George Brett and the pine tar incident

[@gertrudemcfuzz74]

Watching Brett jump out of the dugout and go apeshit. What a classic childhood memory. Love this!

[@yankees29]

The Dark I was 6 years old. My older cousin burned his baseball card that day.

[@markengelmeyer5981]

Undercover Genius you obviously didn't watch the same video everybody else did

[@paulgregory1229]

I was there that day, on the Loge level behind 1st base heading to outfield. After the homerun, everyone got up, and started to walk out of the park. My wife and I stayed put, as we knew that trying to leave the parking garage for the next hour would have been foolish. We saw the discussions on the field. We didn't know what the TV/Radio announcers were saying. We watched the umpire go towards the Royals dugout and call Brett out. Pandemonium ensued in the STANDS. Everyone who was walking out stopped, turned around, and went back to their seats. The short clips you see can't come CLOSE to the frenzy going on in the stands. I've never seen anything that comes close in comparison to this, and that includes Reggie Jackson's 3 homeruns in the World Series.

[@KareemPilot]

One of my earliest vivid baseball memories! Classic

[@muttley8818]

This happened 5 days before I was born....but wished I was born earlier to witness it at the time.

[@healthybeans3161]

That bat should be in the Hall Of Fame, no question.

[@FrozenMopars]

George Brett gave the bat to the Hall of Fame.

[@RMokros]

I want it! For my personal collection.

[@jennifersman7990]

It is in the HOF

[@BenDover-hr5im]

It’s at the royals hall of fame the last time I went there 2 years ago

[@Fredford99]

As others have stated, the bat is in the HOF. The announcer is actually wrong about why the bat was taken off the field. It was taken off the field by another HOFer, Brett's teammate and memorabilia collector Gaylord Perry, who realized he had just witnessed a piece of baseball history.

[@jackwat30]

Fun fact: My dad’s friend met George Brett a while ago and had him sign a bottle of pine tar to which George said, “Well this is a first”. And then signed it and my dad’s friend gave it to me and now it’s on my shelf in my room. :)

[@clarkw4028]

Quit telling stories, kid. I know you Gen Z’s like fictional stories, it’s what makes you the snowflake generation. Smh kids

[@x420TokerX]

Upload a pic to imgur and post it here or you are a liar.

[@rootbeer2399]

@@x420TokerX this is factual, literally takes 50 seconds to do with a simple editor that comes with any smartphone newer than 2019.

[@x420TokerX]

@@rootbeer2399 Imgur links show up in youtube comments though, so it would be easy to just snap a pic, upload, and paste the link here. But alas, it's just an attention-baiting story.

[@lilymalloy5383]

@@clarkw4028 why are you so mad lmao

[@christhee68]

I'm no lip reading expert, but it appears that Brett said, "Excuse me sir, I respectfully disagree with your call and kindly ask that you reconsider." That's what it looked like to me anyway.

[@PhilMante]

Oh yeah, he might have gotten madder than a kid who's been told he doesn't get candy, but he sure knows not to swear.

[@Thizzfather]

@Melo Bryant Cocaine and roids

[@kennyryan5773]

LMAO!!!!

[@GoggleMan25]

@Melo Bryant he was joking man lol

[@dominicharrington992]

r/woosh

[@BJMcB92]

I love old school baseball commentators

[@RRRRGHRRRRRRRR]

BJMcB92 like the guys who call the games on the radio

[@coolguy02536]

No annoying catchphrases

[@laytonn1160]

Ugly Ass what you said makes no sense because you said old school commentators like the one in this video are so much better then modern ones but vin scully is an old school commentator he's been commenting for over 40 years you ugly ass

[@johnnastrom9400]

Hey Ugly Ass -- Vin Scully is a legend, you stupid fucker.

[@hoggybones]

Now we have good ol joe buck

[@davidfernandez4333]

Funny thing is that George Brett used that bat throughout the game. Billy Martin didn’t say a word until it was a hit that mattered.

[@tking735]

Couldn't stand billy martin

[@carloscolon198]

Couldn’t Stan Billy either but he did Manage the team instead of players managing him ... the same for Lasorda

[@Davevegasful]

Classic patient move.

[@kooliosis47]

smart on martin's part

[@intensemariobros4349]

Classic favoring Yankees

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

George Brett would have beaten Usain Bolt that day if they both left the dugout at the same time.

[@AMotoiS]

Thats funny!

[@jacksonbrown507]

AMotoiS 😂😂😂

[@fifamobilefire3147]

KHayes666 I like your comment

[@altstudios3626]

KHayes666 y

[@raydominguez9079]

KHayes666 lol I know he flew out of that dugout lol

[@tomc2376]

the event that turns 40 years old in a few days, but then again watching it never gets old

[@stevesaviano1419]

Knowing that it’s 40 years old, makes me feel super old. I was 27 at the time. But I thought I remembered Rizzuto & Bill White on the call. 🤷🏼‍♂️ Always been a Tigers fan, & they were building towards the next year, so I didn’t care about the Royals, but I sure loved when the Yankees lost. Brett was an all time GAMER!

[@xavierlopez7096]

I think we all can relate to George. I think we have all had a moment in our life that made us feel like that

[@jeffcarroll1990shock]

Fortunately the smart half were able to stop this idiot from Landing himself in prison.

