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I'm surprised that nobody mentioned the fact that part of I-70 through Kansas City was renamed in Brett's honor. If I could remember the exact phrasing, I'd have added it myself. :) Also might be worth mentioning that St. Louis was SO sure they were going to take the 1985 World Series (The "I-70 Series" coincedentally) that pre-printed World Champions T-shirts were made, and had to be pulled off shelves when the Royals won! -- JohnDBuell | Talk 19:26, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
This page is kinda hard to read, it might need to be divided up someday. Sigma995 21:32, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
I was informed on my talk page that Brett and Modine are not cousins, and it turns out the only place where it's mentioned is on the IMDB biography of Modine, so seeing as it's only from one source, I'll take that out now. howch e ng { chat} 06:46, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
What happened in the 1980 series is misstated all over the net. The statement that the day after pulling himself out of Game 2 with hemorrhoid pain, "Brett had to have surgery to remove hemorrhoids" isn't, and couldn't be, correct, given that he returned in Game 3 the day after (and homered!). He had a minor procedure done on the off-day, presumably to relieve the pain. Then in the spring of 1981 he had his hemorrhoids removed (a "hemorrhoidectomy"), a thoroughly disabling procedure, and missed over two weeks of Spring training. When I get my refs straight, I'll fix it. Brett's reality is heroic enough without this... JoshFisher
I just composed a page on the 20-20-20 Club, of which Brett is the last member, so far, but I have only identified 5 players (Frank Schulte, Jim Bottomley, Jeff Heath, and Willie Mays). Am I missing someone? TeganX7 04:04, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
An editor just added a discussion into this article of the fact that is not technically accurate to state that Brett won batting titles in three different decades (1976, 1980, and 1990), as his 1990 title was actually won in the 1980s. While this is technically correct, I feel it is basically irrelevant to put such a discussion in a baseball article. I made the mistake of calling it "nitpicking", when I should have made the following point instead.
Baseball has always defined its "decades" as beginning in the year beginning in zero and ending in nine (e.g., the 1980s were from 1980 to 1989). I won't argue the merits of this definition (I'm one of those who believe the new century began in 2001), but explaining that technicality in this article just seems to be going off on a tangent and is irrelevant to the article.
In truth, even if Brett had won his batting titles in 1977, '81, and '91, having actually gained titles in three different (and undisputed) decades, the REAL technicality is simply the count of decades as the measure. Ted Williams won his first and last batting titles 17 seasons apart (1941 to 1958), whereas Brett's first and last titles were only 14 years apart. We shouldn't be discussing the technicality of when a decade begins or ends, but rather the fact that Williams having won titles near the beginning of one decade and near the end of another simply masked the fact that his achievement was greater than Brett's. -- Couillaud ( talk) 16:35, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Is there some relationship between these two George Howard Bretts? Surely they are either related, or the baseball player was named for the general; its seems unlikely that it could be a pure coincidence. -- Xyzzyva ( talk) 05:23, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
Should Brett's youtube video of him telling his "bathroom story" get a mention on the page. It's closing in on half a million views on youtube. --WadeGwynn 25 Sep 2009
Doubt it unless you can find a source, and even then it's borderline. However, I have seen the video, and it's fucking hilarious. Have you seen the auto-tune one? That one is even funnier. Korben Dallas25 ( talk) 02:25, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
Someone anonymously edited this to say he had the second most hits by a third baseman. Although this is a tricky question (what does it mean? Was he on the lineup at third for his first hit in a game, but then was at first for the next two?), every source I can find lists Brett as the holder of that record. I'm going to revert that edit. If he is second, could whoever list the source, at least here? JoshFisher
The result of the move request was: moved. Favonian ( talk) 19:27, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
– relisting as multimove. ErikHaugen ( talk | contribs) 17:27, 6 October 2011 (UTC) – Primary topic. Page views: 129,980, 4,928. Partial title matches: 2,441, 2,267, 2,145. Relisted, also see discussion GB fan 13:32, 25 September 2011 (UTC) Marcus Qwertyus 04:22, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
Where did they get the notion that George popularized the term "Mendoza line"? I don't buy it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.143.44.196 ( talk) 13:14, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
I also don't buy the story that George popularized the term "Mendoza line" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.143.45.115 ( talk) 07:15, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
