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Rule 1.10(c) of the 2002 Official rules of Major League Baseball restricts application to the lower 18 inches of a bat. The most famous example of the rule being applied is the Pine Tar Incident , which occurred during the July 24, 1983 game between the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees which resulted in a George Brett go-ahead home run ...
Measuring the extent of the pine tar against the 17 inches or 43 centimetres width of home plate, they determined that the amount, which covered about 24 inches of the bat, 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 ...
McClelland inspected Brett's bat, which had pine tar 24 inches up the handle. Because of the rule stating that pine tar cannot extend more than 18 inches up a bat handle, combined with the rule that a batter using illegal equipment should be automatically called out, McClelland called Brett out, which nullified the home run.
The Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal has led Major League Baseball to ramp up enforcement of pitcher pine tar usage and many other rules, creating confusion for players.
The time is right to fix a rule whose expiration date passed decades ago. Threat of suspension isn’t stopping players. Major League Baseball should make pine tar legal for pitchers
To reset: Billy Martin, the irascible and ever-instigating manager of the New York Yankees, initiated a protest of Brett’s pine-tar slathered bat after a go-ahead home run off Goose Gossage with ...
Pitchers may unfairly improve their grip on the baseball. Applying a sticky substance such as pine tar to their pitching hand can greatly improve the spin rate of a thrown baseball, which results in more movement on pitches. [9] While the use of such "foreign substances" is a violation of MLB rules, historically it was rarely enforced. [10]
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