[@Ed-jv3xu]

Word 😂

[@someguy9293]

First, were on top of the World and then someone who tries to take it way.

[@johngoldsworthy7135]

Well said

[@rogerc23]

Like everyday when I look at my wife?

[@ApacheChief]

That’s how I charge back into the living room when the wife changes the tv channel.

[@sirkayda7205]

Hahaha good one!

[@jogman262]

LOL!

[@1325cmith]

Your still watching TV?

[@dfcj1499]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@guywebster8018]

Mine changes the channel for me 😆 yawn... Rookies

[@tony72gut]

Those were the days... All games all free on over the air TV.

[@howie9751]

At that time there was only a couple of Yankee games a week over the air. The rest were on cable.

[@howie9751]

I think the Dodgers only televised road games over the air in L.A. Am I wrong?

[@stevehutnikoff5964]

This game was on WPIX channel 11.

[@GlidingZephyr]

I remember that my Dad and I were able to go to Kauffman Stadium over the weekend for a $30 combined ticket cost, during the early 90's (I know this is earlier, I'm only offering a example that's clear in my memory). Now you need to scrounge for games through online and streaming services, and the bill for cable is so prohibitive that everyone's figured out it isn't worth it, anymore. And individual ticket prices for any game can cost a sizeable portion of a worker's weekly wages. Athletes like George Brett heralded the last great area of American sports.

[@davecarsley8773]

@@GlidingZephyr Yes, it cost $30 to go to a baseball game at that time, but your dad was also probably making $35,000 per year, raising a family on that salary, and still had the money to take his kids to a ballgame. Times change. Wages change. My grandfather always talked about how he used to pay 25 cents for two movie tickets when he was dating my grandma. He also made about $1.20 per hour at the time.

[@dallasbiggz7007]

I was at this game. Will never forget. July 24th. I was invited by my friend's family who used to make a 5-hour one way trek to see a game annually. Never would've guessed it would turn out like this!

[@carlhammill5774]

I am Phillies fan so I was all about Mike Schmidt so anything that went against Brett (rival in my head) was a ok. Having said that...what a ridiculous call after Brett hits a crushing homerun.

[@KoolKatDave]

@@carlhammill5774 Same here, and that was on my 16th Birthday, too! Still, Brett is mainly saying "B.S." a lot in that clip and never actually throws any kind of punch. It's all arms flailing, tobacco chewing, yelling kind of thing. Good times!

[@orbyfan]

Did you go back for the last 4 outs after the appeal was upheld?

[@dallasbiggz7007]

@@orbyfan No way. We weren't driving another 5 hrs one way and giving up our ticket stubs for 4 outs of baseball. 😂 Btw, I still have my ticket stub. 👍

[@mbd501]

My Dad was at that game, too.

[@christopherphillips8027]

One of the best moments in baseball history. I remember this very well. George Brett running out of the dugout. A sheer classic moment that will live forever.

[@pigs18]

As of July 2023, this is still the last time a team successfully protested a game.

[@12369ja]

Protests are no longer allowed in the MLB.

[@kevinmurphy8970]

The giants won a protest against the cubs for their ground crew not getting the field covered in time if I recall recently

[@IsleofWight-sn4zg]

2014. ​@@kevinmurphy8970

[@terrancethomas9792]

Billy Martin probably knew about that pine tar that high in March. He was waiting until Brett did something to complain about it.

[@davidlawson4281]

You’ve got it! If I recall correctly, the decision on the field was reversed later and the two teams had to resume the game.

[@fjr70ify]

@@davidlawson4281 They did a month or so later. The Yankees actually nosedived out of first place after this game and weren't serious contenders again for a decade.

[@Sasfoot]

Typical Yankee.

[@Warrior1Spartan]

@@fjr70ify For this type of bullshit, the Yankees deserved it.

[@ricardoarreguin8521]

Billy Martín. Really smart manager

[@chaseman12]

One of the greatest moments in baseball.

[@michaelhuebner6843]

This was the best ever moment in hockey.

[@richardfigueroa9498]

George Brett reacted like if the ump have just killed his whole family.

[@SteveLeicht1]

It's a hallmark of a true competitor.

[@richardfigueroa9498]

@@SteveLeicht1 He will always be one of my favorites ball players of all time.

[@frankoramerez4536]

"acting!!"

[@sgtelias2258]

I know... what as an @$$hole

[@Lucille69caddy]

@@sgtelias2258 SHUT UP

[@barbaryn7899]

1983: George Brett called out for having to muh pine tar on the bat 2020: All pitchers covering the baseball in pine tar

[@6vitru6vian6]

What does the tar accomplish?

[@BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n]

@@6vitru6vian6 better taste of the ball

[@robertwalls5794]

The organ in the background made this perfect.

[@grguitaracademy5144]

So true! It's like the organ player is thinking, "Ho hum. Welp, not sure what to do now. Doop dee doo . . ."

[@jamesworthy41.]

I know right it couldn’t get more baseball like I love it

[@raymondweaver8526]

Sounds like a hockey game

[@upicked9598]

I rewatched it paying attention to the organ and it brings the whole thing to another level of comical. When they are measuring the bat against the plate is pure cinema.

[@sebastianmaharg]

I think he's playing the "Three's Company" theme.

