Suck it! 1985 style

[Slacker]

I know this is weird on this thread, but I reread Joe Pos' Baseball 100 essay on Brett tonight. Kind of a sad experience given how tough his dad Jack was on him.

Brett was five hits from .400 in 1980. His dad Jack, to his son, on that season: "You couldn't get five more forking hits?!"

And it was not meant as a joke. Brett said he always played in fear of his dad, even in the big leagues. Pretty tough.

What an asshole. No wonder George shirt his pants.

 

[exmediahack]

I wonder if George's experience with his father is why he is the way he is/was around Kansas City.

He lives a weird existence in the city.

The most famous citizen (well, maybe second-most as Mahomes lives two miles east of him) of the city.

George doesn't suffer fans easily. Doesn't suffer their stories about where they were when he got to .401, 1985, the Pine Tar Game.

We ALL have a "I saw George at so-and-so and he's such a deck". Saw him three times as a kid around town and twice as an adult (all random encounters). Yeah, pretty much a deck.

The 2014-15 run for the Royals seemed to have mellowed him a little as, maybe, the stories stopped a bit from strangers.

 

[Huggy]

Neither team could hit in the series until the Royals cracked it open in Game 7. Both teams had a lot of exposed flaws that series.

The 1985 Royals weren't that good. They just weren't. Brett and then some incredible starting pitching came home at the end.

The 1985 Cardinals WERE that good until the tarp.

The Blue Jays blowing a 3-1 lead in the 1985 ALCS remains one of my worst sports memories.

fork Jim Sundberg.

 

[Chef2]

The Blue Jays blowing a 3-1 lead in the 1985 ALCS remains one of my worst sports memories.

fork Jim Sundberg.

38 years.
Get over it!
lol

 

[Huggy]

38 years.
Get over it!
lol

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

I wonder if George's experience with his father is why he is the way he is/was around Kansas City.

He lives a weird existence in the city.

The most famous citizen (well, maybe second-most as Mahomes lives two miles east of him) of the city.

George doesn't suffer fans easily. Doesn't suffer their stories about where they were when he got to .401, 1985, the Pine Tar Game.

We ALL have a "I saw George at so-and-so and he's such a deck". Saw him three times as a kid around town and twice as an adult (all random encounters). Yeah, pretty much a deck.

The 2014-15 run for the Royals seemed to have mellowed him a little as, maybe, the stories stopped a bit from strangers.

With the obvious caveat that he might put on a happier face around writers, I had a great experience with him a thousand years ago (fine, it was only 25 and for the 15th anniversary of the Pine Tar Game) and have heard nothing but good things about him in Cooperstown. He's usually among the last to head to bed at the induction eve festivities. Again, he's surrounded there by fellow legends and people well-heeled enough to get into the hotel, but not every icon is into the hobnobbing.

 

[maumann]

I know this is weird on this thread, but I reread Joe Pos' Baseball 100 essay on Brett tonight. Kind of a sad experience given how tough his dad Jack was on him.

Brett was five hits from .400 in 1980. His dad Jack, to his son, on that season: "You couldn't get five more forking hits?!"

And it was not meant as a joke. Brett said he always played in fear of his dad, even in the big leagues. Pretty tough.

Outing alert: George Brett's dad was Ty Cobb. Or Ted Williams.

 

[Liut]

the Cardinals hit like .190 in that series.

Herzog even mentioned that in his book with Kevin Horrigan. Glad the leg-eating tarp has been mentioned.