George Brett and the pine tar incident

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 Stadium.
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[@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

[@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.

[@KHayes666]

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

[@BJMcB92]

I love old school baseball commentators

[@TheFurrycup69]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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 .

[@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

[@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.

[@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...

[@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

[@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.

[@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!

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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?

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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🤣😂😎

[@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.

[@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. 😂

[@KHayes666]

I gotta respect him for that lol

[@chaseman12]

One of the greatest moments in baseball.

[@michaelhuebner6843]

This was the best ever moment in hockey.

[@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

[@oubrioko]

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

[@THERobertL2000]

😂😂🤣🤣🤤😋

[@maxigol1977]

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

[@ParasiteQueen1]

Newmax brought me here. The 2020 Election:

[@yb4278]

Same!!!

[@patriciaannaholt3107]

Me too! I left Fox for Newsmax!!

[@jimpybas1984]

Would faint if Biden should that much passion. Maybe he will if Hunter is exposed

[@justaguyinmiami]

ME too! I just posted this on Facebook. Feel free to copy... We are living through another Pine Tar Incident The Pine Tar Incident occurred during a baseball game in 1983 wherein the Kansas City Royals played the New York Yankees. With the Royals trailing, George Brett hit a home run that would give his team the lead. The Yankees manager noticed a large amount of tar on Brett’s bat. He requested that it be inspected. The umpires reviewed the bat and determined that the amount of tar on the bat exceeded the allowable amount, according the game’s rules. They nullified Brett’s home run and called him out. This resulted in the game ending with the Yankees winning. Please notice how the side that was called out, in this case the Royals, reacts when caught violating the rules of the game. It doesn’t end there. The Royals protested the game and four days later, the league’s president ruled that Brett’s home run counted. He explained that the “spirit of restriction” on pine tar was not based on an unfair advantage, but a simple measure because too much pine tar would discolor the balls. It was an economic decision, not one based on a tangible impact of either teams’ performance during a game. Brett’s home run was restored and the game was continued with Brett’s home run counting. However, Brett was retroactively ejected from the game due to his outburst against the umpire. The coach and other players were also ejected for their outbursts and arguing with the umpires. The Royals pitcher was also ejected for giving the bat to the bat boy so that he could hide it in the clubhouse. If the game is our election and the overly tarred bat is the evidence of potential election fraud and irregularities, then some questions linger. What will our umpires and league officials ultimately decide? Who tarred the bat? Who is hiding or attempting to hide the bat? Who will be the first to burst out against the umpires? The game continues…

[@MrAppomatox]

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

[@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.

[@aaronjoley4491]

Such an iconic moment from my youth.

[@donnebes9421]

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

[@mcjoshmichaels7565]

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

[@robertf.7285]

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

[@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 .

[@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.

[@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]

🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬🤬 🤬

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@andrewschannel4259]

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

[@johnfury6481]

That never gets old. Never.

[@phidiasbarrios9333]

The democrats a few weeks from now.

[@joeysbestfriend2614]

It’s the Republicans actually Lmao poor Donald lose

[@AZDC99]

@@joeysbestfriend2614 It's a one-party system under a different name. Follow the money! Every president is a puppet / actor

[@ChrisDutch]

Got any other bright eyed predictions ?

[@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.

[@TruthSurge]

why would they allow a sticky substance ANYWHERE on the bat past where your hands are baffles me.

[@KnickKnack07]

They didn't do it on purpose. They just used so much that it got all over their gloves, and then when they wold hold the bat, it would get all over it. Bat handles weren't toothpicks that splintered into 1000 pieces any time you missed the sweet spot back then. He had probably been using that back for over a month. Over time, the pine tar level rose.

[@SteveLeicht1]

I think they're afraid it will stick a small amount on the ball so the fielders will get pine tar on their hands or maybe it will fly slightly differently.

[@SteveLeicht1]

@Paul WT Listen to how ludicrous that sounds. Pine tar was incredibly inexpensive always.

[@SteveLeicht1]

@Paul WT I apologize if I sounded sarcastic. Thanks for the info.

[@jln55]

@Paul WT An archaic rule of course. This is what they get for not reviewing and cleaning up the book.

[@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!

[@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

[@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.

[@MrYankeesfan21]

This can be Joe Biden and the democrats in the future!

[@gwafakoh6601]

Lol.... that would be awesome to watch

[@taxitalknyc7600]

03:00 SPITBALLER Gaylord Perry takes the bat away from the Ump and runs into the Royals dugout !! PERFECT !! ;D

[@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.

[@TheProfesionalGamerGGN]

joe biden brought me here

[@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

[@metal666head5]

Bullshit pine tar doesnt help the longball

[@Historyprepares]

Joe biden.... soon...or harris

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!!

[@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

[@stephennixon9609]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@PhilMante]

1983. Back when ball diamonds still had organ players.

[@cardfan9652]

We still have an organ player in St Louis.

[@freakyfornash]

Eddie Layton was the best ever when it came to that too!

[@greyk610]

I'm pretty sure the Red Sox still have one.

[@spencerleblanc]

The Braves still do as well, there's a couple of teams, but it ain't like the days when it was standard everywhere anymore unfortunately.

