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From: klein@houxt.UUCP (N.KLEIN)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: The George Brett Incident
Message-ID: <322@houxt.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 27-Jul-83 09:00:53 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 27 09:00:53 1983
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Surprisingly enough I have not seen any commentary on the George Brett
incident who had a home run in the 9th inning nullified in a recent NY-KC
game because Billy Martin ran out of the dugout and claimed he had too
much pine tar.  I am not sure I understand the reason for the rule but
it figures that it was brought out by a team that in the last few years
has done anything possible to take the sport out of baseball and turn it
into a capitalistic venture.  My feeling is that Steinbrenner single-handedly
ruined the sport of baseball.  I used to be an avid baseball fan but the
free agent business (started by the Yankees in the purchase of Catfish Hunter)
and the buying of championships was too much.  Is anyone from outside (or in)
NY a Yankee fan?
				NDK