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Eric Hosmer and Royals teammates party with fans and throw down $15,000 for drinks


The Royals’ Omar Infante celebrated with the team after their 8-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels Sunday at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.
The Royals’ Omar Infante celebrated with the team after their 8-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels Sunday at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. The Kansas City Star

After celebrating their sweep of the Angels in the locker room at Kauffman Stadium, some Royals players took the party to McFadden’s in the Power & Light District.

They got on Twitter to invite fans to join them.

According some of the people there, Eric Hosmer pulled out his credit card and helped pay for an open bar for an hour. He spent $3,000 and his teammates shared a $12,000 tab, according to a Royals official.

The players mingled among the crowd of people there and posed for a bunch of pictures.

This story was originally published October 6, 2014 at 11:12 AM.

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