Follow @RoyalsBlue_com The Royals are celebrating their 50th season.  The following is a Top 50 list of the greatest moments in Royals history.  Today is 20-16 Nos. 50-46 Nos. 45-41 Nos. 40-36 Nos. 35-31 Nos. 30-26 Nos. 25-21 20.  George Brett becomes first player ever to win three batting titles in three different decades. When you’re a Hall-of-Famer, you set the bar for those players who play after you.  George Brett was no exception.  Brett was, arguably, the best hitting third baseman who ever played the game.  This was evident when he became the first player ever to win a batting title in three decades. Brett’s career spanned twenty-one years, all of which were spent in Kansas City.  In 1973, Brett was called up and hit a paltry .125.  Brett would never hit below .250 in a season again.  His first batting title came in 1976, when Brett would lead the American League with a .333 average and the Royals to their first of three straight American League Western Division Titles. In 1980, Brett would start off slow.  On May 21, George would go 0-6 in a 4-2 loss to Oakland.  From that point on, he would get as hot as the summer in Kansas City.  Brett would hit .427 in his remaining games and would be at .400 on September 19.  Brett would lead the league with a .390 average, the highest since Ted Williams hit .407, and would lead the Royals to their first American League pennant. By 1990, injuries and father-time was catching up with Brett.  At the end of April, George was hitting a slim .217.  At the All-Star Break, he was only hitting .267.  However, Brett caught fire in the second-half of the season, hitting .388 and leading the league in hitting at .329.  With that batting title at the age of thirty-seven, George would become the first (and, to date, only) player to win a batting title in three decades.  19.  David Cone throws three consecutive shutouts. The Royals starting staff in 1994 was one of the best in team history.  The ace of the staff was the hometown hero in David Cone.  Cone started his career in Kansas City in 1986.  However, he was traded to the New York Mets after the season, where he would become one of baseball’s best pitchers.  In 1993, the Royals signed Cone to join a staff with Kevin Appier, Tom Gordon, and Mark Gubicza. On May 11, 1994, David faced off against the Minnesota Twins.  He was 5-1 on the season, but, his ERA was an unspectacular 4.04.  In front of 17,740 Royals fans, Cone threw a three-hit masterpiece, shutting out the Twins 9-0.  His next start would come against the Seattle Mariners and a lineup that featured Jay Buhner, Edgar Martinez, Tino Martinez, and future Hall-of-Famer, Ken Griffey Jr.  Facing a lineup with four of the best hitters in baseball, Cone allowed on four hits while striking out ten in a 4-0 victory in Seattle. Five days later, the Royals made a trip Anaheim to face off against the California Angels.  The Angels lineup featured Tim Salmon, future Royal Chili Davis, and Jim Edmonds.  Davis would lead off the fifth inning with a single.  That would be the only hit the Angels would get against the soon-to-be American League Cy Young winner as Cone would shut out the Angels, 4-0.  Cone would have a scoreless streak of 28.2 innings over four-games and this was a sign of things to come for the right-hander. 18.  George Brett gets hit number 3,000. Only thirty-two players have reached the 3,000-hit plateau.  Only seven of these players are not in...