George Brett: The Pinnacle of Persistence in a Hall of Fame Career | Undeniable with Dan Patrick

Growing up as s Yankee fan, I feared no one as much as I feared Brett. To this day I use the phrase "like seeing George Brett coming to the plate" as a metaphor for the feeling of impending doom. Brett is the greatest player of his generation.

The man was flat out incredible!

Coming from Yankee fan: ultimate competitor, always played all out, clutch, total stud.

All KC fans were lucky and blessed to have him his entire career

Yankees fan here.... Brett was the best rival of the Bronx Bombers. No fear. A Winner.

Watching George Brett like this, all of a sudden I love baseball again.

I saw Brett in Milwaukee against the Brewers. He went 5 for 5 that night and increased his batting average to .400. The Milwaukee fans gave him a standing O when they showed his average on the scoreboard.

I grew up a Reds fan in the 70's. Brett was the first baseball player outside of Cincinnati that i fell in love with. His. 390 season was awesome! He played hard as hell and was clutch clutch clutch!

I watched a Pete Rose interview on this same site and he said the biggest story of the 1980 World Series was George Brett's hemorrhoids. That was classic. George was the best and watching the Royals back then was a very good thing. They didn't spend the money or have the money to compete with the Yankees but they did compete. Underdogs.

George Brett is such a legend.

He broke my Blue Jay's backs in the '80s... That '85 ALCS was hard to swallow. That being said, never experienced a better visting player in Toronto than #5.. my guy.

Hated him growing up in the 70's and 80's in so call....he was an Angel killer!....but have nothing but admiration and respect for him now....a true class act, fierce competitor, and great ambassador for the game!

My childhood hero. Always and forever...George Brett

I was a big Brett and Royals fan growing up in Iowa. I got to see George hit a dinger into the bullpen in right field at around 10 years old.

He dominated the American League my entire childhood and teen years. Destroyed my Rangers with regularity. What a legend this guy is.

So much respect froma Yankees fan... Hated him then... Grateful to have seen him play!

I'm a Mets fan, and Brett is the best hitter I ever saw.

all-time favorite player

1985 I was a bartender at the Adams Mark hotel across the highway from Kaufman stadium. The hotel was obviously sold out and it was all st Louis fans. We had been raking in cash tips hand over fist because when st Louis came to KC they had to win one game. Between the playoffs and world series we had been working 18 hours a day for the better part of 3 weeks. The Royals won game 6 and of course blew the Cardinals out. Myself and several other bartenders sat outside after the game was over and I remember someone said it's never going to be this good again. He was almost right 30 years later we went back to the world series and won it in 2015 . If we are on a 30 year cycle I most likely won't be alive the next time. The Royals were and always have been a big part of my life. I moved away from the city I grew up in and have lived all over the world. Still love the Royals and George Brett is and always will be the greatest royal of them all.

I was 8 in 1980, George became my hero in the WS. I have been a Royals fan ever since. Thanks George for leaving it all out there.