[@joef2012]

My gfs dad is a HUGE Royals fan and the first time I met him he showed me his signed George Brett baseball. Me being the smart ass and a few beers deep I asked him if it came with pine tar on it? Needless to say I still don't think he likes me lol.

[@jimkline746]

Funny lol

[@bretarmstrong6303]

That's fucking funny!

[@ThirdeyeXo]

Lmao

[@jamesroberts6248]

ROFLMAO!

[@mariocisneros911]

And hey I respect a ball player that hits as high an average as Brett, than a home run hitter that strikes out a lot. Here are a few ROD CAREW , JIM RICE , PETE ROSE , TONY GWYNN , AND ICHIRO .

[@TheArtofGuitar]

2:40 The moment we were all waiting for. :)

[@chernovbrichtofen4767]

Baseball Rage monster

[@Nightmare-xx4gv]

who stole the bat?

[@kenconnelly773]

Brett should have been suspended more then 20 games. What a joke

[@Kuchar1992]

Your videos are awesome!

[@stephaniegormley9982]

Rule 3.02 'If pine tar extends past the 18-inch limitation, then the umpire, on his own initiative or if alerted by the opposing team, shall order the batter to use a different bat. The batter may use the bat later in the game only if the excess substance is removed'....That's it. Noting about taking runs off the scoreboard. The opposing manager lets the guy bat at his own peril .

[@aaronjoley4491]

Such an iconic moment from my youth.

[@donnebes9421]

Jeez, you must not have had much of a youth.

[@JZillah_]

It always cracks me up how George Brett charges at the umpire.

[@marcoslaureano5562]

***** ALWAYS!!!!

[@borisaximand9658]

+David Topchiev please. the call was correct you could see it in the bad quality video and his roid rage doesnt help his case either he's a giant manchild

[@gabehcuodsuoitneterp203]

+David Topchiev George Brett*

[@generatorx]

+David Topchiev This is a very back door way of nullifying a great play. But the rule DOES indicate that only a certain amount of pine tar can be used. Bottom line, Brett's bat DID break the rules. Martin knew this and if he were a better sport -would have mentioned it before Brett's at bat. This is all part of tactics in baseball, Martin knew his baseball better than Brett. The call was later overturned giving Brett the HR.

[@nutsackmania]

+David Topchiev Woah with the capitalization! Back to 5th grade, homie!

[@kevinwilkins3248]

Lol always loved Brett. Fiery competitor, and even with all the injuries throughout his career, one of the best all around hitters of his generation.

[@johnfury6481]

That never gets old. Never.

[@logalogalog]

By freak coincidence, the plate umpire for this Pine Tar Bat game, Tim McClelland was also behind the plate when Sammy Sosa used a corked bat.

[@sandrasanders706]

I was thinking about Sosa and the corked bat incident while watching this..

[@jasonmichael3676]

Pine-tar is for grip only; it doesn't give any advantage to the batter. Unlike Sosa's blatant cheating.

[@geoffreyfowler9198]

logalogalog - Another “coincidence”: Dusty Baker was Sammy Sosa’s manager still the time (after managing Barry Bonds). Now he’s going to manage the Astros. 🙄

[@milojanis4901]

Apparently, not even an Aroldis Chapman fastball gets past this umpire!!!🤣😂😆😳

[@howie9751]

@@jasonmichael3676 Well you don't grip the bat up by the trademark.

[@kennykobett4490]

Billy Martin was a mad genius....and I am a diehard Royals fan. He knew about the bat but waited until this huge moment in the game to make the call. They don't make rivalries like this anymore

[@susanmeinhardt5557]

But it came to nothing. Game was picked up from this moment and the Royals won the game.

[@khaoticpenguin3945]

​@@susanmeinhardt5557 they clearly said Yankees win 4 to 3.

[@mikesalone2391]

@@khaoticpenguin3945 they played a rematch a month later. Home run counted and game resumed from that scoring. Royals ended up winning 5-4

[@Christopher-tayso]

⁠@@mikesalone2391 wild that the hr counted it was obviously to much tar

[@brianpena8968]

Bro I wore the wrong jersey once, and the other teams coach didn't point it until I hit a double in a clutch situation 😒 I had like 2 at bats before this where noone said anything

[@aafris]

This NEVER gets old.

[@scottpietryka6519]

That don’t make baseball players like George Brett anymore. One of my favorite players as a kid. Never forget that stampede out of the dugout. Classic!

[@mr.intensity2685]

Indeed...George Brett. Classic. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqTIf6WLmrigjs0

[@bobbg9041]

Yankees and there shady tricks no wonder they won so many world series titles, I think durring that time the royals faced them durring the world series 3 times. George Brett had Yankees stadium number he was shaking balls into the upper deck all the time there But few players reach the home run length at the royals stadium. This can only make you question just how good was the bab. Im not questioning the greats as much as stadium sizes The field at Kauffman is one of the largest in baseball you go into Huston dome its a lot shorter there is no standard size field depth. So how can you compare hitters if they all play in different stadiums, you would need to set an avg for each one and keep records. This is a more accurate way to ga a players ablity.

[@LordFrobozz]

And they certainly don’t make managers like Billy Martin.

[@HurricanePatrick]

Well yeah, most of the players are these Hispanics

[@KOSMICKEN09]

Brett almost hit 400 one year he was so good .

