George Brett

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The Kansas City Royals franchise have produced many great players since their inception in 1969.

From Cy Young Award winners to Hall of Fame third basemen to speedy outfielders, the organization is seen a great amount of talent come and go.

In this feature, I have examined the best 50 players Royals that have played on the team over the course of the last four plus decades.

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Professional baseball has been around for roughly 150 years and the result has been memories and moments that will last forever, talent that shines above the rest, amazing revenue for the national government, and some crazy rules that just don't make much sense.

Baseball is a game of tradition and honor (minus steroids).

The Kansas City Royals finally have something to celebrate. The commissioner has awarded Kansas City the 2012 All-Star Game.

The Royals haven't made the playoffs in 25 years, just missing the playoffs in the 1995 season. But now the team will finally be able to have some true acknowledgement by all of baseball.

The team which had a former All-Star Game MVP in Bo Jackson (1989) and former star George Brett, will be hosting the event from the newly revamped Kauffman Stadium.

The beauty of watching a baseball game is that there is always the chance that you could see something that has never been done before, or that may never be done again.

What follows are what I feel are the 10 most shocking game day moments in baseball history. That is not to say that these are the 10 most impressive moments, but instead the 10 moments that made people say "wow, I can't believe that just happened".

There may be no better demonstration of someone being shocked than the expression on George Brett's face in the accompanying picture, but the pine tar incident is not No.