BALTIMORE -- On the day the Kansas City Royals resuscitated a rivalry that has lain dormant for nearly a half-century, the man who embodied the team in the 1970s strolled by the one who personifies it today.
"You think he's any good?" George Brett asked.
He was looking at Bobby Witt Jr., the hero of the Royals' Game 2 victory that expelled the Baltimore Orioles from the American League wild-card round -- and the hero, to be more accurate, of the baseball renaissance currently taking place in Kansas City.
"He's got a chance to be a good player," Brett continued, and Witt flashed a knowing grin in his direction.