when they moved to Kaufman Stadium. Both were great but those earliest memories are amazing now.

[@mikecustenborder3991]

My first big league game at Municipal stadium. It wax awesome.

[@tonyrecarte2542]

Beautiful, just amazing

[@joshevans8538]

I never knew there is so much history behind at stadium. In my opinion best stadium ever in the MLB! Go Royals!!!

[@tomy5868]

Boy Scout night was a blast...I got in trouble.

[@jasonklein8102]

In '55 A's relief pitchers rode in from the center field fence (the bullpen was on the other side) in a new Oldsmobile convertible. Opposing relief pitchers had to walk.

[@favsa5015]

great piece, i wish other old stadiums put a video like this together. well done

[@djtdub1]

Seemed like Kansas City was a little extravagant eventually building two stadiums when cities were building those multi purpose stadiums. . Turns out that was way ahead of the time.

[@toddshader9541]

Interesting !.,Cool...Am a. Reds,cowboys fan.

[@KireSchneiderUSA]

I don't know a whole lot about Kansas City Municipal Stadium, but it looks a lot like Cleveland Municipal Stadium and Milwaukee County Stadium. A big, beautiful, baseball park.

[@thomaswolf723]

Big difference between Cleveland Municipal Stadium and the one in Kansas City. The seating capacity of the Cleveland Municipal Stadium was over 70,000. The capacity of Kansas City Municipal Stadium for baseball was only about 32,000.

[@pep590]

I wonder what game that was at the end that was sold out like that?

[@dr.migilitoloveless2385]

I remember Freddy Patek when he was a shortstop for the Pirates.

[@justinjackson2569]

Anyone know the song name of Jorge solers walk up song

[@glbehnken]

I remember having a seat where my view was obstructed by an I-beam that supported the upper deck.

[@multiyapples]

Interesting.

[@michaelleroy9281]

The Royals won their first game 4-3 over the Twins on April 8th 1969

[@steviesly7908]

I HAVE BEEN A LONG TIME ROYAL AND CHIEFS FAN! I HAD 2 BE IN THE THIRD GRADE WHEN I SAW MY FIRST FOOTBALL GAME ALSO MY FIRST BASEBALL GAME WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 1967".I SAW THE FIRST CHIEFS AS THIRD GRADER AND ROYALS 2 THATS HOW I GOT TURN ON 2.SPORTS)I WAS NOT BORN IN KANSAS CITY BUT I WENT 2 GRADE SCHOOL) CHESTER A. FRANKLIN THE FIRST AN ONLY AND FINISHED AT EAST HIGH SCHOOL GO BEARS THE CLASS OF 1978 I WOULD LIKE 2 THANK KANSAS CITY 4 THE GOOD MEMORIES AND THE BAD)AND THEY BUILT THIS STADIUM INSIDE THE HOOD I RAN THOSE STREETS AS A CHILD SECOND GRADE THIRD GRADE WE OR TALKING ABOUT A VERY LONG TIME)BE SAFE OUT THERE)BE SAFE OUT THERE BECAUSE THIS VIRUS IS 4 REAL) 10/3/22/

[@tomitstube]

back when sports stadiums had names that meant community, now they're named after banks and walls street... good on k.c. for keeping corporate names off their stadiums.

[@sebastiankash2221]

Mmm I mean its still arrowhead but

[@tomitstube]

@@sebastiankash2221 well there is that. and 50,000 drunk fat middle aged white men doing the tomahawk chop.

[@oklahomahank2378]

Streetcar access and close to barbecue.

[@jasonklein8102]

Barbecue being the legendary Arthur Bryant's, four short blocks away at 18th and Brooklyn. Still there!

[@Bodatiusbrody]

Day 3 of asking for salvy to sign my chatchers mit

[@MA-vd3ln]

Thanks to then mayor H R Bartle and Ewing Kauffman we got the Royals