[@ellenfoss1206]

This is a classic, a trip down memory lane for me!! I wish that I could go back in time to witness more of the pine tar situation!! My life back then was really rough too at the time!!

[@davy1972]

Whenever someone gets uptight or over reacts, I like to say, "No need to go George Brett here." Some get it, some don't.

[@michaelschaefer1904]

Brett would be great delivering mail. Don't go postal on us.

[@johnglentzer4667]

I wouldn't bet on it. But Pete Rose would.

[@rayp4050]

Goose said 'That's the maddest I've ever seen a human being'...

[@davidlawson4281]

Yet, he was vindicated.

[@Garymayo]

I watched that moment with my Mother many years ago. Thank you for that memory. She passed away in 1989.

[@tomy.1846]

Could you imagine charting his blood pressure when the call was made and during his charge?

[@rubicon-oh9km]

200/150

[@jenniferwills9752]

@@rubicon-oh9km more like a million

[@acegibson9533]

Back then, the ball players look like regular skinny guys as opposed to the 'roided up hulks of the 1990s.

[@fistowar]

@Dave Micolichek what's your town?

[@snipz127]

no they were just coked up

[@jamesroboyle]

snipz127 With amphetamines in their coffee too .

[@snipz127]

@MANCHESTER UNITED nobody cares dummy

[@773SleepyHollow]

@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C First of all, there aren't anywhere close to 240 countries...

[@toddcunningham3213]

I have never, in my life, seen anyone in sports, get that mad. That was pure emotion! George Brett was the complete ball player and competitor.

[@daviddaskalnojokeradio]

You need to look up Joe McEnroe. Then this will become 2nd.

[@KOSMICKEN09]

John*

[@marklewen9384]

Obviously you didn't see my reaction last week when my gf told me she was taking me to a WNBA game...

[@toddcunningham3213]

@@marklewen9384 I imagine that it was probably similar to my reaction when my ex-wife bought me an expensive oil-painting of a barn for Father's Day. Lol!

[@humphreygruntwhistle3946]

I’ve seen many players and coaches lose their minds. Too many to list.

[@capkarr]

I watched this live when I lived in Kansas City! It’s a childhood memory that I shall never forget! I can remember exactly where I was and exactly who was with me. It was epic!

[@plumlogan]

I'll give the ump props for not flinching. He stood his ground against a pretty intense charge.

[@habyss]

+plumlogan As he said, he was 6 ft whatever and had a bat in his hand.

[@plumlogan]

+habyss He makes a good point

[@superflytnt]

body armor too!

[@tigerbeast7135]

*Ground

[@plumlogan]

+Tiger Beast yeah - swype got me on that one

[@robertweingartner2055]

The President of the American League overruled the call and the game had to resume about a month later leading to a Royals win.

[@StukInBuf]

+Robert Weingartner Here is precedent that should call for the Detroit Lions/Seattle Seahawks game to be reconvened with that sloppy call inside of 2 minutes to go.

[@robertweingartner2055]

+DowntownCanon sorry about that.

[@nutsackmania]

+SuperPat88 so should all packers games where the calls went against them - refs hate the packers and the rules are literally written to make sure the packers can't win. luckily a rodg and brett favre (see! george brett/brett favre!!! its a brett to brett time-space continuum) are so ridiculously good you can't legislate them out of the nfl

[@alanhess9306]

Robert, Keep in mind he also overruled the rule book.

[@seandavila835]

It was the 1860s.

[@georgebeckydragan6389]

Classic moment in MLB history. Been watching that replay since the day it happened. Just loved the expression on Brett's face. I thought he was going to kill the ump--who didn't flinch.

[@kfiscal01]

Brett in an interview said the ump was 6-3 and weighed 250!! 😆

[@57highland]

​@@kfiscal01George probably would have drawn a long suspension for putting his hands on the ump. Probably the remainder of the season and a month or two or the next.

[@scottdavidson526]

​@@kfiscal01The Ump was a big dude for sure.

[@stephennixon9609]

One of the iconic baseball moments. Brett was the epitome of the Yankees Royals rivalry.

[@PraiseDog]

The origin and only reason for the rule was to keep baseballs from getting dirty, to keep the cost of replacing them down. It was an old rule from a time when costs were watched closely. It had no effect on the trajectory of the ball. Thus it was not an illegally batted ball. That was the ruling when the Royals won the case on appeal, The proper action should have been to remove the bat from the game, not to change the results from use of the bat. Nothing was hidden, the umpires do have eyes, they had ample opportunity to remove the bat before Bret used it.

[@BA-vv4jy]

facts

[@williamlattanziobill2475]

Exactly, it was an archaic rule and little more. The pine tar has no effect on the ball itself other than making it unusable if it happens to get on it. The umpire should have known as much.

[@grovergarver3104]

I don't know the history of the rule so I'll take you word on that. But you're exactly right on the ruling. The bat with too much pine tar is removed from the game and the game plays on. There is no provision in the rules for ruling someone out over this. If Martin had protested earlier, Brett would not have been allowed to use that bat, but that's it. But this whole thing did give us one magical baseball moment. I had the pleasure of watching this live as it happened.

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

I used to go to Met and Yankee batting practice and got goot at catching fouls, including some brand-new baseballs, but mostly game-used ones which were still in great shape, and which were great for playing in one of the only Sandlots in Manhattan (59th and York, under the bridge, at least backthen). I was sixteen when this happened and wasn't at the game, but would have been if it had been a year or two earlier. I had stopped going in mid-1982.

