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Article: Like father, like son. (Hal and Brian McRae of the Kansas City Royals baseball team) (interview)
- Article from:
- Ebony
- Article date:
- October 1, 1991
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T'S a young ballplayer's dream come true. With the bases loaded, Brian McRae of the Kansas City Royals steps up to the plate, eyes the pitcher and then hammers his first major-league grand-slam home run.
Not far away, Hal McRae shows little emotion as he watches the ball sail over the outfield wall. He is thinking about the team. So when his son returns to the dugout, the elder McRae greets him as stoically as he would any other Royals player who just drove in four runs-with a simple handshake.
At 46, Hal McRae is the Royals' manager, and his 24-year-old son, Brian, is the team's lead-off hitter and regular center fielder. Baseball may be a family ...