Royals being feted today at White House

KANSAS CITY — While meeting President Barack Obama and visiting the White House was to be a new experience for most of the Royals today, 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.'”

The Royals’ visit began just before noon ET/11 a.m. CT. The ceremony, which was to take approximately an hour, is being streamed live on MLB.com and Royals.com.

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, …

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