Pine Tar Incident
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The Pine Tar Incident was a controversial incident in 1983 during an American League baseball game played between the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York City on Sund
George Brett hit the home run that ultimately won the game for the Kansas City Royals
American League president Lee MacPhail ruled that Brett's home run counted
George Brett
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George Howard Brett is an American former professional baseball third baseman, designated hitter, and first baseman who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Royals.
Pine Tar Incident
…on Sunday, July 24, 1983. With his team trailing 4–3 in the top half of the ninth inning and two out, the Royals' future Hall of Fame third baseman George Brett hit a two-run home run off future Hall of Fame Yankee closer Rich "Goose" Gossage to give his team the lead; however, Yankee manager Billy Martin, who…
Brett in 2017
Brett with Nancy Reagan in 1985
Brett in February 2009