The ball has found a place on the mantel at Bryce Dye’s home.
During the Royals’ “Hit For Your Seats” event earlier this month, Dye crushed a home run down the right-field line at Kauffman Stadium and made a winner of Mike Albano, a season-ticket holder from Independence.
Dye, who graduated from Fort Osage High School and will play at Park University this spring, initially was disqualified, because the Royals’ rules stated that a participant couldn’t be playing college baseball.
But because Park’s season doesn’t start until the spring, the Royals later recanted and Dye’s home run counted.