[@rockintetster]

PraiseDog not exactly- if pine tar got on the ball it could cause an errand throw

[@MikeB299]

Damn. The 80's -2000 were some of the best years of baseball. George Brett was pound for pound one of the best ever. Besides Ken Griffey Jr or Tony Gwynn.

[@raymondweaver8526]

The Bronx Zoo

[@daniellinehan63]

Hit .390 one yr

[@kfiscal01]

He was awesome, was an Orioles fan, but George was a beast!

[@terrellholmes2726]

I'll take any one of 'em, bro! In fact, I'll take 'em all!

[@whitedeion598]

This is probably my first baseball memory. I'll never forget watching Brett storm out of the dugout

[@erickennedy4480]

If this was frist memory of baseball. This one of the greatest memory in baseball history. Go Greorge Brett

[@bradmacarthur3810]

Brett was this furiously animated only because it was nearly impossible to get a hit off of Goose Gossage, let alone a home-run. Pretty funny now, but if I were a Royal fan watching this I would have smashed the television.

[@jasongill8861]

My Uncle damn near did.

[@TheLTD_]

I do remember, TV’s having a spike in sales after this.

[@rayp4050]

Very true, except in Brett's case, he had Goose's number. Still was no fun standing in there knowing Goose hated you and wanted to take your head off.

[@dalethelander3781]

One of the White Sox' worst decisions was letting go of Gossage.

[@briancostello2009]

Brett owned Gossage and hit other bombs off him.

[@Brittjones]

It is my opinion that this demonstrates the highest possible level of angry that a person can show while not physically harming another person...if a scale of angry were to be made...this would be number 1

[@pncombies]

I was watching that game live on NBC's Game Of The Week on a hot summer day in Austin, TX. You get a glimpse here of just how good of a hitter and competitor George Brett was. He hit that high heater off the dominant and intimidating, Goose Gossage!

[@michaelgallarza6869]

If someone ever ran toward me with that anger, I would start digging my grave.

[@simonwolfendale1988]

Not if I had a bat in my hand. I'd be calling him an ambulance.

[@carlogambino8752]

@@simonwolfendale1988 LMAO👌

[@66gtb]

I’d start digging their grave.

[@gregoryadkins2213]

George had no intention of doing any physical harm..Watch as he veer’s away to his right just before reaching the umpire.

[@alphamale1228]

THAT'S WHY NO ONE WILL EVER REMEMBER YOUR NAME.

[@mcjoshmichaels7565]

They used to play this clip in Kauffman stadium when I was a kid and people would go bananas for it.

[@OJSimpsonsFordBronco]

I'm not a Yanks fan myself, but I just wanted to say that Billy Martin was a genius when it came to this stuff. One of the Yankees mentioned something to Martin three seasons before this saying "Something's not right with Brett's bat" or something like that. He kept that thought in the back of his head and this was the PERFECT opportunity to use it. RIP to the man himself, Billy

[@fjccommish]

Billy was a drunken fool.

[@maxigol1977]

When you've been waiting for a table for 30 minutes and the host/hostess sits the family that just walked in.

[@michaelhancock1863]

The best line delivered was that of rookie umpire Tim McClelland. When asked later was he scared when he saw Brett charging him he stated: why should I be?, I’m 6’6” & I was holding a baseball bat!🤣

[@Iatolaazzahola]

I was watching that, McClelland didn't even flinch. Haha. 😂

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

I gotta respect him for that lol

[@galexeqe]

As an Australian, I remember having a conversation at work years ago with a colleague who said he didn't understand why Americans weren't interested in cricket as it was a similar style game with batting, running, pitching etc and Americans love to be able to recite scores and batting averages just as much as Australians do with cricket Considering a cricket player once received a several thousand dollar fine for 'questioning an umpires call' by offhandedly saying "oh.......ya reckon?" I simply said "This is why" 2:38

[@ken7875]

You said the reason, it’s not American baseball. It’s Australian.

[@SuperRat420]

Cause it's stupid and classist with their bs white unis

[@markwebster3105]

No pitching in cricket. It's bowling!!

[@galexeqe]

@@markwebster3105 *That* was your take away from this? sure 🤷ok

[@juanvelizpena6556]

That's me going to the kitchen table when my mom yells at us that dinner is ready

[@EricNHarris]

Juan Veliz 😂

[@jenny_447]

Wow 😂😂😂

[@mlitteral3971]

Oh shit 😂😂😂😂😂

[@slimpickens9135]

M Litteral ya jackass loser!!!!

[@iwinzeazy]

Nice🤣😂😎

[@nftscreenshotter6436]

For the idiots in the comments that think George cheated, he didn't: "The Royals protested the game. Four days later, American League president Lee MacPhail upheld the Royals' protest. In explaining his decision, MacPhail noted that the 'spirit of the restriction' on pine tar on bats was based not on the fear of unfair advantage, but simple economics; any contact with pine tar would discolor the ball, render it unsuitable for play, and require that it be discarded and replaced-thus increasing the home team's cost of supplying balls for a given game. MacPhail ruled that Brett had not violated the spirit of the rules nor deliberately 'altered [the bat] to improve the distance factor'." The Royals came back and won 5-4, with Brett's homerun counting. :)

[@daniellinehan63]

Really?

