1969 Kansas City Royals vs. New York Yankees Program

Municipal Stadium, May 30

Final scores - Yankees 6 - Royals 2 (Game 1, scored in pen)

Yankees 5 - Royals 4 (Game 2)

40 pages, lineups and scoring in pen.

Excellent condition. There\'s a bend on the bottom right corner of the covers and pages. The original owner taped a typewritten note to the bottom left corner of the front cover - \"first yankee-royal game.\" The binding is tight, and the program is intact.

1969 Kansas City Royals Program - This is a terrific program from the Royals\' inaugural season from their Memorial Day doubleheader against the Yankees at Municipal Stadium. It was the first regular season encounter between the new franchise and the Bronx Bombers, and the Yankees took both ends of the holiday twinbill. They had to work overtime, though, as the nightcap lasted 15 innings. The program is scored for the first game when the Yanks took a 6-2 decision.

The program has a number of feature articles, including one on Kansas City\'s efforts to get a major league franchise back in town, a history of baseball in the city and how the front office went about putting the ballclub together. There\'s also an article on the 1969 election of baseball\'s all-time team and a photo montage of the Royals\' first spring training camp.

In the opening game, the Yanks jumped all over KC starter Steve Jones in the first two innings, scoring all six of their runs, and Fritz Peterson went the distance, winning his seventh of the season for New York. Bobby Murcer collected three hits, including a 2-run homer. Royals third baseman Joe Foy hit a solo blast off Peterson.

The Yankees starting nine - Horace Clarke, Bobby Cox, Murcer, Roy White Joe Pepitone, Frank Fernandez, Bill Robinson, Gene Michael and Peterson.

The Royals lineup - Jackie Hernandez, Pat Kelly, Mike Fiore, Foy, Jerry Adair, Chuck Harrison, Bob Oliver, Ellie Rodriguez and Jones.