Rush Limbaugh worked for the Kansas City Royals baseball team?

[Craig3410]

So, I was reading in my current bedtime book <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679765417/qid=1136747831/sr=8-3/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i3_xgl14/002-9218923-5841610?n=507846&s=books&v=glance|Baseball>
by Ken Burns, and in one of the side stories written by a guest writer (forgot who) mentioned offhand that Rush worked for the Kansas City Royals baseball team.

Anyone know in what capacity he worked for them?

[MrSlayer]

1. Yeah he worked in public relations.

He sold tickets for them.




Edit: Hit reply before I was done.

[jobycom]

3. From Wikipedia

After dropping out of Southeast Missouri State University and getting his draft waiver, he moved to Pittsburgh and became a Top 40 music radio disc jockey on station WIXZ.

In October 1972, he moved to KQV, using the name Jeff Christie. It was in Pittsburgh that many of Limbaugh's trademarks developed, such as a claim to use a "golden microphone." (which eventually became true in the 1990s on The Rush Limbaugh Show) After several years in music radio, Limbaugh took a break from radio and accepted a position as director of promotions with the Kansas City Royals baseball team.

[China_cat]

2. Probably as the scoreboard.

[peekaloo]

4. Group sales.

I have a friend in baseball who worked for the Royals at the time, she's now with another team, who absolutely loathes him. Wish I could post some of her stories but that would be hearsay.

Rest assured he seems to be every bit the asshole we think he is. :-)

[Greyhound]

6. This isn't a courtroom, hearsay is fine.

[peekaloo]

7. LOL! Maybe if he peruses this board he may remember her if I did.

:evilgrin:

[0007]

9. Let it all hang out!

We probably have heard it before anyway.

[peekaloo]

10. True. Sexist, asshole pig. My friend reminds me a lot of 'Maude'

not in looks (Karen Huge) but in demeanor. She had quite a few dust ups with the Wonder Pig.


I'm gonna e-mail her to see if she'll give me a collection of greatest hits. }(

[troubleinwinter]

5. Read a long time ago

that one of his functions was to procure women for the team members.

[leftofthedial]

8. he made up statistics and lied about the other teams

the Royals were undefeated the whole time he worked for them. In fact, while he worked there, they had never lost a game in their entire history.

[raysr]

11. Bat licker

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. He volunteered to tidy up the medicine cabinets in the doctor's office..

[MiniMe]

13. Are you sure you aren't mixing him up with Don Zimmer?

[Nitrogenica]

14. I'm sure he lied and marketed that they had won the world series.

and of course 38% of the lemmings believed him.

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. He was their radio announcer