Tonight, Will and I went to Kaufman stadium to say good-bye to the Royals. Pictured here is the free t-shirts that the first 20,000 fans received (of coarse we got them) to celebrate the anniversary of George Brett's pine tar incident.
They played the video of the incident at the game and this is basically what happened: George Brett hit a home run, circled the bases, sat down in the dug out. Then the umps pick up his bat and begin conferencing about the amount of pine tar he had rubbed on it. (FYI- pine tar looks like tar and is something that some folks put on their bats in order to have a better grip and it would have absolutely no affect on how far you could hit the ball) They soon announce that the home run was illegal, no good because there was too much pine tar on George's bat. The angle of the camera was just right to see George storm out of the dug out and attempt an attack on the umps. Weeks later, MLB announces that the umps were wrong and the home run was legal.
Now, we have t-shirts that look smudged with pine tar!
It was a sad evening for several reasons: Kaufman was filled to the gills, but most of the fans were cheering for the Yankees.....those around us were actually looking down their noses at us as we cheered for our home team. The Yankees won 9-4! So long, farewell to the Kansas City Royals. We have enjoyed borrowing you as a favorite team for these last six years. We will miss you.
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That is all too similar to a Royals-Yankees game last Labor Day! Will remembers the 10 runs given up to the Yankees in a single out, and the Royals stadium erupting with cheering as the Yankees beat them on their home field.
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