Brett on 30th anniversary of Pine Tar Game
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- Royals legend and hitting coach George Brett looks back on the Pine Tar Game on the eve of its 30th anniversary
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This moment is legendary. No one will EVER forget it.
I’ve met George Brett before
Die hard Yankees fan here, I saw this game on TV never forget it....I was actually scared when I saw G. Brett's reaction, but as much of a Yankee-killer he was , he became my favorite player because of the way he reacted here and also even the way he went at Nettles in '77 ALCS,..... he was a hard nosed gamer & wanted to win, plus he was a great ,clutch player.
Yeah, Brett's been my favorite player for a while now.
My favorite player, too! He’s the reason why I, a Michigan guy, became a Royals fan back in ‘77. G. Brett.
MrGMillet George Brett was robbed just like the Royals was 30 years ago
Nettles was a dirty player.
@@ericmorrow2361 Are you not aware they reversed the call and completed the game about a month later and the Royals won this game. Know your history.
George Brett is still one of the best players in MLB history!
David Stahl the tom Brady of baseball.
Frank Bowne Nowhere near as far as the Tom Brady of baseball.
Damn right!
@@fbksfrank4 that’s Babe Ruth
@@chengbros6101 babe ruth wouldn’t even make a single a team now
I remember watching this game live as a kid !!! Baseball back then was fun and exciting - the rivalries were awesome !!!
I remember watching this game on tv back in the day. Brett hit with the bat throughout the game, everybody saw it and said nothing. Then ole sneaky Billy Martin pulls an obscure pine tar rule outta his rump, the umps talk it over, call Brett out causing Brett to go Mt. Vesuvius. Wow.
Tim McClellan wishing he was somewhere else. He was a big guy and was an even match for Brett.
Martin was a jerk, but at times he could be totally different. There is the iconic photo of him with his arm around one of his biggest rivals, Tommy Lasorda. But Tommy was always a class individual.
These types of players simply don’t exist anymore like George Brett, Pete Rose, Lou Piniella...A generation where winning WAS everything, not money.
Lmao Lou Pinella
It's always been about money, but the players actually NEEDED the money so winning was more important, particularly in the NFL.
What about Derek Jeter? Barry Larkin? Joe Torre? Mike Trout?
@@ericmatterson9905 Sure, there are some throw backs but, speaking in a more general sense, the outrageous contract sizes and social media dampened the fierce competitive spirits that went to levels of pure hatred.
It is what it is but it’s why I lost interest in professional sports long ago. It’s all about sponsors, political correctness, platforms for “player brands”, military patriotism, etc...
Ehhh, not for me anymore. I’ll regale in memories of decades past when men were men and winning was not everything...It was the ONLY thing.
Thank You
He still hates the Yankees to this day.
who wouldn't? Their new yorkers.
Any good Royals fan does I have since 77.
Calbenmike damn Yankees, why does it always have to be the damn Yankees? 😂
Nobody cares
Join the club lol
I just love how Brett went ballistic and charged out of the dugout; it's a wonder that he wasn't ejected from the game.
game was over
He was ejected along with Howser and a couple of other Royals when the game was played to the finish later in the season after the umpire's ruling was overturned.
I've seen it a hundred times, was watching it as it happened......it never gets old. I laugh every time! Love Nettles reaction, because they didn't like each other.
30yrs later and Cleveland has to be brought up, thanks Brett. From a former Clevelander.
george brett....one of the best.
Brett was the best player in the game, similar to Mike Trout. I was a Jays fan living in western Canada but anytime Brett was playing we watched. I'm talking my grandfather, Uncle, brother Cousin.
My Uncle compared everything to Catfish Hunter as well it was so funny
I had a chance to speak with Dave Stieb once. I asked him who he considered the toughest batter to face. He said, "That would be George Brett."
Brett was a great ball player. Played semi-pro in my hometown, just before playing for KC, back in the early 70's if I remember right.
George Brett = Class Act. Thank you for the memories.
Pine tar above the label, no pine tar above the label, who cares? These are baseball memories that MLB will never again match. Players like George Brett and Pete Rose are gone forever. Thank the Lord that I was on this earth as a kid and could watch these guys play. I wore #14 my entire baseball career and tried to live up to it.
