COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Baseball Hall of Famer George Brett is his jovial self, laughing and smiling while reflecting on his rage 40 years ago today in the infamous yet celebrated Pine Tar Game against ...
Also known as the Pine Tar Game, the Pin Tar Incident was actually a days-long saga that began in the Bronx at Yankee Stadium with a two-out, ninth-inning homer back on July 24, 1983. Kansas City Hall ...
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Lee MacPhail, the longtime baseball executive who ruled in the celebrated Pine Tar case and later became part of the only father-son Hall of Fame pairing, has died. He was 95.
1909 — Nap Rucker of the Brooklyn Dodgers struck out 16 batters in a 1-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. 1931 — In an 8-7 loss to Pittsburgh, Babe Herman of Brooklyn hit for the cycle for the second ...