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Kevin Kietzman Has Issues

Baseball”s Billions: Team Values, Downtown KC Ballpark, Automated Umpiring

Kevin Kietzman Has Issues

Kevin Kietzman

News:sports News, News, Sports News, Politics

4.2804 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Baseball is in quite a transition, especially in KC.  With teams like the Yankees now worth over $7 billion, it's obvious the Royals have to play catch up now with most other teams.  A new downtown ballpark will be a big step as the game changes toward pitch clocks and automated strike zones.   Ryan Lefebvre joins us to talk about the future of the game, and our favorite team, in a rapidly changing landscape.    Ryan also shares some thoughts about Buck O'Neil being inducted into the hall of fame.

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0:00.0

Sports, politics, life, 360 document solutions presents Kevin Keatsman has issues online at 360 document solutions.com.

0:14.5

I think you're really going to enjoy this episode of Kevin Keatsman has issues with Ryan Lefeber as our conversation.

0:19.5

We have some big ticket items to discuss

0:21.7

with Rhino on this podcast, some very important issues. We're going to talk about the business of

0:28.3

baseball, what it has become. We're going to analyze how the Yankees became worth $7 billion by their

0:36.5

brand and how their location and where their stadium is and the

0:40.9

things that happen around the Yankees in New York, while certainly not comparative to Kansas

0:45.7

City in size or scope, the Royals can learn from. Ryan gives his thoughts on a future ballpark,

0:50.9

his memories of Kaufman Stadium, on whether Kaufman Stadium should stay,

0:54.8

or if we should do something completely different downtown, better for the long term.

0:59.5

Ryan Lefevre has very strong opinions about the graphics that you see every night on your

1:03.3

television screen while you're watching. This may surprise you a little bit that someone who makes

1:09.7

their living with their voice,

1:11.5

broadcasting the game, is so concerned about what graphics on the screen are doing for

1:16.7

the game, both good and bad. You will find this discussion fascinating, I promise. And we revisit

1:24.0

the life of Buck O'Neill, who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

1:28.6

Ryan shares his thoughts about spending time around a man that we all saw as very wise,

1:33.6

very optimistic, and completely 100% unique.

1:38.6

It's all ahead on this episode of KKHI.

1:41.1

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1:45.3

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