The day after opening day in April, the Kansas City Royals invited hundreds of their employees to a luncheon in the Diamond Club, the lounge area behind home plate at Kauffman Stadium. The guests included security guards, electricians and janitors; part-time employees and full-time employees; anyone who worked with the team in the 2014 season.
One by one, Royals upper management called the employees to the front of the room, shook their hand and presented them with a championship ring — a similar ring to the one the players had received the day before, customized with their surname on the side.