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WELL-LIT AREA. HE BROKE BARRIERS IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, WIDELY CONSIDERED ONE OF THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME, AND NOW A PIECE OF THE DAMAGED JACKIE ROBINSON STATUE IS IN KANSAS CITY. KMBC NINE’S ALAN SHOPE IS AT THE -- LEAGUES BASEBALL MUSEUM, WHERE STAFF MEMBERS HOPE THIS WILL BE A TEACHING MOMENT. THERE IS INDEED A SILVER LINING. THESE BROWN CLEATS ARE ALL THAT REMAIN FROM THE LEAGUE. 42 WICHITA JACKIE ROBINSON STATUE. I GOT TREMENDOUSLY EMOTIONAL. FOUNDER OF LEAGUE 42 WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING THE ORIGINAL STATUE IN PLACE AND MAKE ADAMS PARK THEIR WIN. AFTER ONLY A FEW MONTHS, IT WAS DESTROYED. BOB SAYS THE GROUP WAS DEVASTATED, BUT THEY KNEW THIS IS A TERRIBLE THING. BUT WHAT WOULD JACKIE ROBINSON HAVE DONE? SO THE GROUP STARTING OVER ON THURSDAY, THEY WERE IN KANSAS CITY, GIVING THE REMNANTS OF THE ORIGINAL STATUE TO THE -- LEAGUES BASEBALL MUSEUM, WHO SAY THEY’LL USE IT AS A LEARNING TOOL. THEY WILL BE PART OF A MINIATURE JACKIE ROBINSON SHRINE OF THINGS THAT HIS NAME AND LIKENESS HAVE BEEN TARGETS AGAINST. BOB SAYS IT WAS A SHOCK TO HEAR ABOUT THE VANDALISM, AND WHEN APPROACHED BY LEAGUE 42 ABOUT PERMANENTLY DISPLAYING THE CLEATS IN THE MUSEUM, HE LOVED THE IDEA FOR US TO TAKE IT IN. HOPEFULLY IT WILL SERVE AS SOMETHING THAT WILL UNIFY US. LEAGUE 42 SAYS THEY PLAN TO REPLACE THE STATUE WITH A BRAND NEW ONE IN WICHITA IN AUGUST. IT’S BEING REBUILT AS WE SPEAK. WE’LL REERECT THE SAME STATUE, WE’LL PUT IT RIGHT BACK, JUST LIKE JACKIE WOULD HAVE WANTED US TO. THE GROUP GETTING A $100,000 CHECK FROM MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TO HELP WITH THAT AT 18TH AND VINE ALAN SHOPE KMBC NINE NEWS. GREAT IDEA. ONE PERSON HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR THE VANDALISM. THE JACKIE ROBINSON EXHIBIT WILL OP