Many former players get courtesy titles in the organizations they played for, but few of them take those jobs quite as seriously as George Brett, the Vice President of Baseball Operations for the Royals. That's a nebulous title that could mean a lot of time playing golf and shaking hands, but Brett still takes his Royals baseball seriously. Check out his takedown of those critical of Trey Hillman, and you might wonder if the team should think about giving him a job as team spokesman. The video is after the jump. There's some language unsafe for the workplace, but it all gets bleeped by Kansas City's NBC affiliate.
Funny, I always thought that they didn't give those jobs to members of the media because they tended to go to ex-ballplayers and people involved in operating a baseball team. Little did I know that always knowing what you're talking about is the key to the job.
Seriously though, every manager should be so lucky as to work in a town with so little patience that Tony Muser got four-and-a-half seasons in the dugout. And, double seriously, with Hillman's club above .500 everyone should probably chill out because the Royals have finished with a winning record once in the last 15 years.
That makes Brett quite qualified for a job where defecating in your pants is one of the responsibilities. In another classic video moment, Brett tells us (in quite unsafe and unbleeped language) about his experiences with that unhygenic part of life.

















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5-19-2009 @ 11:56AM
Matt Snyder said...
Is that a George Costanza reference? (those jobs tend to go to .... )
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5-19-2009 @ 11:58AM
Josh Alper said...
Not that there's anything wrong with that, is there?
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5-20-2009 @ 9:41AM
Michael said...
Wait....haven't finished with a winning record in 15 years?
Um, what about 2003 when they were in first place most of the season?
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