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Royals gearing up for their White House visit
- Updated: July 20, 2016
KANSAS CITY — While meeting President Barack Obama and visiting the White House will be a new experience for most of the Royals on Thursday, at least a few have had the honor previously.
Royals manager Ned Yost, for example, was honored there as part of the Braves organization after the team won the 1995 World Series.
“We actually went in Spring Training the following year,” Yost recalled. “It was really a fun trip. The thing I recall more than anything else is I kind of really figured out what a politician was. Bill Clinton made me feel like I’d known him forever in a two-minute conversation.
“I thought, ‘That’s what a politician is.'”
Right-hander Edinson Volquez also has been to the White House before. In 2005, when he was with the Rangers, Volquez got a visit as part of the Rookie Career Development Program, which is put on each year by MLB and the Players Association in Washington, D.C.
“They take two of the top prospects from each team and I was there with Ian Kinsler,” Volquez said. “I got to shake hands with President [George W.] Bush. I …
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