Hot Stove #285 – Subscriber Edition – The K, Milgram Legacy and Matson’s Pitch Counting

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July 22, 2025October 5, 2025 ~ Lonnie Shalton

My thanks to several Hot Stove subscribers who sent emails and photos that generated ideas for today’s post. Continue reading →

Hot Stove #284 – Field of Dreams – Downtown KC Baseball at Washington Square Park

July 2, 2025July 3, 2025 ~ Lonnie Shalton

How “Field of Dreams” Made Me a Better Father | Retired, Not Dead

Will the Royals move downtown? Go to Kansas? With the ongoing saga of a future stadium for the team, I get asked these questions repeatedly. My answer: I have no idea. Continue reading →

Hot Stove #283 – Tom Boswell on the Current State of Baseball

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June 18, 2025July 14, 2025 ~ Lonnie Shalton

Today’s Hot Stove post was prompted by a Tom Boswell column headlined… Continue reading →

Hot Stove #282 – The Royals After 60 Games (102 To Go)

June 2, 2025July 14, 2025 ~ Lonnie Shalton

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BREAKING NEWS: I finalized today’s post about 7:00 last night. Settled down to watch TV. Scrolled my Bluesky feed later in the evening and got this: Continue reading →

Hot Stove #281 – Salvy on Photo Safari in Africa

May 15, 2025May 23, 2025 ~ Lonnie Shalton

Jambo!

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Hot Stove #280 – Pope Leo XIV and the White Sox

May 9, 2025May 23, 2025 ~ Lonnie Shalton

Yesterday, Rita and I went to the Royals afternoon game at Kauffman Stadium. We took the route that goes by LC’s Bar-B-Q, and I captured this view of LC’s. Continue reading →

Hot Stove #279 – Mayor H. Roe Bartle’s Double-Wide Seat at Municipal Stadium

April 30, 2025May 23, 2025 ~ Lonnie Shalton

This post came together like a puzzle. Pieces came from diverse sources – Chris Burford, Bill Wakefield, Paul Peterson, Rob Thomson, Jim Klein, Rob Klein, Bill Wien, and George Toma. Supporting roles were played by Irv Blond, Jim Polsinelli, Stan Bushman and Joe Ungaschick. A prime example of the small world of Kansas City. Continue reading →