25 Years Ago Today....

[Starman]

Ah yes, the "anniversary story," the laziest, most unimaginative, regurgitative staple of our industry.

 

[spnited]

Much like a Starman post.

 

[doubledown68]

Don't know the answer to the trivia... I did read in some 25th anniversary book about the Royals a while back that Brett remembers nothing about the tirade itself, what he was screaming, etc.

He said the last thing he remembers saying is something to the effect of "If that guy calls me out, I'm going to forking kill him."

Apparently, George wasn't kidding.

He then remembers that McClelland is about 6'5 and 250.........recalls "What the heck am I going to do to him?"

And McClellan even had the bat in his hands. If a grizzly had charged onto the field at that moment in time, it would've been an even fight.

 

[Oz]

Ah yes, the "anniversary story," the laziest, most unimaginative, regurgitative staple of our industry.

If were the 13th or 22nd anniversary, I might agree. But 25 years is a good time to revisit that.

 

[Armchair_QB]

What I love on the clip is one of the Yankees' broadcasters (Frank Messer?) going "Uh oh...uh oh..." when the ball left Brett's bat. That's kinda funny.

Two pieces of trivia:

a) Including Brett, there were four Royals players/coaches ejected. Who were they?

b) Who was the Royals' winning pitcher?

Were the players Gaylord Perry, Hal MacRae and Steve Renko?

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Words can't describe it:

But a baseball card can!

One of my all-time favorite cards.

 

[goalmouth]

Just another game where Brett killed Gossage.

Trivia: The bat got handed out of the Yankee bus and later found its way into the possession of noted collector Barry Halper.

Who can name the defensive line-up Billy Martin used for the replay of the ninth inning?

 

[BYH]

Ah yes, the "anniversary story," the laziest, most unimaginative, regurgitative staple of our industry.

Not this one. Not with Goose joining Brett in the HOF in three days.

Edit: Goalmouth, I believe Martin's "lineup" in the replay included Mattingly at 2B and Ron Guidry in CF. And George Brett, I believe, had a nice dinner in Jersey as the final outs were recorded for a second time.

 

[goalmouth]

Yeah you right. And Starman, this story is all over the sports media today.

 

[doubledown68]

Brett's comments harken back to a different time too, about how he never talked to Gossage until after they retired.

You could tell by the way they played that the Royals and Yankees didn't like each other. It added to the spice that they REALLY didn't like each other. Nettles and Brett beat the shirt out each other in the playoffs, on national tv (I'm guessing), and weren't ejected. A different time indeed.

 

[Elliotte Friedman]

I remember Guidry was in centrefield.

 

[Gold]

I remember watching that on TV. The catcher was Rick Cerone, a Jersey and Seton Hall guy.

I remember watching the continued game, and Martin appealed that Brett missed the bases. There was a different crew. The umpires must have been tipped off, because the umpire (I think it was Dave Phillips) had a notarized statement saying Brett had touched all of the bases.

The Yankees would have been better off if they hadn't appealed and the Royals had won. During the period between the original game and the continued game because of the protest, I think the Yanks lost about 2/3 of the games and played themselves out of the pennant race.