George Brett highly recommends this product to improve your baseball skills.
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Each Pine Tar Pro Kit includes:
- Fence hanging clip for convenience
- Pocket for pine tar
- Pine tar cloth
- 4 oz. bottle of pine tar
This kit is manufactured and recommended by George Brett's company, Brett Brothers. Besides being a Hall of Famer and one of the greatest hitters in baseball history, George is often remembered for the famous "pine tar game." As thus, each kit includes a 4 ounce bottle of Brett Liquid Pine Tar with the story of that game printed on the back of the bottle:
The Controversial "Pine Tar" Game
The controversy began on July 24, 1983, in Yankee Stadium, when Brett hit a ninth-inning, two-out, two-run homer off Goose Gossage that gave the Royals a 5-4 lead.
Moments after crossing the plate and entering the dugout, Brett saw Yankee manager Billy Martin approach home plate umpire Tim McClelland. Later McClelland thrust his arm in the air and signaled that Brett was out for excessive use of pine tar on his bat, nullifying the home run and ending the game.
Brett stormed from the dugout in a rage and had to be restrained by teammates and coaches. Despite the protest of Brett and Royals' manager Dick Howser, the ruling stood. The next day A.L. president Lee MacPhail acknowledged Brett had pine tar too high on the bat, but overturned McClelland's decision and reinstated Brett's homer.
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