[@kfiscal01]

That's right!

[@davidgalbraith7367]

thanks for some real information, NFT

[@ukkfayooyay]

I remember when Lee MacPhail reversed the decision. But he also ruled that the Yankees had to play the bottom of the 9th with the Royals one run ahead, because they didn’t get a chance to have their last at-bats on the day of the game. So the two teams met again just to play the bottom of the 9th and the Yankees failed to score, resulting in a win for the Royals.

[@jimeagle5483]

I guess that is why the Royals dugout was cussing the batboy, huh. Yeah, okay. They KNEW they were cheating.

[@oubrioko]

Step 1: Pause at 2:38 Step 2: Change _Playback speed_ to .25 Step 3: *Enjoy*

[@Bearbuca]

You win the Internet today oubrioko!

[@jakecallahan3726]

Step 2b: Change Playback speed to 2

[@lizbethvoyt8665]

Oh, what a giggle!!! TWIB had a parody of this scene circa 1985 or so, no sightings on UTube yet.

[@supbrahimhammer.421]

Haha

[@ravensage1756]

Thank you, I enjoyed that immensely.

[@bigran_outbound2262]

Mann, I Remember this as a young lad ,this era had characters 🫡👊🏽

[@allencollins6031]

Saw this game on TV as little kid in NY. Scared me lol😊

[@joejoewest]

I used to watch this highlight on ESPN SportsCenter so many times.

[@mcneillrenovationco5858]

I grew up going to Royals' games and would just focus on how Brett played defense at 3rd. Smart, tough and a cannon arm. Take his offense and durability into account and he's the GOAT in my book.

[@bretttroutman9268]

Geroge Brett is one my all time favorites baseball players of of all time

[@Tarheel13]

Cheating? lol

[@tedberitich2491]

Still my favorite George Brett highlight in Major League Baseball ⚾️!!!

[@NWAWskeptic]

so weird looking when they zoom in on the crowd as the ball lands and seeing so many fans and nobody wearing a jersey or shirt with the team logo, just normal clothes.

[@slimpickens9135]

NWAWskeptic the peasants couldn’t afford it back then.......YA JACKASS LOSER!!!!

[@PhoenixFires]

@@slimpickens9135 You've been randomly calling everyone peasants. Do you have a Napoleon Complex or are you just testing out a "vewy speshul new wowd you leawned today~"

[@logalogalog]

Nobody glued to a Smart Device either.

[@Charlie-eq3dj]

Probably cause it was something families could afford back then, as opposed to majority single people of today who don't have kids and the responsibilities of the previous generations.

[@NWAWskeptic]

@@Charlie-eq3dj Replica jerseys weren't really a thing yet and wearing ones that did exist wasn't part of the spots culture yet. Especially considering very few games were even offered on free TV. So it wasn't really a visual reality for most fans. Maybe one a week like the Sunday day games were on free TV. I am from Minnesota and when the Twins won in 1991, the nightly games were carried exclusively on pay-per-view. I had to listen to the games on the radio.

[@refrainsm]

This is absolutely classic, I'll never forget seeing this highlight on the 11:00 news. I always wondered if Brett would have hit Mclelland if they hadn't stopped him. Billy Martin was a sly old fox and waited for the opportune time to bring this to the ump's attention. One of the most iconic moments in baseball history.

[@alannsussman4845]

Billy Martin was a piece of s--t who paid attention to the wrong things and was always fighting even with his team. He had no control over himself, no more than an average ballplayer and could have been a great manager if he had learned to do things right.

[@guitarmusic524]

Anyone else noticing the mad skills of the ballpark organist in the background? That's a really fine musician!

[@hehhehhuhhuh7014]

BG McPike: Yeah, he was playing the theme from ALL IN THE FAMILY right before they called George Brett out. How weird and funny.

[@kennykobett4490]

My grandmother was the organist for the Royals at Kauffman Stadium a few years earlier than when this happened so yes....I noticed!

[@HemiBurns]

Loved George Brett .....One of the greatest hitters of his time.

[@Madridme3]

All around gritty player. Totally different game then. Pure baseball, an American game.

[@skinheadyouth66]

@@Madridme3 exactly

[@norman_sage2528]

When someone calls you old, and you say "I was old enough to remember the pine tar incident"

[@pointreyes4272]

One of the greatest moment in sports history.

[@dandugan4912]

Brett was the greatest that never got much recognition and he deserves to be right there with all the greatest player's

[@eltravo2112]

@2:41 Imagine letting Brett wear a Live mic during this scene 😂

[@jamestyson458]

I'll count a dozen F bombs in that rant

[@randyringhofer1436]

I think it was a lot more than a dozen. Lol

[@dinkyramirez9866]

🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬🤬 🤬

[@vtwinbuilder3129]

2:44 - The moment George realized no one was gonna stop him so he runs to the side so he doesn’t actually have to fight the ump. Love George Brett!!!

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

Lol, just before I read your comment, I was thinking the same thing. He was running straight towards the umpire and somehow he missed him

[@cmv10]

That ump held his ground, props to him!

[@terryquesenberry9218]

44

[@mikezir9862]

I saw an interview where he mentioned that he was looking for Billy Martin in that moment.

