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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.
Jul 24, 2023 · Hall of Famer George Brett on Pine Tar Game, 40 years later - ESPN. The K.C. Royals legend, at age 70, describes his unforgettable tirade and how he feels about where the infamous bat...
The umpires measured the amount of pine tar, a legal substance used by hitters to improve their grip, on Brett's bat. The pine tar extended about 24 inches, leading home plate umpire Tim McClelland to signal Brett out and end the game as a Yankees win.
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...
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.
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.
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 · 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 24, 2013 · On July 24, 1983, in a game between the Royals and New York Yankees, Brett came to the plate in the top of the ninth inning with the Royals trailing 4-3. U.L. Washington was on first base and ...
Jul 24, 2008 · Twenty-five years after the famous pine tar incident that nullified George Brett’s homer, the umpire who made the call returned to Yankee Stadium.
