The Pine Tar Game occurred in a game played between the Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees on July 24, 1983 in the Bronx. Entering the ninth inning, the Yankees were up 4-3 thanks in part to RBIs from Don Baylor<\/a><\/strong> and Steve Kemp<\/a><\/strong>. With two outs and a runner on, Hall of FamerGeorge Brett<\/a><\/strong> of the Royals smacked a dramatic two-run home run off Yankees reliever and Hall of Famer, Goose Gossage<\/a><\/strong>, to give KC the lead. However, this was where Graig Nettles<\/a>‘<\/strong> sneaky gesture came into play.<\/p>\n Before the game, Graig informed Yankees manager, Billy Martin<\/a><\/strong>, that Brett was using too much pine tar on his bat, allowing him to hit for more power. Considering Brett was a contact hitter, Martin went out to the umpires as soon as George hit the homer. After checking Brett’s bat and finding that there was too much pine tar on it, home plate umpire Tim McClelland pointed at the member of the 3,000 hits club and said possibly the two most famous words in baseball: “You’re out!” Brett came screaming out of the dugout, thinking that he should be awarded the homer and had to be restrained by his teammates and the umps. Meanwhile, the Yankees had won the game, 4-3, or so everyone thought.<\/p>\n After the game, the president of the American League, Lee MacPhail, overruled the umpires and said that the homer counted. The game resumed in the bottom of the ninth with the Yanks down 5-4 on August 18. They lost the game by that same score, with Dan Quisenberry<\/a><\/strong> getting New York to go 1-2-3 in the last of the ninth in one of the wackiest baseball games ever played.<\/p>\n
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