There’s been talk of plagiarism and politics this week, so perhaps President Barack Obama will want to choose his words carefully when he meets with the World Series champion Royals on Thursday.
After the Royals won the World Series in 1985, they were feted at the White House a mere four days later — on Halloween. Royals manager Dick Howser gave President Ronald Reagan a Royals jacket, a baseball bat and a 1985 World Series hat.
Reagan said: “You proved to America what a never-say-die spirit can do.”
Those words certainly could be used to describe the 2015 World Series champions, too.