The Kansas City Royals will hold their annual “Salute to the Negro Leagues” event this Saturday, September 16th, when the Houston Astros come to Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. As part of the festivities, the Royals will don the home uniforms of the 1945 Kansas City Monarchs, while the visiting
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Kansas City Monarchs unveil new generation of uniforms
The last time a baseball team called the Kansas City Monarchs took the field, it was 1965, the final season of the preeminent franchise of the Negro National League. In 2021, in partnership with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, the Kansas City (Kansas) Monarchs will take
Negro Leagues Kansas City Monarchs reborn as independent team
The longest-running team in the storied history of Negro Leagues has been revived in the form of a team in the independent American Association. The Kansas City T-Bones, who have played in Kansas City, Kansas, since 1993, made the surprise announcement today that in partnership with the Negro Leagues Baseball
Royals, Cards to Honour Negro Leagues with Throwback Uniforms
The Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals will mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Negro National League by wearing throwback uniforms at Kaufmann Stadium on September 22, 2020. Kansas City will wear the uniforms of the Kansas City Monarchs, the jersey will be white with royal
Royals, Tigers Salute the Negro Leagues with Throwback Uniforms
The Kansas City Royals are hosting their annual Salute to the Negro Leagues game this afternoon at Kaufman Stadium against the Detroit Tigers. As always, a big part of the salute is with both clubs outfitted in Negro League throwback uniforms; and naturally the Royals will once again be donning
Royals break out Kansas City Monarchs throwback uniforms
Today, the Kansas City Royals are honoring the Negro Leagues with their annual Salute to the Negro Leagues day. As such, everybody at Kauffman Stadium is dressed to the nines, and this includes the home team itself, as the Royals have elected to wear Kansas City Monarchs throwbacks uniforms. In