Royal fans remember choke job of 1980 WS and Brett bad defense haunting his team yet again

1948_Swell_Robinson

@countdouglas :
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Here, the Countdouglas method shows how George Brett gave away the 1980 World Series with poor defense. He allowed what was typically a routine ground ball to be turned into a series changing single.

Here you see a beaten George Brett laying on the turf dejected after not being able to field the routine Mike Schmidt ground ball. A dejected Brett slowly gathered himself up afterwards, but it was too late.

The series was tied two games apiece before this play. The Royals were winning by one run in the 9th inning before this play.

Brett choked. Schmidt got into his head. Schmidt got on base to spur the rally. The Royals lose this game as a result. Then lose the series in the next game.

Lucky for George Brett, another Bret(and a bad umpire) lead his team to their first World Series five years later. In that series, George Brett was invisible for the first tightly contested six games, then padded his stats in a game 7 blowout when it didn't mean anything.

To be clear, the Countdouglas method ignores every event that got to this moment and focuses only on this key moment to make declarative assessments.

1948_Swell_Robinson

George Brett costing his team with bad defense in the playoffs. Basically cancelling his hitting...and why they didn't advance to World Series.. See it is easy to make narratives.

ERRORS JUST KILL YOU IN A SHORT SERIES! One of the true axioms in baseball history.

1976 ALCS:

Game one. Brett makes two errors in the first inning. Two. With the score 0-0, Brett has a chance to end the inning with zero runs. Runners on first and second with one out(one of those baserunners already courtesy of a Brett error). Routine ground ball to third, Brett steps on third and then makes an errant throw, failing to end the inning that a MLB third baseman should do in his sleep. Technically, only one of those runs are unearned due to not assuming a double play, but Brett cost them both with bad fielding TWICE in the inning. They never recover from the George Brett circus in the first inning and lose game one in the five game series.

Game five. Deciding game. Bottom of the sixth. George Brett kicks a routine ground ball that leads to an UNEARNED run. The Royals lose 7-6. That unearned run is the difference in the final score. Brett gave away game one and felt generous, so he gave them game five too.

Brett gives the Yankees TWO victories with bad defense in a five game series.

1977 ALCS

Game 2. Down only one run in the sixth. Brett botches routine ground ball and leads to TWO unearend runs. Puts the game out of reach. They lose.

Game 5. Deciding game again. Royals down 4-3 in the 9th. Brett kicks routine ground ball and leads to another unearned run. Changes the entire complexion of the game going into the 9th where they could have played for one run instead of two.