After a surprise World Series berth in 2014 and now with a 3-1 series lead in the ALCS over the Toronto Blue Jays, Kansas City Royals players and fans alike carry themselves with a haughty sense of arrogance these days. Now, the misguided hubris and the premature trash-talking has even infiltrated local educational institutions.
In the aftermath of the Royals’ 14-2 walloping of the Toronto in Game 4 on Tuesday, the Kansas City Public Library took some time out of their busy literary schedules to jab the Blue Jays on Twitter. The library’s official account tweeted out an image of three books stacked on top of each other to display the message, “Canada.