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Hot Stove #113 – Mustaches Rule (From John Sherman to Marvin Miller to Little Richard to the Sundance Kid)

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December 9, 2019January 3, 2020 ~ Lonnie Shalton

Fifty years ago, as 1969 was winding down, Paul Newman and Robert Redford were in the theaters as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Yes, that was fifty years ago. The Oscar for the best song that year came from the movie (played while Paul Newman showed off his bicycling skills). More on this in […]

Hot Stove #74 – Collusion (Baseball not Russia) – Part Three

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May 8, 2018May 8, 2018 ~ Lonnie Shalton

I thought my collusion topic would be good for one post. But I kept getting intrigued by side stories. Oliver Wendell Holmes. Curt Flood. Catfish Hunter. Kirk Gibson. Andre Dawson. All those commissioners. Marvin Miller. The Brothers Fehr. Others who you will see below. So it has taken three posts. I don’t know what the […]

Hot Stove #73 – Collusion (Baseball not Russia) – Part Two

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April 26, 2018April 27, 2018 ~ Lonnie Shalton

As we left Part One, the players had won free agency status in the Messersmith case, leading to the owners and players entering into a collective bargaining agreement (CBA). One of the key CBA provisions required that free agency be an individual right so that players could not band together for leverage (as Don Drysdale […]

Hot Stove #72 – Collusion (Baseball not Russia) – Part One

Fifty years ago, Dodgers' Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale engaged in a salary holdout that would help change baseball forever
April 12, 2018April 13, 2018 ~ Lonnie Shalton

The sports pages and news pages are filled with “collusion” talk. But the Russians are not coming to Hot Stove. Just baseball.

Hot Stove #186 – Kansas City Royals – The  John Sherman Years (To Date) – Covid to Lockout

Kansas City Royals owner John Sherman, left, and general manager Dayton Moore walk between practice fields during spring training baseball practice Monday, Feb. 17, 2020, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
March 7, 2022March 24, 2022 ~ Lonnie Shalton

In November of 2019, John Sherman and a group of local investors purchased the Kansas City Royals for $1 billion. Everyone was happy. The new buyers. The seller. The players. The fans. The sportswriters. Sherman and his investors were ingrained in Kansas City – the business sector, civic affairs and philanthropy. We celebrated our good […]

Hot Stove #185 – Royals Spring Training 2022 (Not Yet)

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February 17, 2022March 6, 2022 ~ Lonnie Shalton

It’s time for the annual Hot Stove spring training post. Pitchers and catchers were set to report on February 15. Position players on February 20. It would be time again to recite Dan Quisenberry’s poem on the “rituals of spring training,” and report on my friends at the games in Surprise, Arizona.

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