



Jessica Hofheins, manager of Hibbett Sports, steadies a dolly while Brandon Mellen, team member at Hibbett Sports, unloads boxes of Kansas City Royals team merchandise Monday afternoon. The store opened Sunday night after the Royals defeated the New York Mets in game five of the World Series so customers could purchase officially licensed team merchandise after the game. Hofheins said the store had sold out of many items, including the grey, short-sleeve, 2015 Royals World Series Championship T-shirts. Hofheins made several trips to Warrensburg to bring additional merchandise to the store and was planning on at least one more trip Monday evening to stock the shelves for the championship parade in downtown Kansas City today at noon.
Team member Kortney Keith, foreground, Angel Hughes, coach in training, and Brandon Mellen, team member, unpack boxes of Royals team merchandise for waiting customers Monday afternoon at Hibbett Sports in the Thompson Hills Shopping Center.
Ryan Bramblett, of Hibbett Sports Boonville, loads the trunk of his car with merchandise from the Warrensburg store. Bramblett was in Sedalia to pick up a shipment of merchandise Monday afternoon to fill the store’s customer demand. Bramblett said the Boonville location opened after Sunday’s fifth game and closed shortly after 2 a.m. He added that they couldn’t keep the merchandise on the shelves.
Jackie Woody, left, and her mother-in-law, Elaine Woody, discuss the merchandise they were considering Monday afternoon at Hibbett Sports. The two women who didn’t make it to any of the World Series games wanted to purchase some hats and T-shirts. Store Manager Jessica Hofheins said the Sedalia location had been incredibly busy after the game and on Monday and she did not expect sales to slow down in the next few days. She added that a lot of the store’s customers were planning to go to the Royals victory parade in downtown Kansas City today.