Kansas City Royals: Walter Cronkite Moment

[sandycove]

We sports fans recognize that there are moments when even the most faithful among us must admit that the party is well and truly over.

I think of these as Walter Cronkite Moments, after Uncle Walter’s 27 February 1968 CBS Evening News broadcast that “We are mired in stalemate in Vietnam.” The war was over, effectively, that evening, and Lyndon Johnson knew it.

Last Friday, there was a Walter Cronkite moment in Kansas City. This time the messenger was an award-winning Kansas City Star columnist, an unapologetic Kansas City Royal booster. Kansas City has a wonderful, multi-generational history in baseball, dating back to the Monarchs and the Blues and Casey himself.

Baseball is over in Kansas City and we know it…

Kansas City Star link

[TheNoodleMan]

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I think of these as Walter Cronkite Moments, after Uncle Walter’s 27 February 1968 CBS Evening News broadcast that “We are mired in stalemate in Vietnam.” The war was over, effectively, that evening, and Lyndon Johnson knew it.


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I think the families of the 25,000+ US servicemen that died in Vietnam after February 1968 would disagree with the idea that the war was over.

[sandycove]

Certainly no disrespect intended, NoodleMan. The reference had to do with political viability and popular support. Kansas City will continue to lose baseball games as well.

I was in Vietnam for well over a year, after Cronkite's broadcast. Some of the dead you refer to were my mates. As support eroded, and Nixon announced plans for withdrawal, our enthusiasm was tested. We knew the war was over, too. Except we were still fighting it. And dying.

But this is a baseball thread...

[New001]

That was a funny article. Thanks.

[hawk59]

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I think of these as Walter Cronkite Moments, after Uncle Walter’s 27 February 1968 CBS Evening News broadcast that “We are mired in stalemate in Vietnam.” The war was over, effectively, that evening, and Lyndon Johnson knew it.


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I think the families of the 25,000+ US servicemen that died in Vietnam after February 1968 would disagree with the idea that the war was over.

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sigh.....

[Los Feliz Slim]

Beltran, Damon, and Dye in the outfield wouldn't look too bad, would it? Of course I understand they couldn't have kept them all, but still...

Great article.