29 years ago today ... George Brett went BALLISTIC

Armchair_QB · Jul 26, 2012

Michael_ Gee said:

BuckW's post should be end of thread, but perhaps this memory is worthy of mention. I happened to be driving in the NYC area during the game and listening to Phil Rizzuto trying to explain what happened was truly special.
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Would love to hear that.

fossywriter8 · Jul 26, 2012

mpcincal said:

fossywriter8 said:

By the way, what was the actual penalty listed in the rule book at the time for such an infraction?
Did the umpire err in calling Brett out (which I doubt), or did the league president overstep is authority (which I believe)?
It makes no difference if it was a "dumb rule" or not. The rule was in place to be followed.
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IIRC, the actual rule on pine tar on the bat was that if one was discovered in violation of the rules, the bat would be removed, but made no mention on what should happen to the batter.

In one of his books, former umpire Ron Luciano touched on the incident and said the crew made the ruling by stringing together a few rules, mainly (and I'm paraphrasing on these) "a bat with pine tar too far up the handle is an illegal bat" to "a ball hit with an illegal bat is an illegally batted ball" to "a batter who hits an illegally batted ball shall be called out."
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Thanks for the update.

Deeper_Background · Jul 26, 2012

exmediahack said:

Yes, the old-school telephone straight to Eskew's face. I worked, for a brief time, in the same town as Mr. Eskew. High respect for his work... and what he endured that night.
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Was playing poker one day at Harrah's right next to Eskew and should have gottn the story from his perspective. Curses! Probably would have been truly epic...

Huggy · Jul 26, 2012

buckweaver said:

Just because:

spnited responding to Simon_Cowbell in 2007:

Well douchebag, if you were sitting in the press box at Yankee Stadium as I was in 1983, looking straight in to the Royals' dugout, you would have seen the most crazed scene imaginable as Brett stormed out to go after Tim McClelland.
And if you were in the Royals lockerrom afterward, watching as Brett watched a TV replay and started laughing his ass off at how insane he looked, you might have a different perspective.

But since you are the almighty motherfucking authority on everything, I bow to your total douchebaggery.
ASSHOLE!
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RIP, old man.
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What an epic beatdown. I miss that guy.

patchs · Jul 29, 2012

Living in Yankee territory, I was watching the game on WPIX 11, I will never forget how pissed Brett was, and Gaylord Perry trying to get away with the bat as the Yankee security guards in hot pursuit.
I miss Rizzuto, Messer and White, light years ahead of who the Yankees use today.

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