Been a while since I’ve updated this blog, so I thought it was high-time to do it, and since yesterday was a big day for Kansas City and the Royals baseball team with Opening Day 2009 in the newly renovated Kauffman Stadium, I figured I’d share some of my photos with y’all!

It was a great day for baseball – nice and mostly sunny by game time, and with the new amenities and facilities at The K, it seemed like the sold out crowd was mostly in a festive mood.  The New York Yankees were in town for the opener, and they always draw a big crowd, but it did seem like there were more Royals blue shirts than Yankees gray this year.  How about that?

Here’s some of my photos from the pre-game, as well as a few during the game.  Unfortunately it was not a very action-packed game, and the boys in blue ended up losing to the Yanks 4-1, but overall it was a fun opening day experience.

Royals Dancers??  Yep – they had ‘em.

The new Party Deck ontop of the new Rivals Sports Bar proved to be a very popular spot at the New K

A military fly-over before the game was provided by the crew from Whiteman Air Force Base

Royals starting pitcher Sidney Ponson

Yankees starting pitcher Andy Pettitte

Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter

Royals designated hitter Billy Butler did seem a little bored with the game at one point.

Overall, even though the game outcome wasn’t great for the Royals, I thought it was a successful day for Kauffman Stadium and Kansas City.  Great job to all of the hard-working folks “behind the scenes” that made it go as smoothly as possible, and I think a fantastic experience for the fans!

Quick entry for today, but I had the opportunity to get some photos on a media tour of the on-going Kauffman Stadium renovations. (Click the title for more photos from this tour).
Man, there’s a LOT going on there! The officials say that nearly all of the $200 million plus renovations will be completed by opening day 2009, though. Click here for more photos on my website. Glad they’re not depending on me to use a hammer on that project!
Here’s a few of the photos, and thanks for looking!