Bob Kendrick calls Sunday the biggest salute by the Royals toward the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, complete with Monarchs uniforms, a jazz brunch, autograph session, a concert and baseball sermon delivered by The Rev. Emmanuel Cleaver II.
The activity before the 1:10 p.m. game at Kauffman Stadium against the Yankees celebrates the Negro Leagues heritage, and part of the revenue from the jazz brunch will support the museum.
But there’s another reason to honor the by-gone era of baseball.
“We’re losing members of our family,” said Kendrick, the museum’s president. “The number of those who played in the League is dwindling, and we need to cherish the opportunities we have to be with those who can tell the stories.