A half-page advertisement calling for Kansas City Royals owner David Glass to step down as the team’s owner is slated to run Thursday in the Kansas City Star.
An effort started by baseball fan Joe Accurso weeks ago on his Web site no-more-glass.com has successfully collected enough money to pay for an advertisement in the Kansas City Star calling for Kansas City Royals owner David Glass to sell the team.
The ad is an open letter to Glass thanking him for buying the team in 2000 and keeping it in KC, but now asking for him to sell the team immediately and “enjoy the rest of your days with your family without the burden of team ownership, and accept our thanks for keeping the team in Kansas City.”
When he began the effort Accurso said his goal was to place a full-page color ad in the Star, which would cost in the range of $9-11,000. He scaled back to a half-page vertical ad at a cost of $5,100.
KSHB’s legendary sports director Jack Harry has endorsed the idea. Here’s what he said on his August 8 “Jack’s Smack” segment (below):
“Look, I like this idea. It’s a grass roots approach from a normal fan, who believes it’s time to speak out,” Harry said in recommending viewers go to the site and donate. “…Glass has made over $250 million on this baseball team. We are gluttons for punishment for allowing this man to hoodwink us after giving him a quarter of a billion dollars to renovate Kauffman Stadium so he can make additional millions. And we get nothing but bad baseball in return.
“We, as baseball fans in this city, can make a difference,” added Harry. “We must unite, and this owner must go.”
SOME POETRY
Wal-Mart baseball -
It’s second class!
Fan makes the call:
“We’re done with Glass!”
I’m quite sure Jack’s handsomely paid at KHSB. And Mr. Accurso couldn’t get him to kick in 4 or 5 grand to make it a full-page ad? Hey, The Star really needs the money!
TEAM WILL MOVE
I’m no fan of David Glass. But, if he sells the team, the new owner will move it from KC in a heartbeat.
KC IS BASEBALL TOWN
charley finley moved the As to oakland. took that damn mule with him too. but i missed the little rabbit with the basket of balls coming up from home plate.
we got another team.
all a new owner has to do is to look at how KC supported the All Star Game (among other due diligence) and would know this IS a baseball town. just put a competitive product on the field and we would support it.
glass isn’t LOSING movey here folks. but he won’t sell as cheap as he bought it. that’s for sure.
KCMO SHOULD BUY ROYALS
the city needs to buy the Royals they make money and will always increase in value. but it all and if do sell keep 55% of them and never have to worry about the team moveing and maybe offer 45% to someone like the Brett and they can operate it as long as they make moeny