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Field Guide to the Partee of the Year

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My confession is that I don’t love golf. But you don’t even have to LIKE golf to like the Wichita Open’s 17th hole. Put on by Wichita Wings legend Roy Turner, this annual golf tournament, part of the PGA’s Korn Ferry Tour, has blossomed into Wichita’s social event of the year. Even with 100 degree heat, the 17th Hole is one of my favorite places to be. I am not exactly a party animal, but after a year of COVID-19, I was ready to rub some elbows.

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Riverfront Stadium Hosts Peek at New PBS Kansas Baseball Documentary

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An evening dedicated to a documentary film about baseball in Kansas couldn’t have ended on a better note than a yelled exclamation from longtime Wichita State Shocker head coach Gene Stephenson:

“I love baseball!”

Wednesday night’s VIP event atop the Wichita Wind Surge’s Riverfront Stadium in the Fidelity Bank Bravely Onward Club provided attendees a first look at PBS Kansas’ latest local documentary. Kansas Baseball: Swinging for the Fences takes viewers on a highly detailed journey through the long and surprisingly storied history of America’s pastime in Kansas. Written, produced, narrated and shot by PBS Kansas’ Chris Frank, this 90-minute documentary film (two hours when shown on-air) premiered on PBS Kansas Thursday at 7 p.m. and will re-air at the same time Tuesday, June 15. “Chris [Frank] did a fantastic job. He shot it and wrote it by himself,” said PBS Kansas’ Jim Grawe, who came up with the idea for the film and also served as executive producer.