KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — This Midwestern city best known for its barbecue, bebop jazz and, for most of the past three decades, bad baseball has exploded into a sea of blue as long-suffering Royals fans suddenly find their team at the center of the sports universe…
Rodney Pullen, who works for Northpoint Development, said the idea of cloaking the top of the city’s original skyscraper in blue came up last Thursday. He spent the weekend at the top of the dormant, 36-story structure installing 500 light bulbs encased in a blue, heat-resistant gel.
“We thought it would be really cool to make it blue for the boys coming home from Baltimore,” he said…