KANSAS CITY -- Kauffman Stadium remains a gorgeous place to watch a ballgame.

Sunk into a sea of asphalt in Jackson County, Missouri, some things at The K have changed since it opened in 1973: the name, the color of the seats, the spaces beyond the outfield walls. Essential parts remain: the fountains, the crown-shaped scoreboard, the upsloping green of the hills that give the home of the Kansas City Royals the most pastoral feel of any Major League Baseball venue.

The K is situated in the Truman Sports Complex, next to Arrowhead Stadium, where the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs have played since 1972. Your feelings about that location might depend on how you view the relationship between baseball and the cities in which it is played. In Kansas City, that relationship might be about to cha

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