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Originally Posted by suzzer99
My mom had met George Brett in Westport and thought he was an insufferable ass.
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As near as I can tell,
everyone that's ever met George Brett thinks he's an insufferable ass.
Kinda sucks. It's why I've never really had an interest in meeting Ozzie Smith. That way, as far as I'll ever know, my childhood hero was a class-act and all around boy scout.
But for many folks that grew up idolizing George Brett, meeting their hero didn't leave them with warm and fuzzies. I know he was good and shitcanned when I met him and pretty much an obnoxious buffoon. When I told my folks about it, they both said they'd met him a few years earlier and it was the same story - though they think he was sober, just an asshole.
That said - you couldn't find a better guy to emulate between the lines. Brett was the perfect ballplayer, IMO.