Last year, lorde told vh1 that she wrote the song after seeing a photo of brett, a player for the kanas city royals, signing baseballs in a 1976 issue of national geographic. Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. Auto suggestions are available once you type at least 3 letters. A royal hero is the most complete volume ever compiled about the 1999 baseball hall of fame inductee.
Its one thing to shit yourself, but its another to tell it to an audience and make it entertaining. Saving country music has sounded off on the egregious use of auto tune on the album, and so have many george. The 100 funniest things in the history of the internet gq. Theres an interesting story behind it, i posted about it at the apba blog. George brett was born on may 15, 1953 in glen dale, west virginia, usa as george howard brett. Brett s 3,154 career hits are the most by any third baseman in major league. Apparently george brett is good for it twice a year. George brett once pooped his pants and told the story about it video. George bretts infamous story autotune version tony at. Lorde meets george brett, inspiration for royals huffpost.
Its easily one of the most quotable videos i have ever seen. Well hes an old baseball player for the kansas city royals, and in this video he tells the story of how he soiled himself in extremely vivid detail. With his team trailing 43 in the top half of the ninth inning and two out, george brett of the royals hit a tworun home run to give his team the lead. Behold the the george brett story what is the george brett story. Brett established the empire store in 1868 on front street in mankato. Why am i just discovering the george brett story video. Two children try to get their parents back together. Kc hall of famer, george brett, recalls in explicit detail, how he shts himself. A spring training story about george brett, running hard. By the time the hobby exploded in the earlytomid1980s, george brett was already a baseball legend. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Charlie manuel answering questions, diagnosing swings from.
Named for the greatest kansas city royal of them all, the george brett bridge carries vehicular traffic on the blue ridge cutoff across i70 in eastern kansas city, mo, and it has a ghost story associated with it. The hall of fame infielder regales his team with a story. The pine tar incident also known as the pine tar game was a controversial incident during an american league baseball game played between the kansas city royals and new york yankees on july 24, 1983, at yankee stadium in new york city. Royals hall of famer george brett is back at spring training, ready to witness a championship core take another run. Colorado rockies manager bud black compared outfielder david dahl to hall of famers paul molitor and george brett on friday so we compare them. First he spoke admiringly of brett s sense of pride about the incident i feel like george brett would come on this show tonight and tell that story again without even the least bit of shame.
George strait fans sound off about autotune on new album. In a 1757 letter to his virginia regiment captains, washington commented on the importance of good order and discipline when he wrote that, discipline is the soul of an army. George brett, the sage of spring training, intrigued by. George howard brett born may 15, 1953 is an american former professional baseball player who played 21 years, primarily as a third baseman, in major. Police investigation into disappearance of haulage.
No one followed george brett with greater interest nor wrote of his exploits with greater insight than the. Pop culture collided when lorde met george brett, the inspiration for her hit song royals. Chris delia reacts to the george brett story duration. George brett doesnt even stop eating long enough to watch niecie singing to him. Clips for the babies a chris delia channel recommended for you. George was born in sheboygan on september 10, 1947 a son to nicholas. The yankees won 103 games and the al east by three games over the baltimore orioles, but were swept by the royals in the alcs. True story of the farm boy who made the transition from religious pacifist to world war i hero. George brett once pooped his pants in the bellagio and told a kansas city royals player the story. So naturally, i wondered what on earth he was talking about. A free powerpoint ppt presentation displayed as a flash slide show on id. George howard brett born may 15, 1953 is an american former professional baseball player who played 21 years, primarily as a third baseman, in major league baseball mlb for the kansas city royals. George brett obituary sheboygan, wi sheboygan press.
Police investigation into disappearance of haulage contractor george brett and his son terry brett aged 10, who are missing under mysterious circumstances. Classic locker room talk now with autotune stereogum. I found my long lost george brett autographed apba card last night. As the video gained popularity, remixes and parodies where soon to follow. The george brett story by john garrity, other format. An estate executor tries to find a missing heiress. A candid biography, concentrating on brett s mature talents and growing accomplishments, of.
Filip bondy, author of the pine tar game in the 1983 game, the yankees were holding a trump card. Within two notes it was fairly obvious to me that autotune had been. The use of auto tune on the cowboy rides away is egregious. Cant find the brett card story and it seems that the rizzuto call of the tirade is not available via. John kruk texted with george brett about kc ribs for two. Also, why is george brett so fucking confident about how much he shits his. With dick vitale, brent musburger, mike tyson, ice cube. Nobody could have anticipated that a george strait album would be the vehicle for the most excessive, and most blatantly obvious use of the pitch correction software known as auto tune that i have ever, ever heard in the history of recorded music, barring projects purposefully using auto tune as a special effect. Eventually he gets into a story about having the runs in vegas and his teammate repeatedly tries to escape the profane conversation, but fails. The kc royals were lucky to have hall of famer george brett for 21 seasons. Straits cowboy rides away album butchered by autotune. Ghost, goodfellas, and marked for death were box office hits. Well there is auto tune in the traditional sense when it was just a tool to fix pitch. After the season ended, the yankees signed dave winfield to a 10year contract.
The internet autotuned george bretts infamous pantspooping story. I was watching my usual game grumps episodes a couple of nights ago, and one of the hosts arin mentioned this video that was making him laugh his ass off. Theres something about this that makes me like this guy. What started as a celebration of espns 30th anniversary has come to life as an eclectic and fascinating collection of passionate films about sports and culture.
Segments 14 you dont know george washington until youve heard his story. Brett, 66, of sheboygan passed away on friday evening, november 8, 20 at st. Were sad to see an old school kansas city baseball legend continue his tradition of social disgrace. Pictured, police search mount pleasant farm at hornchurch, essex, 12th october 1976. A candid biography, concentrating on brett s mature talents and growing accomplishments, of the kansas city thirdbaseman. I began a recent oped i wrote with a nod to thenlieutenant general george washingtons thoughts on good order and discipline. Espn films 30 for 30 is an unprecedented documentary series featuring todays finest storytellers from inside and outside of the sports world. George bretts infamous story autotune version youtube. And so, in an era when a great many politicos and pundits constantly complain about declining civility. On the 3rd day of that month, george brett was wrapping up his third and final batting title for the kc royals.
George brett once pooped his pants and told the story. He has been married to leslie davenport since february 15, 1991. John kruk had been communicating with kansas city royals legend george brett about bbq ribs for over two years and, until sunday, he had no idea. Ewtk8n from alamys library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors. Twitter is a better place with charlie manuel and larry bowa, two baseball lifers who are trying right now to find ways to pass the time like the rest of us. George brett, the sage of spring training, intrigued by 2017 royals the.