Vintagedeputy
06-28-2007, 12:11 AM
I was looking through the thread about pounded gamers and saw member gameused's Edgar Martinez bat:
http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5759&stc=1&d=1182798163
I thought to myself man that's a lot of pine tar! Its got to be way past the 18 inch rule. What would Billy Martin say!
I did a quick search on the net (boy I love Wikipedia!) and found this gem from the past:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/34/George_brett_pine_tar_bat_rotated.JPG/300px-George_brett_pine_tar_bat_rotated.JPG
http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/images/artifacts/brett_pinetar_bat.jpg
The infamous George Brett "pine tar incident" bat - July 24, 1983. Could that have really been 24 years ago?
http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5759&stc=1&d=1182798163
I thought to myself man that's a lot of pine tar! Its got to be way past the 18 inch rule. What would Billy Martin say!
I did a quick search on the net (boy I love Wikipedia!) and found this gem from the past:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/34/George_brett_pine_tar_bat_rotated.JPG/300px-George_brett_pine_tar_bat_rotated.JPG
http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/images/artifacts/brett_pinetar_bat.jpg
The infamous George Brett "pine tar incident" bat - July 24, 1983. Could that have really been 24 years ago?