25 Years Ago Today....

[goalmouth]

Yeah you right. And Starman, this story is all over the sports media today.

 

[doubledown68]

Brett's comments harken back to a different time too, about how he never talked to Gossage until after they retired.

You could tell by the way they played that the Royals and Yankees didn't like each other. It added to the spice that they REALLY didn't like each other. Nettles and Brett beat the **** out each other in the playoffs, on national tv (I'm guessing), and weren't ejected. A different time indeed.

 

[Elliotte Friedman]

I remember Guidry was in centrefield.

 

[Gold]

I remember watching that on TV. The catcher was Rick Cerone, a Jersey and Seton Hall guy.

I remember watching the continued game, and Martin appealed that Brett missed the bases. There was a different crew. The umpires must have been tipped off, because the umpire (I think it was Dave Phillips) had a notarized statement saying Brett had touched all of the bases.

The Yankees would have been better off if they hadn't appealed and the Royals had won. During the period between the original game and the continued game because of the protest, I think the Yanks lost about 2/3 of the games and played themselves out of the pennant race.

 

[buckweaver]

Believe it or not ... <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/30284">Pine Tar video proves hard to find</a>.

But if you want to watch it, there you go. (There's a link to the MLB.com video in the story, and the first comment below has an easier-to-view link of Brett's outburst, <a href="http://www.sportaphile.com/2008/07/24/video-25-year-anniversary-of-george-bretts-pine-tar-incident/">here</a>.)

 

[Corky Ramirez up on 94th St.]

What I love on the clip is one of the Yankees' broadcasters (Frank Messer?) going "Uh oh...uh oh..." when the ball left Brett's bat. That's kinda funny.

Two pieces of trivia:

a) Including Brett, there were four Royals players/coaches ejected. Who were they?

b) Who was the Royals' winning pitcher?

Wasn't Gaylord Perry ejected for trying to hide the bat?

Yes he was. Also ejected were **** Howser, Brett and Rocky Colavito.

The winning pitcher was Mike Armstrong.

 

[kingcreole]

I recall once hearing the Yankee TV broadcast of the game. I don't remember who the color guy was, but he was actually saying the umpires made the right call, babbling about some rule I'm sure he was making up.

 

[patchs]

I watched it on WPIX with Frank Messer and Bobby Murcer (recently retired) on the call.
Murcer knew what was going on from the start.
Cool seeing Don Mattingly wearing No. 46 in his rookie year.
Mattingly, a lefty, played second base in the completion of the game.
I miss those days, White, Messer and Rizzuto on TV; Nettles, Gossage, Randolph, Martin, Cerone.
Good times.

 

[dixiehack]

So I get home this afternoon, and what do you suppose my 5 year old has found to watch on ESPN Classic?

I made some lame excuse as to why I wanted to turn the channel, then had to explain the game to my thoroughly confused wife, who couldn't understand why I wouldn't let him watch a baseball game.

 

[doubledown68]

I'm confused. Why couldn't he watch it??

 

[Oz]

Thing that always cracked me up about Brett going crazy, aside from Brett, of course? Seeing the guys on the bench, legs crossed, not moving one bit the moment he went nuts. I always found that funny. Adds nicely to the contrast.

 

[cjericho]

What I love on the clip is one of the Yankees' broadcasters (Frank Messer?) going "Uh oh...uh oh..." when the ball left Brett's bat. That's kinda funny.

Two pieces of trivia:

a) Including Brett, there were four Royals players/coaches ejected. Who were they?

b) Who was the Royals' winning pitcher?

Wasn't Gaylord Perry ejected for trying to hide the bat?

Yes he was. Also ejected were **** Howser, Brett and Rocky Colavito.

The winning pitcher was Mike Armstrong.

great trivia question. he was on the yankees a couple years later.

 

[Gold]

I think Gaylord Perry won his 300th game against the Yankees as a member of the Seattle Mariners.

 

[cjericho]

I think Gaylord Perry won his 300th game against the Yankees as a member of the Seattle Mariners.

yes and Seaver did also

 

[fossywriter8]

Had a similar thing involve us a few years later in high school baseball. I played in Iowa and the state association had a rule about having a line marked or taped a certain distance up the bat from the bottom. I don't know why it was needed -- we used aluminum bats, so there was no need of pine tar. Everyone called it the George Brett Rule.
Anyway, we're at a bitter rival's field and their top player belts a homer. Only problem is, his bat didn't have the little tape mark. Hey, it was a stupid rule, but rules are rules.
Our coach appealed, the umpire called him out and their fans and team went nuts. Nothing like what Brett did, but nuts anyway. Good times.

 

[Huggy]

So I get home this afternoon, and what do you suppose my 5 year old has found to watch on ESPN Classic?

I made some lame excuse as to why I wanted to turn the channel, then had to explain the game to my thoroughly confused wife, who couldn't understand why I wouldn't let him watch a baseball game.

I watched it on ESPN Classic the other day. Still great stuff. I have a picture somewhere of me standing in front of the Brett exhibit (my fave player who never played for my Blue Jays) at the baseball hall (this was way before he was inducted) and as I recall the bat was there.

Didn't they change the rule so you have to call the pine tar thing before the first pitch of an at bat?

 

[spnited]

So I get home this afternoon, and what do you suppose my 5 year old has found to watch on ESPN Classic?

I made some lame excuse as to why I wanted to turn the channel, then had to explain the game to my thoroughly confused wife, who couldn't understand why I wouldn't let him watch a baseball game.

I watched it on ESPN Classic the other day. Still great stuff. I have a picture somewhere of me standing in front of the Brett exhibit (my fave player who never played for my Blue Jays) at the baseball hall (this was way before he was inducted) and as I recall the bat was there.

Didn't they change the rule so you have to call the pine tar thing before the first pitch of an at bat?

I believe they eliminated the rule.

 

[doubledown68]

It had nothing to do with the performance of the bat... I believe it was put in the books way back when to keep baseballs clean