Negro baseball league umpire Bob Motley and wife Pearline with hall of fame baseball player George Brett during a cruise on the sea in Italy Stock Photo - Alamy

Kansas City Royals' hall of famer George Brett talks to players in the dugout during the third inning of an exhibition spring training baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds Friday, March 1

Kansas City Royals' George Brett, center, is congratulated by Royals manager Hal MacRae, center left, and the rest of the team after hitting his 3000th career hit against the California Angels in

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Hall of Famer George Brett smiles during a news conference ahead of a baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Royals at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb., Thursday

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Kansas City Royals hall of famer George Brett watches practice during spring training baseball Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006 in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel Stock Photo - Alamy

Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame player George Brett walls out to throw out the ceremonial first pitch in game 1 of the World Series pitting the Royals against the New York

Kansas City Royals hall of famer George Brett watches practice during spring training baseball Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006 in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel Stock Photo - Alamy

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George Brett, a Kansas City Royals baseball legend, flexes with a fan during the USO tour “This one's for you” Sept. 12, 2018, at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. Fans met with the legends and watched a live-stream Royals versus Chicago White Sox game Stock

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