An east-facing window inside the office of Mayor Quinton Lucas overlooks several blocks of grass lots, bulldozed and ready for development. And for years now, he’s been led to believe it’s fit for one particular project: downtown baseball. Until recently. A few steps outside his 29th-floor office, another flank of windows offers a view northward beyond the Missouri River — to a different city, different county and apparently a potentially different site for a new Kansas City Royals stadium. “We’re all big kids. So my view is if (the Royals) found a good area to go that’s separate from us, I would expect at least some notification that they’ve lost interest in downtown Kansas City,” Lucas said, “rather than this battle back and forth from press releases from public officials.” Years into their exploration for a new stadium site, the Royals are still playing the field. And their recent flirtation with North Kansas City and Clay County has created an icy relationship with Kansas Ci...