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I'm surprised that nobody mentioned the fact that part of I-70 through Kansas City was renamed in Brett's honor. If I could remember the exact phrasing, I'd have added it myself. :) Also might be worth mentioning that St. Louis was SO sure they were going to take the 1985 World Series (The "I-70 Series" coincedentally) that pre-printed World Champions T-shirts were made, and had to be pulled off shelves when the Royals won! -- JohnDBuell | Talk 19:26, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
This page is kinda hard to read, it might need to be divided up someday. Sigma995 21:32, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
I was informed on my talk page that Brett and Modine are not cousins, and it turns out the only place where it's mentioned is on the IMDB biography of Modine, so seeing as it's only from one source, I'll take that out now. howch e ng { chat} 06:46, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
What happened in the 1980 series is misstated all over the net. The statement that the day after pulling himself out of Game 2 with hemorrhoid pain, "Brett had to have surgery to remove hemorrhoids" isn't, and couldn't be, correct, given that he returned in Game 3 the day after (and homered!). He had a minor procedure done on the off-day, presumably to relieve the pain. Then in the spring of 1981 he had his hemorrhoids removed (a "hemorrhoidectomy"), a thoroughly disabling procedure, and missed over two weeks of Spring training. When I get my refs straight, I'll fix it. Brett's reality is heroic enough without this... JoshFisher
I just composed a page on the 20-20-20 Club, of which Brett is the last member, so far, but I have only identified 5 players (Frank Schulte, Jim Bottomley, Jeff Heath, and Willie Mays). Am I missing someone? TeganX7 04:04, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
An editor just added a discussion into this article of the fact that is not technically accurate to state that Brett won batting titles in three different decades (1976, 1980, and 1990), as his 1990 title was actually won in the 1980s. While this is technically correct, I feel it is basically irrelevant to put such a discussion in a baseball article. I made the mistake of calling it "nitpicking", when I should have made the following point instead.
Baseball has always defined its "decades" as beginning in the year beginning in zero and ending in nine (e.g., the 1980s were from 1980 to 1989). I won't argue the merits of this definition (I'm one of those who believe the new century began in 2001), but explaining that technicality in this article just seems to be going off on a tangent and is irrelevant to the article.
In truth, even if Brett had won his batting titles in 1977, '81, and '91, having actually gained titles in three different (and undisputed) decades, the REAL technicality is simply the count of decades as the measure. Ted Williams won his first and last batting titles 17 seasons apart (1941 to 1958), whereas Brett's first and last titles were only 14 years apart. We shouldn't be discussing the technicality of when a decade begins or ends, but rather the fact that Williams having won titles near the beginning of one decade and near the end of another simply masked the fact that his achievement was greater than Brett's. -- Couillaud ( talk) 16:35, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Is there some relationship between these two George Howard Bretts? Surely they are either related, or the baseball player was named for the general; its seems unlikely that it could be a pure coincidence. -- Xyzzyva ( talk) 05:23, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
Should Brett's youtube video of him telling his "bathroom story" get a mention on the page. It's closing in on half a million views on youtube. --WadeGwynn 25 Sep 2009
Doubt it unless you can find a source, and even then it's borderline. However, I have seen the video, and it's fucking hilarious. Have you seen the auto-tune one? That one is even funnier. Korben Dallas25 ( talk) 02:25, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
Someone anonymously edited this to say he had the second most hits by a third baseman. Although this is a tricky question (what does it mean? Was he on the lineup at third for his first hit in a game, but then was at first for the next two?), every source I can find lists Brett as the holder of that record. I'm going to revert that edit. If he is second, could whoever list the source, at least here? JoshFisher
The result of the move request was: moved. Favonian ( talk) 19:27, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
– relisting as multimove. ErikHaugen ( talk | contribs) 17:27, 6 October 2011 (UTC) – Primary topic. Page views: 129,980, 4,928. Partial title matches: 2,441, 2,267, 2,145. Relisted, also see discussion GB fan 13:32, 25 September 2011 (UTC) Marcus Qwertyus 04:22, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
Where did they get the notion that George popularized the term "Mendoza line"? I don't buy it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.143.44.196 ( talk) 13:14, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
I also don't buy the story that George popularized the term "Mendoza line" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.143.45.115 ( talk) 07:15, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
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