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Old Fri Oct 31, 2008, 04:44pm
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Originally Posted by refbuz View Post
You know that the Royals protested and had that call overturned, right? The Home Run counted and they won the game.
Brett's bat did violate the rule. But the AL President ruled that the bat didn't violate the "spirit of the rule."

The Royals did win, but they did have to play from the point of protest weeks later to complete the game. It was a big ol' mess.
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