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JOHNNY KANE.
FIRST PITCH IS SCHEDULED FOR
7:00, JUST AFTER 7:00 AT 7:10
TONIGHT.
A BIG HONOR FOR ONE OF OUR OWN
TODAY.
LEN DAWSON NOW HAS A BRIDGE
NEAR ARROWHEAD STADIUM NAMED IN
HIS HONOR.
ABOUT 11:00 THIS MORNING, A
GROUP STOPPED ON THE BRIDGE WEST
OF THE SPORTS COMPLEX AND MADE
IT OFFICIAL.
THIS IS NOW THE LEN DAWSON
BRIDGE.
CEREMONY WAS OVER AT THE
FOOTBALL STADIUM WITH A SIGN
THAT WAS UNVEILED.
I'M EXCITED AND HUMBLED TO BE
THE RECIPIENT OF THE KANSAS CITY
AND THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS IN
THIS SPECIAL, SPECIAL WAY.
THE IDEA FOR THIS CAME FROM
PAUL NAVODA WHO TELLS US A
FAMILIAR BOYHOOD STORY.
NUMBER 16 JERSEY.
I WORE IT ALL THE TIME.
MY MOTHER SAID YOU GOT TO CHANGE
THAT.
EVERYBODY FEELS LIKE THEY
KNOW LEN DAWSON PERSONALLY.
HE'S BEEN FOR MANY OF US IN OUR
ROOMS AND IN OUR HOMES, THROUGH
TV AS A PLAYER AND ANNOUNCER AND
ON KMBC NEWS.
IT WOULDN'T BE AN OFFICIAL
DAWSON EVENT WITHOUT A FEW
AUTOGRAPHS.
THIS IS CLEARLY AN EMOTIONAL
EVENT FOR DAWSON.
I AM.
SOMETHING THAT I NEVER THOUGHT
WOULD EVER HAPPEN, SOMETHING
LIKE THIS, TO ME.
THIS IS THE BRIDGE THAT TAKES
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GOING HOME
FROM THE SPORTS COMPLEX AND IS
OVER 435 WHERE MODOT ESTIMATES
MORE THAN 40,000 DRIVERS PASS
UNDER EVERY DAY.
HE AGREED TO IT ONLY UNDER
ONE CONDITION, THAT HE WOULD NOT
BE INVOLVED IN ANY SNOW REMOVAL
ON THE OTHER BRIDGE.
THAT SEEMS FAIR.
BASEBALL HALL OF FAMER GEORGE
BRETT HAS A BRIDGE SPANNING I-70
LEADING INTO THE SPORTS COMPLEX