A Quote by Jason Whitlock

True story: In the spring, my first in K.C., I'd written a series of columns in the Star demanding the Royals front office give fans discounted prices at concession stands as an apology for the 1994 strike. The Royals acquiesced.

Jason Whitlock

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Apology Columns Concession Demanding Fans First Front Front Office Give Office Prices Royals Series Spring Stands Star Story Strike True True Story Written

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Jason Whitlock
American - Journalist
Born: April 27, 1967

I spent a majority of my life in Kansas City, so I am a Chiefs and Royals guy. I used to work for the Royals for like five years in the suites department and in the stadium club restaurant.

David Cook

There's a very delicate but important contract that a Royal has with the British public and it's this: Most people don't mind paying for the Royals as long as those Royals live a miserable, thwarted existence full of horrible compromise.

Rachel Parris

'The Royals' has emerged as a breakout series that has become one of E Network's highest rated shows.

Jon Feltheimer

Baseball died in K.C. - and other small markets - in 1994 when Bud Selig and the players' union stopped the season one week after the Hal McRae-led Royals completed a 14-game winning streak.

Jason Whitlock

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Jason Whitlock

When Lady Diana Spencer first visited Balmoral, aged 19, she charmed all the Royals and the Queen especially.

Ingrid Seward

An M.P. once suggested I be put in the Tower of London for saying derogatory things about the royals. There's no First Amendment in my country.

Tracey Ullman

Those who remember only that the Roosevelts served hot dogs to the royals will be fascinated by this well-researched account of an historic and ennobling relationship - a great story!

James MacGregor Burns

The Kennedys are our royals.

Rob Lowe

I've written on public matters, but I don't understand how anyone could tout me as a possible poet laureate when I wrote a poem on the abdication of King Charles III or about the sex life of the Royals... anybody who knew my work would know I'm not a contender.