A day after the stunning news of the death former American League umpire Steve Palermo, the memories flowed for Royals legend George Brett.
Their careers overlapped. Brett played from 1973-93, and Palermo, a Kansas City resident who died of cancer last week, called American League games form 1976-91.
Brett and golfing great Tom Watson gathered Monday to support the Joe McGuff ALS Golf Tournament at the Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate and smiled when recalling Palermo.
“Did he ever make a bad call on you?” Watson asked Brett.
“He made a bunch of them,” Brett said with a laugh.