George Brett and the pine tar incident

uh-oh uh-oh that's over and now royalty has a one run lead

george

brown is right on top and billy martin and the yankees want the bat look at martin well what they're talking about frank is that has too much.

pine

tar and uh you have to have a certain distance from the trademark bat and the

pine

tar and nettles leave the field like the game is over no one just comes in I'm not sure they can have a legit uh complaint and the refs are going to meet

george

brett

looking around wanting to know what's going on and the refs are going to meet and talk about this well billy martin came out of the doctor i've seen a call before frank you're not allowed to have any substance of any kind above the trademark and I can't tell from here because everyone is huddled around the bat.

I can't tell from here if it's too far away and now it's both them. They're out, they're feeling it, check this out, if there's anything sticky out there, it's Nick Bremegan with him, this will be an interesting decision, well Brett's not sure if he still has a home run or not. Now the referees are going to walk. away and talk about it and go over the rules and examine the bat see where the fines are see the label the trademark see the brown substance there it looks like it's pine tar it looks like you're not allowed to have that pine tar that far away now in the back Billy Martin walking waiting for what could be a major decision for the first time in a long time.

I've seen referees meet for so long and have a meeting over, well, let's see what happens. What's going to happen they're going to do it now that's home plate umpire Tim McClellan with the bat in his hand now they're going to measure it across home plate I've never seen this I've never seen it either I don't know what, no I know what they're measuring, they could call George Brett, well yeah he's out, yeah look this Brett is out like a demon man, he's out and he has to be forcibly restrained from hitting White. fire tim mcclellan and the yankees won the ball game four to three that is penalized for using an illegal bat or with the illegal substance on the bat like i said i have seen this before frank and gaylord perry took the bat away all the plate raised by jim mcclellan he's going to take the bat they're going to take it so they can't take it to the american league office or wherever they take it to be examined well a yankee security person and one of the umpires quickly They are chasing whoever has the bat, José Martínez is holding Brett Bobby.

I have never seen this in my life. Well, I've seen players called for using an illegal bat, but I've never seen a major hit from a whole brown and then they get called. he put the royals ahead, george brent was fighting angry and whether he has reason to be angry or not i have no idea the umpires made a decision bobby let me tell you this: the fact that they tried to take your bat and Secreting the bat gives credibility to the umpire's decision in my opinion.