{"id":1247,"date":"2008-07-24T20:38:36","date_gmt":"2008-07-25T00:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/07\/24\/george-brett-pine-tar-game-greatest-3b-ever\/"},"modified":"2008-07-24T20:38:36","modified_gmt":"2008-07-25T00:38:36","slug":"george-brett-pine-tar-game-greatest-3b-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/07\/24\/george-brett-pine-tar-game-greatest-3b-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"George Brett.  Pine Tar Game.  Greatest 3B Ever."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cgblog\/images\/sports\/mlb\/george_brett_01.jpg\" alt=\"George Brett\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/b\/brettge01.shtml\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/b\/brettge01.shtml', 'George Brett');\" target=\"new\">George Brett<\/a> is my all time favorite baseball player.  Ever.  Period.  End of story.<\/p>\n<p>I grew up playing 3B in little league, and it was natural that I had to pick between Brett, Mike Schmidt, and (as a Braves fan) Bob Horner.  The choice was easy for me.  Not sure why, but I gravitated towards Brett and those early 80\u2019s KC teams.  What a great pick!  I think Brett is the only player to win a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_batting_champions\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_batting_champions', 'battle title');\" target=\"new\">battle title<\/a> in three different decades \u2013 1976 (.333), 1980 (.390), and 1990 (.329).  Amazing!<\/p>\n<p>Today is the 25th anniversary of the <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/mlb\/columns\/story?columnist=kurkjian_tim&id=3502239\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/mlb\/columns\/story?columnist=kurkjian_tim&amp;id=3502239', 'Pine Tar Game');\" target=\"new\">Pine Tar Game<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It was the famed Pine Tar Game \u2014 Royals against the Yankees \u2014 and Thursday marks its 25th anniversary. Brett says he can\u2019t count the number of times that he has seen the famous clip, but says \u201cI have the game on tape, I watch it once a year with my boys. They don\u2019t want to watch the whole game, they just like to watch the aftermath when the umpire calls me out. When I first saw the replay, I had no idea what I had done. I said, \u2018You\u2019ve got to be s\u2014\u2014- me. I did that in public?\u2019 [Former manager] Earl Weaver said he didn\u2019t know what he was doing when he went out to argue a call. I had no idea what I was doing. When I looked at the replay, I was pretty amazed that I\u2019d gotten that angry.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Great memories!<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Brett is my all time favorite baseball player. Ever. Period. End of story. I grew up playing 3B in little league, and it was natural that I had to pick between Brett, Mike Schmidt, and (as a Braves fan) Bob Horner. The choice was easy for me. Not sure why, but I gravitated towards &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/07\/24\/george-brett-pine-tar-game-greatest-3b-ever\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">George Brett.  Pine Tar Game.  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