[@transitfan954]

@@mikezir9862 LOL, good luck if he actually got to Billy, even though Billy probably had at least 20, maybe 25 years on him.

[@djordan22]

this is so ridiculous in retrospect. thinking of the physics, how the hell could something sticky like tree sap help you hit something further. if anything it would stick to the ball. absurd.

[@GreenOddish]

I think it could help give the bat a better tolerance for good hits - if you have a glancing collision between bat and ball, the stickiness of the bat might impart a larger force in the direction of the swing (i.e. forward, not up/down). Probably wouldn't add much distance though to be honest.

[@GreenOddish]

sotoprime22 Your opinion doesn't matter.

[@BrianPurge]

sotoprime22 So euphoric

[@kingti85]

sotoprime22 You can't 'destroy' a theory by simply stating that it doesn't make sense.

[@wkph53]

The rule was created so the ball wouldn't get dirty. Back before they used so many balls in each game.

[@ericwicker1]

George Brett came out like a mad man. Wanting to kill the umps.

[@3Cheese42]

Wouldn't you if you unfairly got a home run taken away from you? I mean the ruling was over turned.

[@ericwicker1]

BWeav10 Yeah.

[@jasongill8861]

Specifically, Tim McClellan. And would have if not for the other umpires and Dick Howser intercepting him.

[@andrewc1199]

It was a horrible call! He had every right to be pissed.

[@brantfrans8595]

That is one of the craziest blow up i have ever seen in sports. It was insane.

[@CraftySouthpaw]

3:21 - I love how Yankees security pursues the guy with the bat like he just robbed a bank. 🤣🤣🤣

[@robertf.7285]

I remember watching this live. I thought brett was on his way to prison for murder.

[@oubrioko]

2:40 my reaction when I find out someone ate the last barbecue rib

[@THERobertL2000]

😂😂🤣🤣🤤😋

[@robertsduriel1]

George Brett Said that he hated the Yankees to this day and I don't blame him!!!

[@Degenerate999]

Shut the fuck up.

[@Porkytool5]

Hated them for what? He's the one who broke the rule

[@Degenerate999]

***** What is wrong with you people.... EVERY TEAM BUYS PLAYERS... YANKEEs DO IT TOO GET THE FUCK OVER IT.

[@Degenerate999]

aaaredskin Not unfair.... You just have no idea how baseball works.... They have WON THE MOST championships than any other team by alot... obviously they are going to have more $$....the dodgers have more $ btw...stop complaining and blaming the yankees because your favorite team sucks.

[@Degenerate999]

aaaredskin IF money means so much like you say(ignorant) Why have the yankees had a really high budget yet their last WS win was '09? Money has ZERO effect on winning the WS You need to fucking grow up. This is baseball, not football. Throw the ball hit the ball, catch the ball, run. MONEY DOES NOT = TALENT. I am sure though you think lil wayne is a great 'artist' because he his rich? And Eminem? He has the BEST on his label right? He signs people, and is the richest rapper there is... the people he signs are nowhere close to the best... Money has nothing to do with it... Grow up you ignorant child.

[@kennygworld]

ashamed the Yankee organization decided to demolished the old yankee stadium soo much history all to waste

[@mooiemooface1550]

kennygworld Just makes me hate the Yankees even more

[@dtnetlurker]

The original stadium as it originally was was long long gone anyway. It was just a facade anyway to cover the back of the bleachers and had already been completely gutted and bastardized back in the 70s anyway. The entire upper deck, the decrorative frieze along the roof, the original seats, and the posts holding up the old upper deck were all ripped out in the 70s anyway and the field level lowered by a few feet. That field was not the same field Babe Ruth or Mantle played on buddy. It wasn't a real building just steel beams and a concrete exterior facade. It was in bad disrepair and antiquated. The Yankees have always deserved the best because they are the best. Nothing lasts forever. The history can never die and has never gone to waste. You step into the new stadium and you still get that sense of history everywhere you go. It is steeped in it. The new stadium looks ten times more like the original stadium than the old one ever did after those gutted out and crappy renovations and additions. It had already been destroyed long ago my friend. Now we have a closer and better representation of the original stadium with all the old classic touches returned like the frieze along the roof and the classic exterior very reminicent of the original, but with all the modern conveniences. You wanna sit in a cramped and run down dump that smells of mold and piss were you have to wait in line ten minutes just to go to the bathroom then head on over to that fugly green dump Fenway. Eventually it will be completely renovated again or replaced also. As I said nothing lasts forever and things eventually just get too run down.

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

Which old yankee stadium?

[@ronwallace6273]

Ruth's , mantle ,Maris all that history gone

[@jennifersman7990]

Yes, but look at if this way, you can only renovate/expand a stadium so many times

[@773SleepyHollow]

It's so fitting that Gaylord Perry was the guy trying to abscond with the sketchy bat.

[@JosephStately]

I was at this game with my father. He was ready to leave the game because the Yankees were winning & wanted to beat the traffic going home. I convinced him to stay when Brett came up to bat. So glad we stayed to watch this happen.

[@773SleepyHollow]

I'm glad you did... LOL, missing this might have damaged your relationship.

[@neilvaught4576]

The good old days, a real passion for the game!