This dude owned the Yankees, and quite a few AL Batting Titles. ⚾️
3 batting titles
Each in three different decades. Insane
but I was playing baseball in the younger I had a George Brett baseball glove I still have it for this day
steve meinecke
Me too. I still have my glove.
Probably the greatest non-playoff moment in MLB history. You have no idea how this absolutely took over the nation's imagination at the time. There was nothing anyone talked about for a solid week other than this game. Pro wrestling would utterly kill for this kind of a storyline, and it happened authentically and in the moment.
Chipper is amazing. One of the best pure switch hitters of any generation. Has one of the sweetest left handed swings I've ever seen and he should be a HoF but Brett made it look comically easy.
“Im 6’6 250 with shinguards on a chest plate a mask in one hand and a bat in the other what were you going to do to me?”
Not gonna lie, thats pretty savage
i don't think any of that would have protected him from that kind of fury. Not that George was intending him any harm in the first place.
@@uchibenkei Brett would not have taken a swing at him but there is no doubt he'd be making contact when he was in McClellan's face arguing the call.
Given the expression on Brett's face, I'm pretty sure the ump who tackled him believed he was preventing a murder.
that was a classic game I live up here in Boston Massachusetts where the Red Sox obviously are known to be the team to beat in the American Leagueand I will always love the old Kansas City royals and especially George Brett George Brett is definitely a baseball icon I would love to see him meaning George Brett be the GM/coach for the Red Sox I just think he's that good in that knowledgeable of the game of baseballbut regardless I'm a definite George Brett fan always will be he stands up for what's right and does not cheat the game of baseball and that's the type of people that we need playing the game....
The pitch Brett crushed is the type of pitch Cody Bellinger always strikes out on. Hitters nowadays don't like high fastballs, rather they like low to belt high, they tend to swing the bat more like a golf club.
Oh man, George Brett's reaction is just pure, unscripted fury.
One of Brett's teammates described the moment as George's "Charles Manson imitation".
George Brett #5!!! Mr. Royal!!!!
that's my blood Uncle... never met him... my mothers half brother... same dad
George Brett was a great baseball player. As a Yankee fan back in the day, there were very few hitters that I feared as much as I feared George Brett. He also seems to be a very humble and down tto earth guy.
I remember watching the infamous incident on TV and thinking, "I'm glad I'm nowhere near Yankee Stadium right now" when I saw George Brett charging out of the dugout....though I was and am a Yankees fan, I'd thought, "Maybe he has a valid argument: how can pine tar affect whether or not a player hits a home run? Isn't it the athlete's power(behind home plate)that makes him hit home runs?" I seem to remember that before the questionable homerun, George hit a rather far foul ball and I thought, "He's thinking homerun." I also have memories of Tim McClellan being the umpire as the bearer of bad news to the players in the form of ejecting from games--as George mentioned, Tim was 6'5'; I guess that was rather convenient in a way!
George Brett and Paul Molitor - The two most dangerous hitters of that era
What a stud!
I'm telling you the same thing happens to me when I am just so pissed off that I get an adrenaline rush and do some stupid shit but forget what I did.
A lot of people say that Tim McClelland was a lousy umpire. I don't know why though; whenever I saw him during Braves games he seemed pretty decent and he got along fairly well with the players, coaches and managers.
McClelland was one of the most respected guys in the league. He was definitely old school and had an old school, wide strike zone. But players knew that and respected it, and there was rarely any trouble.
@@large_crab Being 6'6", 250lbs, with a chest protector and a mask certainly didn't hurt his cause either.
My childhood hero!
Brett is one of the great players as is Billy Martin one of the great managers!
martin, the worst thing that happened to Mantle
@@williamlawlor5969 No, it was Dimaggio and himself.
George Brett loves talking about George Brett.
I grew up in Kansas City and George Brett was our legend. I had just graduated from college and worked for Hunt Enterprises. To this day, in my mind, he's still stunningly handsome and fit. We idolized him, for sure. And it was warranted.
Rightfully so
With that giant wad of dip...Brett was a legend
Hey George. Smile. Lighten up. Enjoy the humor it provides us these many years later. You’re talking like it happened yesterday and cost you the World Series. That incident guarantees you’ll never be forgotten.Like I said. Smile.
