BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE MAJORS : Royals Stadium Gets New Name
Royals Stadium in Kansas City will officially be renamed in honor of ailing owner Ewing Kauffman on July 2, the team said Thursday. The stadium will be named Ewing M. Kauffman Stadium in a pregame ceremony.
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After 17 seasons and 2,607 games, a Seattle Mariner hit for the cycle Wednesday. Jay Buhner completed it with a 14th-inning triple, then scored on a wild pitch for the winning run in an 8-7 victory over Oakland.
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Cincinnati’s Rob Dibble, whose play-me-or-trade-me demands are an annual rite with the Reds, is unhappy that he’s not getting more appearances.
“If we’re not going to be in the race, I’d rather go someplace where I can pitch three or four times a week instead of once a week,” Dibble said Wednesday at Denver.
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