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Journalist Danny Spewak details Charlie Peete’s life in, “Cardinal Dreams: The Legacy of Charlie Peete and a Life Cut Short.” Peete died in a plane crash while on his way to play winter baseball.

The legislation is an expansion of one of the state’s tax incentive programs and could help finance up to 70% of the cost for one or both teams to build a new stadium in Kansas.

Missouri House Majority Leader Jon Patterson called the Kansas legislation a "wakeup call" and anticipates lawmakers will craft a response to keep the two teams.

STAR bonds, or sales tax and revenue bonds, pay for tourist attractions and then use the sales taxes collected at those attractions to pay off the construction debt.

‘Do you really want to put that type of an economic generation in the hands of the state of Missouri?’ said one Kansas House member.

The Kansas City Chiefs also shut down a city block near the Kansas Capitol for a rally at the Celtic Fox restaurant on Tuesday.

The legislation would expand a tax incentive program to help bankroll new stadiums for the teams.

The offer would be available to all professional sports franchises ready to build stadiums costing at least $1 billion. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said the state would develop a “competitive” count if Kansas stepped forward with a package.

St. Louis Giants and St. Louis Stars players are now included in the official Major League Baseball record book, giving these Negro Leagues players additional recognition and respect.

Whitey Herzog, the innovative and popular Hall of Fame manager who ran both of Missouri’s Major League Baseball teams and returned the Cardinals to World Series glory after a 15-year drought, has died.