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I just missed Splitt as a pitcher, but I caught his entire broadcasting career. At first, I was like who is this new guy, because he joined right after the Royals broke up the TV broadcast crew that introduced me to the game (& called the 85 championship), so understandably was attached to them. Within a couple of seasons, however, he'd entrenched himself as one of the true voices of KC, along with Denny Matthews and Fred White. He also put in the work to become a skilled Big 8/12 basketball announcer. When his health forced him to give up the mic, it was a sad day in KC. He made a brief, valiant comeback, and even if we all knew he wasn't 100%, I don't think most of us cared. We were just happy to have him back. He is still very much missed by KC baseball fans of a certain age.

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