3363ewf@houxm.UUCP (08/01/83)
To all of the yankee fans that think your team was cheated. 1. Read the Rules 2. I do not "hate" the yankees, I just don't want steinbrenner to win. 3. A yankee fan has little right to uphold and protect the umpires. 4. The decision is consistent with the rules and with past interpretations 5. What would you yankee people think if the situation were reversed? The rules do not provide that a player be called out for excessive use of pinetar PERIOD. The bat shall be removed from the game, that is all there is to it. Is this to simple to comprehend?
alb@alice.UUCP (08/03/83)
It WAS the Yankees who read the rules. You (and Lee MacPhail) obviously have not. The rules say that (1) an illegal bat shall be thrown out and (2) any player using an illegal bat shall be called/thrown out (they are two SEPARATE rules!) The rules also CLEARLY define an illegal bat, and the definition INCLUDES *ANY* substance (including pine tar) more than 18 inches from the base of the bat. Brett's bat had pine tar 22 inches up; are you saying that that's not an illegal bat? As for the 'you Yankee people' remark, anyone who seriously believes that only Yankee lovers think the Yankees were right is blinded by their own hatred. Last night, on nationwide network television, Earl Weaver himself said that he thought the Yankees were right and he went on record saying that MacPhail was wrong.