As a kid, I went to Kansas City A's games at Municipal Stadium with my grandpa. We'd park his Chevy in some guy's yard, and to avoid traffic. He'd give me a buck - which, in the 1960's would buy everything in the park. #sugarrush. Grandpa hated traffic (which is likely why he worked nights), so after the game we'd walk down the hill from 22nd & Brooklyn to Arthur Bryant's BBQ at 19th & Brooklyn, to wait out the traffic vacating the 35,000 seat stadium on two-lane city streets.
We'd have a brisket sandwich, fries and a red cream soda. A guy with mits four times the side of a normal adult would load the sandwich with meat. Sauce applied with paint brush, a huge order of fries - and that nectar of the gods - red cream soda. To this day, whenever I see that A's logo, I crave that grainy, peppery Bryant's sauce and a red cream soda.
It is looking very likely that next Tuesday, the A's will come to KC for the wild card play-in game. While I would prefer to have the division, there's a part of me that wants this game. And I will have to get some Bryant's brisket and red cream soda. And just like all the times with grandpa, we'll watch the A's lose.
Go Royals!
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