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Kansas City Royals Baseball Academy
The Kansas City Royals Baseball Academy was a part of the player development system of the Kansas City Royals in the early-1970. An innovation conceived by Ewing Kauffman, the franchise's original owner, the goal was to develop quality athletes into major-league-caliber ballplayers for the organization. The concept was discontinued in May 1974.
==Facilities==
Constructed at a cost of about US $1.5 million, the academy was located on of land just southeast of Sarasota, Florida.〔(Leggett, William. "School's In: Watch Out For Baseball Players," ''Sports Illustrated'', August 23, 1971. )〕 The facilities consisted of two buildings and five baseball diamonds, each built to the exact specifications of the one at Royals Stadium which opened in April 1973.〔(Leggett, William. "To The Tune Of A Hickory (well, Ash) Stick," ''Sports Illustrated'', January 4, 1971. )〕 That meant all the fields had AstroTurf playing surfaces, sliding pits around the bases instead of a full dirt infield, uniform 12-foot (3.66 m) outfield walls and measurements of 330 ft (100.58 m) down the foul lines, 385 ft (117.35 m) in the power alleys, 410 ft (124.97 m) to straightaway center field and 60 ft (18.29 m) from home plate to the backstop.
The facilities are now part of Twin Lakes Park,〔(Zrebiec, Jeff. "Renovation projects coming along well," ''Orioles Insider'' (''The Baltimore Sun'' baseball blog), Tuesday, September 28, 2010. )〕 which was purchased by Sarasota County in 1986.〔(Twin Lakes Park (profile) – Sarasota County (FL) Government Online. )〕 It was renamed the Buck O'Neil Baseball Complex on March 8, 1995.〔(Mink, Eric. "'Baseball' Helps Right 70-Year-Old Wrongs," ''Daily News'' (New York City), Monday, March 6, 1995. )〕 Various major league ballclubs have used it in the decades following the academy's closure.〔 The latest is the Baltimore Orioles, beginning with the start of spring training in 1990,〔(Maffezzoli, Dennis. "Orioles take long road back to Sarasota," ''Sarasota'' (FL) ''Herald-Tribune'', Friday, July 24, 2009. )〕 and continuing since 1991 as the site of its minor league camp.〔(Baltimore Orioles Spring Training – Spring Training Connection. )〕
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