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Originally Posted by Airdrop01
Who else? George Brett. One of my favorite memories was when he got 3000th hit and promptly got picked off by the Angels' pitcher. He just shrugged his shoulders sheepishly while headed to the dugout. So human.
Then after 30 years, he got to see his team win the Series after coming 90' short in 2014.
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George Brett: Yankee nemesis extraordinaire. My two most vivid memories of Brett are that anti-satellite missile he launched against Goose Gossage in Game 3 of the 1980 ALCS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBVd0UcTQwo
To this day, I firmly believe it was that blast that inspired Reagan's Star Wars Initiative.
And, of course, this:
Ah, good times.
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Last edited by Caporegime; 03-14-2017 at 01:33 PM.
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