Kansas City Royals 5 at New York Yankees 4 F — When the Royals visited Yankee Stadium in late July of 1983, everyone assumed that the Independence Day celebrations were over. However, George Brett provided some fireworks of his own with a controversial game-winning home run off of Yankee closer Goose Gossage. When home plate umpire Tim McClelland declared Brett out due to an excessive amount of pine tar on his bat, the Royals superstar flipped his lid and ignited a brouhaha that took nearly a month to settle. When the dust cleared, Brett’s home run was allowed, although it wasn’t until August that the two teams could finally complete the contest and make the “Pine Tar Game” part of history.
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wow. I knew that was Hall Mcray coming to bat. Pretty good after being close to 40 years since seeing all these guys. Too funny.
Bobby Mercer. He was a good Yankee
Omg. Yogi Bera ? 1st base coach. Wow Am I that fucking old? Oh my God !!!
PBP: Bobby Murcer
George steps up to the plate @ 2:12:50
When Brett was in his prime he was a force. I remember him being about as feared at the plate as anyone in any era.
When he used home plate as a measure which was news to me, it was obviously clear if the pine tar was too high on the bat.
Bobby Murcer is a complete idiot
2:13:30 Pine Tar Shortcut.
2:24:40 the moment Yankees fans and Brett haters HOPE the Yankees pull it out and if they don’t…. Their consolation is Brett gets mad! Brett loses his mind! Brett is butthurt! In other words, if those pussies were in Brett’s shoes they wouldn’t have done anything. They would have accepted it, tucked their tails in and cried. Lmao
Side note: look at all those empty fairweather Yankee fan seats?! I guess Billy Ball was on its last legs.
Pine tar chump knew he had too much
Leave it to the yanks to cry about such a thing
Brett was always the biggest baby. Well before this.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Even the fans are confused
Ron guidey is playing the outfield? 😆
The stuff in the do over….Billy has become a parody of himself
new balance cleats in the early ‘80s. iconic.
Funny the announcers say the never seen the umpires measure the bat across the plate when they were there in 75 when the Twins and Yankees had this happen
What?!
Every newscast across the country, including WBBM channel 2, recapped that game in the sports segment.
In what world does a sticky substance make you hit the ball further?
Watching Billy manage alone was worth the price of admission.
Having grown up in Seattle it’s so strange to see Lou Piniella at bat! 😂
Biggest Bullsh#t call ever
George kept putting the pine tar further and further up the bat handle.. and he got caught by a wickedly sharp- eyed Yankee coaching staff. Wow..
fun fact.i believe the royals contested the call and the game was restarted at a later date 2 witch the royals won.
This commentator is horrible.👎🏾
Why was it only the Yankees manager talking with the umpire? If they had an argument in defense they would have been out there. Obviously they knew it was illegal.
George Brett experienced Billy Ball.
ONLY in New York.
LOVE those Royals powder blue uniforms!!!
2:16:09 Ok Brett now just kick your knees up higher for more effect.
Cheaters getting angry lol. Should tell the Aaaadmin and get him baaaannned instead
Is this the earliest game with Donnie Baseball on youtube?
EXPLAIN THIS TO ME! how could the league OVERTURN the umpire's call in this game, but NOT overturn the BAD umpire's call (the umpire admitted he made the wrong call) that cost Detroit Tiger pitcher Galarraga a perfect game on the final play?!?!?!
Umpire enforced the rule. It was a dumb rule, but a rule none the less. The ruling should have stood .
And what nobody ever mentions or talks about is why did they have to come back and finish this game if he was caught red handed with the smoking gun
Stupid rule or not it still was the rule back then so why did they have to come back to play this game
damn that umpire could have swung the bat at brett charging like that
how would that help hit a ball
2:13:25 Brett home run
N.Y. pelts…wet ones
They play each other on the 40th Anniversary Weekend this year July 21-23
George Brett was not a pleasant player of a normal standard of a professional – I have heard some weird things about him. Awfully strange. I liked Robin Yount more.
George Brett is just a wuss. You got caught. Done. Don't be a baby.
Brett's reaction is hysterical. I've never seen a baseball player so enraged before 😂
Starting at about 2:10:00 the entire sequence is entertaining…Goose hopping out of the car from the bullpen while the announcers say "sponsored by Skoal Bandit," then the Brett at bat and subsequent events
George Brett is hit home runs umpire say you out here