ST. LOUIS -- George Brett is giving coaching a month. The greatest player in Kansas City Royals history isnt sure teaching is his forte and doesnt know if players will listen. Before hustling to the batting cage to start his job and greet well-wishers that included his former manager Whitey Herzog, the teams high profile interim batting coach certainly gave a fiery acceptance speech. "Im scared to death right now, to be honest with you," Brett said Thursday night. "But Im looking forward to the challenge." Not too scared to call out Mike Moustakas, Eric Hosmer and the teams other underachieving youngsters. Brett said hed do all he could, but added they must be accountable. "I mean, get rid of whats that baby stuff? Baby Gerber or something?" Brett said. "Get rid of the bottles, lets go. Lets go!" The 60-year-old Hall of Famer accepted the job after calls from general manager Dayton Moore and manager Ned Yost, telling Yost hed think about it. All it took was one more loss. "I just .... give it a try," Brett said. "So Im going to give it a try." Brett and Moore plan to meet in a month to assess the situation, and then again two weeks after that. Brett did most of the talking at a news conference with Moore and Yost. "I dont know if Im going to be good at this," Brett said. "If Im not doing my job, I dont want Dayton to feel like he has to fire me. "This could be something I just could not stand to do, I dont know," he said. "The players and I might not hit it off, I dont know." The Royals had lost eight in a row before playing the Cardinals on Thursday. They were 13th in the American League in runs, and scored two or fewer runs 11 times during an extended 4-19 drought that dropped them to last place in the Central Division. Brett takes over for Jack Maloof and Andre David, who were reassigned to the minor league organization. This will be Bretts first in-season coaching role, though hes been the franchises vice-president of baseball operations since retiring as a player following the 1993 season. Hes also worked as a volunteer coach at spring training for years and Yost said it was no celebrity stint. "George doesnt come the second week in spring training and stay 10 days," Yost said. "Ive never seen a Hall of Famer with the work ethic that he has. "George never half-ran a ball to first base in his life, George was never the last one out of the dugout in his life," Yost added. "Im just excited hes here." The Royals have asked Brett to do this before and he has declined because his children were young and he wasnt ready to be away from them for the 162-game grind. With kids in college, Brett said, "Im not missing them growing up anymore." Yost dumped hitting coach Kevin Seitzer following last season, and said at the time that he wanted to develop an offence that flashed more power. The Royals rank near the bottom of the league in runs, walks, homers, RBIs and just about every other statistical category. Brett has kept his pulse on the organization by working in the front office, and earlier this week lamented during a radio interview the teams misfortune. Bretts no fan of video. He prefers players learn on the job and repair their swing during the at-bat, and he wants them to just be themselves. "Im sick and tired of watching guys try to hit three-run home runs with nobody on base when youre down two runs in the eighth inning," Brett said. "Lets do what youre capable of doing. Dont try to be a hero, just be a soldier." The familiar No. 5 was retired in 1993 after a career that spanned two decades and ended with Brett as the Royals hit leader with 3,154. He remains the only player in major league history to win batting titles in three different decades, including a memorable 1980 season in which he hit .390. The 13-time All-Star is the clubs career leader in every offensive category besides stolen bases, and he was a first-ballot Hall of Fame selection in 1999. The Royals also said Pedro Grifol will serve as a special assignment coach, and Grifol also was in uniform Thursday. He is in his first year with the Royals, where hes been working as the hitting coach for the clubs team in Surprise, Ariz. He spent the past 13 seasons with the Mariners organization. Moore said no more changes are anticipated in the near future. Air Max 90 Outlet Store . Rinne played two periods in his first game since left hip surgery in early May. Gabriel Bourque scored 3:07 into the second period and Austin Watson tallied 5:15 later for Nashville. Nike Air Max 90 Clearance Sale . 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