Unfortunately, Brett himself was not able to attend the concert at the Arvest Bank Theatre to deliver the signed jersey personally, but it seems Lorde appreciated the gift and the gesture all the same. Or maybe we should say gifts, because the Royals didn't stop with the jersey.
ICYMI, @GeorgeHBrett wasn't able to attend @lordemusic's #KC concert but he did send gifts on behalf of the #Royals! pic.twitter.com/hBC8U0LIxY
The photo she's holding is the National Geographic picture that inspired her song, and that too is signed by Brett.
Other unlikely sports teams' links with pop culture:
Gerry and the Pacemakers and Liverpool
1. 'You'll Never Walk Alone' is the official anthem of Liverpool Football Club and arguably the best known 'club anthem' in the world. The song is originally from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical 'Carousel' but was used by the club because the most famous version (in the UK) was by a band from Liverpool called Gerry and the Pacemakers. They recorded it in 1963 and Liverpool's manager at the time, Bill Shankly, loved it. The fans soon adopted it and the rest is history.
2. Red Sox and Broadway.
In 1917, Broadway producer Harry Frazee bought the Red Sox. On January 3, 1920, he made baseball's most notorious swap, sending Babe Ruth to the Yankees for $100,000 in cash and a $300,000 loan. This move started the alleged "Curse of the Bambino," a spell supposedly responsible for the sequence of calamities since then. Legend has it that he made the deal to finance the hit show No, No Nanette.
This myth has since been debunked however. At the time of the Ruth trade. the show's author, Vincent Youmans, was an unknown rehearsal pianist, and the musical had not been written. Broadway show My Lady Friends was however financed by the Ruth sale to the Yankees.