[@oldiesmusic76]

@@spencerleblanc The Braves??? Yeah, they play that stupid Tomahawk chant every inning!

[@aafris]

This NEVER gets old.

[@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

[@CraftySouthpaw]

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

[@dereksevcik6595]

George Brett is Joe Biden

[@GeorgiaKev]

The Royals actually won this game. The AL president reversed the umpire's ruling a few days later after examining the bat himself. The teams met again a few weeks later to finish the game. Four (4) straight outs, and the game was over with the Royals winning 5-4.

[@davidahlstrom7533]

It was a bush reversal. The rule was clear. They should have changed that in the off season.

[@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.

[@TomKatzman]

Liberal tactic🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@KrazeeClark]

I love that last comment. Is that guy known as Captain Obvious? 😎

[@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.

[@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

[@f_zed4068]

I’m An expert lip reader George Brett said “thanks for the kind words man I wish you nothing but good days in the future, I wish you all the best”

[@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.

[@TNAROHfan]

This was such typical MLB horsesh@t call, but an absolutely brilliant move by crazy Billy too. They shouldn't have let Brett play the whole game with the bat if they thought it was suspect. Don't tell me the umps didn't see that thing before the infamous homerun LOL! Of course they did! They just chose not to do anything about it until the Yankees made it an issue!

[@EricStrand19]

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.

[@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.

[@wildcat4837]

Election 2020

[@MCMLXXXVProject]

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

Anyone here from Family Guy?

[@kingznas3109]

Étienne Murase me

[@AnalogSage]

Étienne Murase yes

[@LanceNehemiahReeseJr.]

Étienne Murase yes lol

[@ethangonzalez1275]

Yessss lol!!!!!! Vladimir Putin knows his "shit" 😏😂

No. Who watches that infantile shit?

[@briangraham1024]

Johnny Carson had a great tease referring to this incident on his Tonight Show. Apparently at that time George Brett had been suffering through a severe bout of hemorrhoids. Johnny quipped: "Poor George Brett. Apparently today he got his Preperation H mixed up with his Pine Tar." 😂

[@menikmati789]

2:41 me when the McDonald’s drive thru tells me their McFlurry machine is broken

[@vasilljones1283]

Hahaha!!! Good one!!

[@mrmario1112]

Now set it to 2x

[@jayherman1394]

so everyday

[@jayherman1394]

when are they not broken

[@jayherman1394]

and the flurries are only thing edible there too but not worth almost $5 for a tiny little flurry

[@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".

[@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!

[@norman_sage2528]

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

[@BlackJaxxx]

3:17 Brett was like "Mind your business Nettles"

[@jivepatrol6833]

George Brett was one of the greatest hitters and baseball players of all time!!! Billy Martin was probably the greatest manager of all time! He waited until he needed it and then complained about the pine tar. 😂😂😂😂😂👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@drpoundsign]

Maximum Security just lost The Derby for having too much pine tar on his forelocks.

[@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.

[@michaelschaefer1904]

This had future beer commercial with Brett and Nettles (it was his idea) written all over it.

[@pelu101]

I love managers like Billy Martin, those are the foxes of baseball, they know every trick in the book and expose it at the right moment

[@jennifersman7990]

pelu101 Billy probably learned it from being around Casey Stengel all those years

[@KnickKnack07]

Obviously he DIDN'T. This is a clear case of him NOT knowing the rules. Which is why the home run stood and the Yankees lost. Because the rules didn't call for Brett to be called out. Just that the bat be taken out of the game. Nothing else. The home run stands. If you want to think that it helped Brett hit the home run, then Billy Martin cost the Yankees the win by not informing the refs sooner.

[@lonewolf4429]

@@KnickKnack07 You say Martin didn't know the rules yet call the umpires REFS? Uhh, OK.

[@KnickKnack07]

Ooooh! You got me! I guess Martin DID know the rules then! Even though he obviously didn't.

[@sbeallvln]

I guess the question Brett had was, “How does pine tar help me hit a homer?”

[@pts5217]

sbeallvln It doesn’t, but it is technically illegal

[@kencummings953]

I've heard stories that causes a little extra friction for a brief instant when the ball makes contact with the bat, and that it can accelerate the rate of backspin on a batted ball.

[@ThePatriots010304]

This was ridiculous. The pine tar has absolutely no effect on how far or how hard the ball is hit.

[@davidahlstrom7533]

It puts a foreign substance on the ball. It was illegal for a good reason and the call should have stood. You don't change rules on the fly, they could have revised that in the off season.

[@enterprisecreations1492]

Doesnt matter what you think, those are the rules and Brett cheated.

[@anthonymartinez0865]

@@enterprisecreations1492 GFY mother

[@jmoneymaker96]

Luckily it wasn't greg gibson the homeplate umpire.

[@weakestlink20]

Motioning to both players.

[@ThePetstv]

+weakestlink20 And the dodgers celebrating in there dugout.

[@MrT8599]

Thomas Stevens Actually Billy Martin is celebrating at home plate, and George Brett is screaming at the umpire.

[@kanastrasza]

Goddammit, everytime