About an hour before he was introduced with George Brett, Bret Saberhagan and the wife of the late Dan Quisenberry, Janie Quisenberry-Stone, Frank White stood in the hallway off the Royals dugout and greeted a half-dozen players and Royals officials.
“You’re the man,” White told Alcides Escobar.
“Congratulations, Frank,” Royals general manager Dayton Moore said during a handshake.
An old friend had returned to Kauffman Stadium on official business for the first time in four years. White was recognized as one of the Royals’ Franchise Four, a fan-voting honor conducted by Major League Baseball.
And White was honored.