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From: alb@alice.UUCP
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Subject: Re: The Last Word on Brett and the Bat
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Date: Tue, 2-Aug-83 21:28:24 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug  2 21:28:24 1983
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It WAS the Yankees who read the rules.  You (and Lee MacPhail)
obviously have not.  The rules say that (1) an illegal bat shall
be thrown out and (2) any player using an illegal bat shall
be called/thrown out (they are two SEPARATE rules!)  The rules
also CLEARLY define an illegal bat, and the definition INCLUDES
*ANY* substance (including pine tar) more than 18 inches from
the base of the bat.  Brett's bat had pine tar 22 inches up;
are you saying that that's not an illegal bat?

As for the 'you Yankee people' remark, anyone who seriously
believes that only Yankee lovers think the Yankees were right
is blinded by their own hatred.  Last night, on nationwide
network television, Earl Weaver himself said that he thought
the Yankees were right and he went on record saying that
MacPhail was wrong.