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- Rob Roberts and Austin Alonzo
- Kansas City Business Journal
Several Kansas City business leaders had a front-row seat to greatness Tuesday night as the Kansas City Royals forced Wednesday night's Game 7 in the World Series with a 10-0 triumph over the San Francisco Giants at Kauffman Stadium.
Following are some on the Who's Who list of corporate Royals rooters, most of whom are regulars in the Crown Club seats behind home plate.
Travis O'Guin
co-founder of Lee's Summit-based independent record label Strange Music Inc.
Travis O'Guin has had arguably the best seats in the house for the Royals' run through the World Series: directly behind home plate (and in front of a national TV audience).
O'Guin, who said he's been a huge Kansas City Royals fan and a regular at Kauffman Stadium for years, scored seats for all of the home World Series games and has brought along his business partner, Aaron "TechN9ne" Yates, San Francisco-area rapper Earl "E-40" Stevens and a number of Strange Music employees, too. O'Guin said he's bought great seats for himself, friends, relatives and employees for all of the postseason games since the Royals dramatic comeback victory over the Oakland Athletics in the American League Wild Card Playoff game on Sept. 30. He declined to specifically say how much he spent on the games but said it was about six figures.
O'Guin sat right next to the "Marlins Man" — Miami-area attorney Laurence Leavy — during the first two games of the World Series, and described him as talkative and gregarious. He wasn't offended by Leavy's Miami Marlins' jersey and hat but wished he'd chosen not to wear orange. O'Guin said the Royals' much-publicized push to get him to wear a Royals jersey was handled in a "classy" way and said he thought the sports media might have overplayed the story.
Rob reports on real estate and development.
Austin reports about construction, transportation, engineering and architecture.
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