Amos Otis recorded 129 assists during his 17-year Major League career with 14 of those seasons as a member of the Kansas City Royals. But the career outfielder’s greatest assist of all came on a day his team got rained out.
On Sept. 12, 1977, Kansas City was scheduled to play Oakland at then-Royals Stadium. However, a torrential rainstorm that ultimately dropped 16 inches of rain on Kansas City forced a postponement, but not before fans had already made their way to the ballpark.
As reported earlier this week by the Kansas City Star’s Eric Adler, Missouri state representative Richard Brown, who was then just 14 years old, made his way to Royals Stadium but becoming stranded in the area following the rainout.