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The baseball bat used by Kansas City Royals third baseman George Brett in the Pine Tar Incident on July 24, 1983. George Brett hit the home run that ultimately won the game for the Kansas City Royals. The visiting Royals were trailing 4–3 with two outs in the top of the ninth in a game being played at New York's Yankee Stadium.
May 9, 2013 · 7/24/1983: In one of the most famous arguments in MLB history, Royals icon George Brett's potentially game-winning home run is ruled an out due to an illegal bat, causing a scene at Yankee...
Jul 24, 2023 · COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Baseball Hall of Famer George Brett is his jovial self, laughing and smiling while reflecting on his rage 40 years ago today in the infamous yet celebrated Pine Tar...
George Howard Brett (born May 15, 1953) is an American former professional baseball third baseman, ... on Brett's bat. The pine tar extended about 24 inches, ...
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On July 24, 1983, with two outs in the ninth and U.L. Washington on first base, Kansas City All-Star third baseman George Brett homered off New York closer Goose Gossage, giving the Royals a 5-4 lead.
Jul 24, 2017 · On July 24, 1983, Royals star George Brett stepped up in the ninth inning against Hall of Famer Goose Gossage and hit a home run to right field, putting Kansas City up, 5-4. And then ... it happened.
Jul 24, 2018 · He's undoubtedly one of the greatest players to ever set foot on a baseball field. Despite a two-decade run as an elite baseball player, it's not a clutch hit or a stunning defensive play that many remember most about his career. Instead, it was a wild scene that led to Brett's ejection from a game.
Jul 27, 2013 · On July 24, 1983, Kansas City Royals third baseman George Brett got a little bit angry after umpire Tim McClelland ruled that pine tar extended more than 18 inches from the handle of Brett's bat....
Jul 23, 2024 · On either end of it were two teams who did not like one another, and George Brett was the Kansas City star stuck in the middle. Rewind to July 24, 1983, a tilt in the Bronx between the Yankees and Royals that now goes by only one name: The Pine Tar Game.
Jul 24, 2018 · One of the most infamous moments in baseball history turns 35 on Tuesday. On July 24, 1983, Kansas City Royals third baseman George Brett hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth inning to...
