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I forget how it went?  Why using an illegal bat have the HR count... Which at first it didn't, and Yankees won... But under protest they played it where they left off and Royals won.

 

I was a NYY hater back then and pro-Royals... But you'd think hitting an HR with illegal bat, the HR wouldn't count,  right?

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12 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

I forget how it went?  Why using an illegal bat have the HR count... Which at first it didn't, and Yankees won... But under protest they played it where they left off and Royals won.

 

I was a NYY hater back then and pro-Royals... But you'd think hitting an HR with illegal bat, the HR wouldn't count,  right?

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Tar_Incident

 

The Royals protested the game. Four days later, American League president Lee MacPhail upheld the Royals' protest. In explaining his decision, MacPhail noted that the "spirit of the restriction" on pine tar on bats was based not on the fear of unfair advantage, but simple economics; any contact with pine tar would discolor the ball, render it unsuitable for play, and require that it be discarded and replaced—thus increasing the home team's cost of supplying balls for a given game. MacPhail ruled that Brett had not violated the spirit of the rules nor deliberately "altered [the bat] to improve the distance factor".[7][8]

 

MacPhail's ruling followed his own precedent established after a protest in 1975 of the September 7 game played between the Royals and the California Angels.[13] In that game, the umpiring crew had declined to negate one of John Mayberry's home runs for excessive pine tar use. MacPhail upheld the umpires' decision with the interpretation that the intent of the rule was to prevent baseballs from being discolored during game play and that any discoloration that may have occurred to a ball leaving the ballpark did not affect the game's competitive balance.

 

MacPhail thus restored Brett's home run and ordered the game resumed with two outs in the top of the ninth inning with the Royals leading 5–4. However, he retroactively ejected Brett for his outburst against McClelland, along with Howser and coach Rocky Colavito for arguing with the umpires, and Royals pitcher Gaylord Perry for giving the bat to the bat boy so he could hide it in the clubhouse away from officials.

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6 minutes ago, Gugny said:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Tar_Incident

 

MacPhail noted that the "spirit of the restriction" on pine tar on bats was based not on the fear of unfair advantage, but simple economics; any contact with pine tar would discolor the ball, render it unsuitable for play, and require that it be discarded and replaced—thus increasing the home team's cost of supplying balls for a given game.

 

Now, all of the players seem to toss the ball into the crowd after the third out is made each inning. I see Brandon Nimmo do it several times during a Mets game. 

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3 minutes ago, ExWNYer said:

 

Now, all of the players seem to toss the ball into the crowd after the third out is made each inning. I see Brandon Nimmo do it several times during a Mets game. 

 

This immediately reminded me of when Benny Agbayani caught a fly ball in left field and handed the ball to a fan on his way in.  Unfortunately, that was only the 2nd out and two runs came in to score.

 

 

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Another great memory from 1983. The Bills' first victory at the Orange Bowl in Miami since 1966. A 38-35 OT thriller, Ferguson vs Marino (Marino's 1st NFL game as a starter). I was in college and working at a retail store and kept sneaking away to call my younger brother who was home watching it on local TV. It was rare for us to get a Bills game in Richmond back then.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvvPtthImGk

 

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Don't the umps "mud" up game balls before a game?  Doesn't that discolor them. 

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_rubbing_mud

 

"...While Lena Blackburne was a third-base coach for the Philadelphia Athletics baseball team, an umpire complained to him about the method used at the time, prompting Blackburne in 1938 to set out in search of better mud to use to rub against baseballs. Later that decade, Blackburne discovered the rubbing mud's location (said to be "near" Palmyra, New Jersey) and founded the company that he used to sell it. ..."

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4 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

 

Don't the umps "mud" up game balls before a game?  Doesn't that discolor them. 

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_rubbing_mud

 

"...While Lena Blackburne was a third-base coach for the Philadelphia Athletics baseball team, an umpire complained to him about the method used at the time, prompting Blackburne in 1938 to set out in search of better mud to use to rub against baseballs. Later that decade, Blackburne discovered the rubbing mud's location (said to be "near" Palmyra, New Jersey) and founded the company that he used to sell it. ..."

 

There was actually a recent procedural change made to the muddying of balls.  More of Manfred's genius.

 

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34125576/memo-mlb-require-all-teams-muddy-ball-using-exact-same-technique

 

Major League Baseball is now requiring teams to "muddy" baseballs before games using the exact same technique, according to a league memo sent to all 30 teams on Tuesday and obtained by ESPN.

 

In past years, muddying involved clubhouse attendants preparing baseballs by rubbing Delaware River mud -- which comes in a can -- days before each game. Moving forward, they'll be required to continue to muddy balls on game day only and all with the same technique.

 

The proper technique involves "painting" the full surface of the ball with mud using two fingertips. Then comes a very precise rubbing motion with the ball in between both hands to get mud into the pores of the leather. Muddying each ball is a 30- to 40-second process.

 

The league memo is another attempt to reach as much uniformity as possible for the dozens of balls used throughout major league parks every night.

 

When Manfred abruptly banned sticky stuff last year, players (pitchers AND hitters) complained and said it was going to result in more hit batsmen.  This has definitely been the case, with multiple batters getting hit in the head.  Instead of admitting that he's a ***** moron and letting pitchers use sticky stuff, he thinks this muddying process will help.  Worst commissioner EVER.

 

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