Sponsored Content SportsEngine, a brand from NBC Sports Next is the leading provider of Sport Relationship Management (SRM) software, empowering athletes, parents, coaches, and sports organization administrators with tools and services to manage their organizations and sports lives. Read SportsEngine stories Royals/Yankees Game Leads to George Brett’s Pine Tar Incident. May 13, 2021 | 0 minutes, 33 seconds read On this day, in 1983 Yankees manager Billy Martin, who had noticed a large amount of pine tar on Brett's bat, requested that the umpires inspect his bat. The umpires ruled that the amount of pine tar on the bat exceeded the amount allowed by rule, nullified Brett's home run, and called him out. July 24, 1983 Sport: Baseball Trivia sports in this article Baseball tags in this article Fan On This Day SportsEngine