[@MrAppomatox]

When they chase in the locker room who got the bat is a classic 😂

[@garybrice7689]

Billy Martin knew he had a free ride before Brett even took a swing.

[@peterk8909]

Gary Brice Yeah,.Billy and the Yanks knew about the bat before this incident but decided to save the protest until they needed it. lol

[@slimpickens9135]

pdxyota ya jackass peasant!!!!

[@click789101112]

Joe Maddon patterned his entire career on this one single incident. Be a whiney bitch when the payoff will be its greatest.

[@KnickKnack07]

I think you mean he THOUGHT he had a free ride. Because, like the umpires, Billy Martin didn't know the rules that had been in effect for several years before this. Which is that if a player is shown to be using too much pine tar, the ONLY thing that happens is that the bat is taken out of play. No changes to any at bats are supposed to be made, and the player is not to be ejected or in any way penalized. In fact, the player may request the bat back if he wants to clean it up in the dugout before his next at bat. And that rule was in effect since the mid-late 70s.

[@thunderbolt2145]

Martin was an ASSHOLE

[@sms9106]

I remember when that happened like yesterday. Classic moment in history.

[@carltonreese4854]

One thing that stood out to me was that a guy just hit a go-ahead home run in the ninth inning and he simply trotted the bases, shook hands with the third base coach then went to the dugout to be congratulated by teammates. No chest bumping or wild dances at home plate. Much more cool back then.

[@MCMLXXXVProject]

The music playing after Brett goes mad always gets me. 😂

[@pranavsambamurti7746]

This is why Baseball is the greatest game ever devised. This situation could only happen in Baseball. Unbelievable! 😍

[@diegomo1413]

I don’t see how this is evidence that “Baseball is the greatest game ever devised”. A team was caught cheating and it was dramatic. Doesn’t really say anything about the sport itself 🤨

[@popeye5274]

I love baseball. Most played sport in the world after soccer/futbol.

[@ibraheemrao8434]

July 24th 2023 10:48 CT. Just 10 more years until the 50th anniversary of this incident.

[@TheSaintFrenzy]

60 years for 100! Let's meet back up then!

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

I can't believe I missed commenting the 40th anniversary of the Pine Tar Incident yesterday.

[@gabriallefleming7611]

I remember this like it was yesterday. My dad loved the Yankees, and I hated them more than anything on earth. K.C. was my team and George was my all-time hero, but he could get mad faster than anyone. His homer was actually reinstated later.

[@jimmcintyre4390]

Remember watching this game live. Also remember we ended winning the game after having to finish it at the end of the season. Good times.

[@chriswalters5766]

They finished the game 25 days later Aug 18th and the Quiz closed the door.

[@TheFunkybert]

Everyone forgets that the great Goose Gossage served up that gopher ball to the legendary George Brett with 2 outs in the top of the 9th. What a great 1980’s rivalry and dramatic moment in baseball history.

[@brianbullard8291]

Always loved George Brett , had the guts to go out there and challenge the Yankees and their umpires. Noticed that no KC managers were out there defending there player. Anyhow if memory serves me correctly the league made them replay the last inning.

[@skinheadyouth66]

Saw this one on live tv I became a fan of George Brett didn't he also hit .390 one year people forget how great of a hitter this man was.

[@RadagastBrown420]

He is also the only player to win the batting title in 3 separate decades, 1976,1980,1990. .390 was 1980 .

[@skinheadyouth66]

@@RadagastBrown420 yes

[@ducariusrex]

Upon appeal the ruling was overturned and Brett was awarded the home run. The game resumed a month later with the Royals winning.

[@esands36]

I can't read lips, but as soon as George was called out and he charged up, I could clearly see he was saying "That's bullshit".

[@naswii4360]

2:40 One of the best moments in the history of baseball

[@jenniferwills9752]

Teammate: "GEORGE, NO!!!" George Rhett: "LET ME AT'EM!!!!!!!" Boy, he's completely out of his skull

[@buggyj.3450]

Nah he’s clearly saying “In all my years I’ve never seen such an astute evaluation of a potentially difficult decision. Masterful call. Oh, have a nice day.”

[@andrewnunez5680]

I remember watching this game and then watching the continuation I believe weeks later after the overruled the umpires decision. I believe Guidry finished playing centerfielder and Mattingly at second base. Unforgettable moment.

[@dustdustdust807]

very good point.........The Royals protested the game, upheld by American League president Lee MacPhail, who ordered that the game be continued from the point of Brett's home run.[6][7][8] The game was resumed 25 days later on August 18, and officially ended with the Royals winning 5-4.......en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Tar_Incident

[@stevarino1989]

My dad remembers watching this game back in 83. This was a couple of months before he and my mom moved onto the street they still live on now (less than 6 years before I was born) and quite a few of our neighbors across the street are life long Yankees fans, so I'm sure they would've all been standing outside talking about it that evening lol. They were all in their 20s/30s back then, and even used to watch the games at each others houses. Just a few weeks after Dave Righetti's 4th of July no hitter.

[@sabrinaphillips916]

‘83 was a great summer for baseball. I’m a lifelong diehard Yankee fan and remember Righetti’s no hitter on the 4th of July which was also the Boss’s birthday and of course the pine tar. What a time

[@bconni2]

i remember back in the day ESPN showed this non stop for about a week.

[@chrisrhoads8256]

How can't love ole school baseball back n the day