Not only did you think of greatness with Brett, you also thought of toughness…
Attended. Was sitting behind the Royals dugout (Row A) of the reserved box. It was a seat with the people continuously walking by with the main aisle. Weirdest ending.
"Brinkman pulled me away and that's what made it looks so bad."
Well now that just isn't true, Brett.
Michael Schley Honestly I agree with him. Them having to pull him away made it look like they were trying to prevent him from fighting, which I doubt he would have been stupid enough to do. Although he did come across as rather crazy haha
Yeah, when you watch the video, he's running out there hopping mad and getting in the ump's face, but his arms are waving around, it's not looking like he's going to hit anyone. But it's also the job of the other umps to intercede, like push in between the two to keep him off the plate ump. But grabbing him and holding his arms made it look even worse.
@@MikeKeller how do you know he wasn't going to throw a punch you read his mind that day? lol
@@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301 he just answered how in the comment you are replying to egg head.
Today is 7/24/2023... Now it's been 40 years ⚾️
I remember watching the video!
AT LEAST HE ADMITTED HE WASN'T GOING TO DO ANYTHING BUT YELL...I ALREADY KNEW THAT, EVEN THAT DAY.
easy to say 30 years after the fact lol
I am huge biggest fan of George Brett on Kansas city royals on early years
I saw this game. I thought he was going to go insane after the ump called him out. I'm glad the umps stepped in between him and the home plate ump. I think he would have killed him. Great player...a Detroit Tiger killer.
second greatest moment in KC royals history. If you don't think Hal McRae's phone toss is the best, I will fight you. Or throw a desk phone at you.
I believe him that he was only gonna yell at him because he did sort of stopped right before they got to him.
40 years ago today!
35 years ago now
37 years ago yesterday..
Coming on 40 yrs next year wow...
Anyone remember Yankee pitcher Ed Figuerora? I swear I think Brett had some kind of ridiculous batting average against him that was so high, you would not believe it but I cannot find any sources to confirm. I had heard an announcer say he was something like 24 for 24 against him over one stretch!
If there was excessive pine tar, the rule book only said 'The bat shall be removed from the game' Nothing about taking runs off the scoreboard. The rule was to protect balls from getting excessively dirty. The pine tar gave the batter no unfair advantage.
We won the series that year anyway.
it was 2 years later. that game was 83. they won in 85
Orioles won in 83'
We? Where were you on the field?
Really???
Brett as a Yankees fan I don’t think you cheated
1980. Still not forgiven.
One of the best moments in baseball, but why was Brett saying "bluesheet" lol
I do not think any pitcher on this planet could throw a fastball past George.
Billy Martin....that old goat! Lmao....it's called 'Gamesmanship'
I remember the game when he hit 3 homers off of all people Catfish Hunter!!!!! Yankees still won 5 to 3😁😁
If anything, a pine tar laced bat making contact with a baseball would be a hindrance. Wouldn’t it?
You would think so, but that’s just it. If he would’ve grounded out or something, they would not have said a word.
The best was Dave Winfield hit a seagull w a ball and they made tshirts that said tar and feathers for GB and DW
But without that rule, and as a royals fan
We wouldn't have this to talk about in 2022 still. I watched that game on the edge of my seat all those years ago ill never forget it, it has to be one of the top 5 all time baseball moments in history,
Becuse your talking a world series game
It was on TV coast to coast basballs biggest game in the spotlight and wosh a bullshit call like that.
I don't blame George Brett one bit for being so angry. if it were up to me, I would not have held him back, either, as that must have made him even more angry than he already was
Dumbass Brett would’ve been banned forever if he assaulted an umpire
TheLuscious yeah
It was a famous exciting HR anyway!!!
Who knows a Yankee fan who still thinks the umpires call on Brett stood? 😂 Surprisingly there’s more than there should be lmao
I'm a huge Kansas City Royals fan and George Brett is obviously the best Royal ever.Here's a very interesting question, who's the SECOND best Royal ever ?
+Contakum bo jackson...???
+Contakum Hal McRae, Frank White, Willie Wilson, take your pick.
+Contakum Bret Saberhagen, Willie Wilson, Frank White, Bo Jackson, Mike Sweeney (only because he was a diamond in the roughest of the rough).
