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Two days before an MLB team unveiled plans for a new stadium, the team’s owner called the local bishop.
The owner wasn’t looking for a blessing or advice. He wanted to invite the prelate to the press conference.
Bishop James Vann Johnston of Kansas City-St. Joseph was a bit confused. Why did the Kansas City Royals want a Catholic bishop at a stadium announcement?
That’s when team owner John Sherman did explaining — there had been some changes to the proposed stadium’s location. One of the bishop’s parishes would have a new neighbor.
In original discussions, Our Lady of Sorrows, a historic Kansas City parish, might have been about a mile from the new stadium.
In the new plans, home plate could sit about a hundred yards from the church tower.
In renderings he saw, “the edge of the stadium is in the parking lot of the church!” Johnston told The Pillar.
“The stadium is literally feet from the church.”
The press conference came last Wednesday, as the Kansas City Royals announced plans for their new home in Kansas City, Missouri’s Crown Center. And Johnston told The Pillar that in his view, the new stadium offers a new basepath
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