George Brett enjoyed a storybook career, and ended it about as well as a player can hope - still a productive player calling it quits on his own terms. The Royals celebrated his final home game with much pomp and circumstance, giving the fans one last chance to say goodbye.
It was Brett's night, after all, and at the conclusion of the game, fireworks lit up the sky while a blazing 5 illuminated the hillside beyond the outfield fence. George rode around the stadium in a golf cart and thanked the fans, and when he came full circle, he jumped off the cart, ran over to home, knelt down and kissed home plate.