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The Michael Kay Show

Hour 2: The Pine Tar Game, 40 Years Later

The Michael Kay Show

ESPN

Sports

4.51.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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We discuss the Pine Tar incident on the 40th anniversary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Michael K. Show podcast. Listen live weekday after noon starting at three on

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98.7 ESPN in New York, the ESPN app, the two-minute app, or on your smart speaker.

0:12.5

Hey Alexa, play 98.7 ESPN. Somebody had sent me a picture of the Survelli suit.

0:19.0

Oh, I saw that, right? Yeah, it was a-

0:21.5

That doesn't, the picture doesn't do it justice. Like, I remember them like they were interviewing

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them even on like, you know, yes, when they were, you know, broadcasting the parade and all

0:27.9

that stuff that day. And I was like, what is this dude's sport in here? Maybe that's how they

0:31.7

celebrate championships in Venezuela. I don't know. Well, I don't know the custom. I don't know

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what it is either, but he felt empowered. Right. Shilly day keeps him warm. He felt him now.

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I am Francisco. I feel empowered by these two days. What a series champion. You'll see the ring.

0:50.4

Oh boy. So what happened 40 years ago today? Now we talked about it in the pre-show meeting.

0:57.6

Three, right? So, but Tom Bauer, who's back on the board for us, we appreciate you back, Jacob,

1:03.2

did a tremendous job, but Tom. We missed one hell of a meal the other night, Tom, by the way.

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Tom just hits different. We love him. I appreciate that guys. Now you were not at the meeting because

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you were busy doing the previous show. So I'll ask you, what happened 40 years ago today?

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I'm going to assume it was the Pintar incident. Wow. Well, you would assume correctly.

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What an ad let me talk about that. Yeah. Yeah. That's something to keep that segment going.

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Oh my gosh. So, um, yeah, George Bradets, a homerun, Sunday afternoon, July 24th, 1983.

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And of course, the Pintar, um, Billy Martin protests, they win.

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The game, the Yankees win the protests. This then he's called out. Never saw a player go more

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ballistic than George Brett did. Never saw it a million years. If that game didn't produce

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personal private security for umpires, then nothing ever. I never understood. And for anybody

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