The word is that after the Royals swept the Angels they decided to head out to a bar — McFadden’s; not where I’d go, but still — and celebrate. Eric Hosmer invited the entire city via Twitter. Many came.

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.

Read more here, from Andy McCullough.

— Michael R. Strain is a resident scholar and economist at the American Enterprise Institute. You can write to him on Twitter at twitter.com/MichaelRStrain.