Saturday, June 01, 2013

George Brett, Class Act

Turns out new Royals hitting coach George Brett is a pretty nice guy, if Door George is to be believed. From "Confessions of a Strip Club Bathroom Attendant" by Sam Allard at Cleveland Scene:

"Here comes George Brett in the club—I recognized him right away—and I showed him to a chair and got him a complimentary drink. I ran the tables. And if I said somebody got a drink, they got a drink."

In the Hustler bathroom, Door George is half-seated on the sinks with his head cocked in what the uninitiated might mistake for a parody of 'fond recollection.' Chris Brown's "Don't Wake Me Up" is blasting overhead and an upbeat announcer is imploring us to keep it going for a dancer of unseen endurance and felinity.

"This was '87, and the Kansas City Royals were in town," George goes on. "This was the year after Buckner let that ball go through his legs in the World Series. And, well, I didn't recognize Buckner, but I recognized Brett. And somebody was giving Buckner a hard time on account of that ball going through his legs.

"And I took care of them, moved them to a more private table and got them drinks. And Brett, he appreciated it. He asks me 'Can you come to the ballgame tomorrow night?' And I say, sure.

"Next day, here comes a limousine and an envelope with $100 and two tickets to the game with a note thanking me for looking out for them." George raises an index finger, the story's not over.

"From that day on—I never saw him again in my life—but every time the Royals were in town, sure enough, I got an envelope with $100 and two tickets, up 'til the day he retired. That George Brett, now there was a classy guy."

13 comments:

Steve Sax said...

Thanks Orel, for always bringing us the best in strip club news!

MR.F said...

Oh my God why don't you start a strip club blog and post strip club news on that blog?

Steve Sax said...

That's a damn good idea, Mr F

Hideo Nomo said...

Yeah, I'm on board with the strip club blog.

Dusty Baker said...

(strips)

Steve Sax said...

(clubs)

Dusty Baker said...

Hell yeah I'm down for a strip club blog.

Blogger night at Spearmint Rhino!

Sons of Asia Carrera!

Dusty Baker said...

Just reading last night's GT (I had to bow out bc I was getting drunk at my local, but I did watch the game). I love Paul's comment at the end:

"All stats are ridiculous."

Spoken by a true non-stat licker.

Can't wait for today's game, and for the Kings! Yea sports that give me a reason not to do anything real productive on a Saturday!

Fred's Brim said...

preach on, Dusty!

ubragg said...

Interesting to read this story in contrast to a good friend of mine (LS) who hates George Brett with all of his being due to his encounter with him as a kid.

LS (age 10 at the time) approached George Brett and asked him sign a baseball for him. This was a baseball that LS had gotten several signatures on with others of his favorite players over a couple years. Instead of signing it, George proceeded to scribble out the autographs of all the other players on the ball, telling him that it was stupid to have a ball with all those signatures on it. Needless to say, this caused LS to burst into tears and to this day he hates George Brett and anything having to do with the Royals.

So I guess whether or not someone is a class act depends on the context.

ubragg said...
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Orel said...

Dammit, ubragg, stop bringing balance and reason to this blog.

ubragg said...

My bad. :)