Marty Pattin
Contakum I would say Bo Jackson, but his hip injury is the reason why his career was cut short. If it had not been for that injury in that NFL game, Bo Jackson would probably been one of the all time Royals greats.
Now it's almost 40 years ago.
🤔
He really gotta do Buckner like that lol
I’m a Lifelong New York fan but I feel Brent was unfairly robbed of that home run. Billy Martin while being a great manager is what he is and will go far to win and I’m not surprised.
Hey George! The ocean 🌊 called, they're running out of shrimp
40th anniversary next year
I'm proud to say this was uploaded on my birthday 😂
Laces out!!
When Brett was in the minor leagues there was a young trainer who knew for certain Brett would make the Hall of Fame. It was that obvious.
Then Lee MacPhail intervened,
an eventually overruled McClellans’s decision and ordered the game to be resumed from the point after Brett had homered. On Aug. 18, the teams reconvened at Yankee Stadium, and about 1,200 fans watched as Martin symbolically protested by putting pitcher Ron Guidry in center field and moving left-handed first baseman Don Mattingly to second base.
Martin then protested the game - before the first pitch to the Royals' Hal McRae - on the grounds that Brett did not touch all the bases during his home run and that the current umpiring crew could not verify this. But umpire Davey Phillips produced an affidavit signed by the July 24 umpires stating that Brett had indeed touched all bases. An irate Martin was quickly ejected from the game for arguing.
Yankees reliever George Frazier struck out McRae to end the top of the ninth, and Royals reliever Dan Quisenberry pitched a perfect bottom of the ninth to preserve Kansas City's 5-4 win.
Best third basemen ever. I'd have him over anyone. Schmidt, Robinson, Mathews, anyone.
Michael Jack bc he hit more HRs RBIs and Gold Gloves
Did he win his protest?
Back when baseball was baseball.
Big hitter... G.B.
Tim McClelland burn at 1:34 haha...
Damnedest thing that happened to KC until Moose Moustakas showed up
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Big baby
I'm sick of ads
+Craig Bullard not everyone knows about add block so how about you calm your fucking ass
Yes, because adblock hasn't been around for at least a decade.
CZcams red totally worth it!!😈
Still no need for you to be a spaz buddy lol
Name your starting 9 of Yankee “killers”
DH - David Ortiz
1B - George Brett
2B - Howie Kendrick
SS - Chone Figgins
3B - Manny Machado
LF - Edgar Martinez
CF - Ken Griffey Jr.
RF - Manny Ramirez
SP - Randy Johnson
Who’s the catcher?
@@TheChiefsfan88 piazza or
Benji Molina
The greatest Royal player ever..&..liar..😂
He didnt have a mask just a bat and not enough distance to do damage with it. You coulda handled em George lol
chipper jones 2!
I hate ads
George Brett knows where he lives loll
Kind of funny to think that pine tar use was limited back in the olden days because they didn't want that stuff to get on baseballs, and now every pitcher uses pine tar or other sticky substances.
George Brett that man shot so much energy into baseball during his career these player are so boring nowdays all you here about is how much money they make.....
Here is the thing with that team durring that time they were playing ball to have fun, small ball, George taught this to the royals not to many years ago and we made it back to the world series a second run.
When teams compeat with money its not fair to smaller clubs but smaller clubs can win with a different strategy.
Ever see the movie money ball
This is why you have teams like the Yankees with how many world series titles? They were bought. Money paid for them. One teams buys all the best players everyone else's scrambles for scraps.
I miss the days when baseball was about baseball. 😕
He did use an illegal bat. But the AL President changed the rule the next day. And not knowing the rule doesn't negate it.
Why did they run away with the bat, with the umpire chasing them?
Straight fokin water
lol @ 2:54
I’m a Yankees fan to death, but I think that’s the biggest bull S ever. He didn’t hit the ball with the pine tart
Pine tar.. the steroids of his day.. lol 😄😆🤣😂
So true
Nah they had roids in 83
He's still in denial...!!! He will die never resolving this issue that is obviously a thorn in his side. I feel for the guy. Let it go George, life is too short to be fighting our demons for way too long.
What are you talking about????