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Podcast: Past Ball Podcast
Episode: The Pine Tar Incident | Pastball Podcast #10
Description: The Pine Tar Incident - also known as the pine tar game an incident that happened on July 24th, 1983 during a game between the Royal and the Yankees. Royals trailing 4-3 in the top half of the 9th inning with two outs George Brett hits a two-run homer off Goose Gossage to give the Royals the lead. Yankees Manager Billy Martin requested the umps check Brett's bat as there was a large amount of pine tar on the bat. The umpires lay the bat over the home plate to measure it as the plate is 17 inches and the rule...