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[Dick7Access]

Anybody know why umpires measured home plate after George Brown hit a home run, and then called him out?

 

[KitaYama]

I don't know George Brown, but there was a Pine Tar Incident where the umpire measured the bat with home plate.

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KC@NYY: George Brett and the pine tar incident | 07/24/1983

7/24/1983: George Brett's potentially game-winning home run is ruled an out due to an illegal bat, causing a scene

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From Wikipedia

the umpiring crew, inspected the bat. Measuring the extent of the pine tar against the 17 inches or 43 centimetres width of home plate, they determined that the amount exceeded that allowed by Rule 1.10(c) of the Major League Baseball rule book, which read that "a bat may not be covered by such a substance more than 18 inches [46 cm] from the tip of the handle." Because of this, the crew determined that Brett's home run constituted an "illegally batted ball," and under the terms of the then-existing provisions of Rule 6.06, any batter who hit an illegally batted ball was automatically called out.

 

[Dick7Access]

I don't know George Brown, but there was a Pine Tar Incident where the umpire measured the bat with home plate.

Are you talking about this ?


If yes, search for Pine Tar incident.

From Wikipedia

Thanks, makes sense