Hometown sports hero chosen for Country Club Plaza lighting on Thanksgiving

One Royals player will hear cheers later this month from a Kansas City crowd.

But the scene will be at the Country Club Plaza instead of Kauffman Stadium. Royals catcher Carter Jensen was chosen to flip the switch for the annual lighting of the Country Club Plaza on Thanksgiving night.

That is the unofficial start of the Christmas season in Kansas City, and who better to take part in one of the town’s beloved traditions than Jensen? He starred at Park Hill High School before being chosen in the third round of the 2021 MLB Draft…

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