MEMPHIS, TN. — Baseball Hall of Famer, George Brett, will be the keynote speaker at the annual Meet the Tigers Baseball Banquet scheduled on Jan. 17, 2014 at the on-campus Holiday Inn, located at 3700 Central Ave in Memphis, TN. Tiger baseball coach, Daron Schoenrock, told the media that University of Memphis interim president Brad Martin’s friendship with Brett was a key factor in securing Brett’s appearance at the banquet.
Photo shows George Brett speaking to the media in July 2013 about the “Pine Tar Game” against the New York Yankees that was played 30 years ago on July 24, 1983.
Brett, who became the Royals vice president of baseball operations after his retirement in 1993, played his entire 21-year baseball career for the Kansas City Royals. His 3,154 career hits are the most by any third baseman in major league history and 16th all-time.
Brett is one of four players in MLB history to accumulate 3,000 hits, 300 home runs, and a career .300 batting average (the others being Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, and Stan Musial). He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999 on the first ballot. To date, Brett is the only player in MLB history to win a batting title in three different decades.
Watch the following video where George Brett talks about the “Pine Tar Game” against the New York Yankees that was played 30 years ago on July 24, 1983.
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