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Hall of ShameA catalog of baseball's lasting mistakes

Player

Billy Martin

2 entries · 1974–1983

Rangers' Mike Hargrove punches a fan held down by teammate Alex Johnson during Ten-Cent Beer Night at Cleveland Stadium, June 4, 1974.
Promotions & Ballpark Events1974

Ten-Cent Beer Night

Cleveland sold beer for a dime, the limit collapsed, and the crowd stormed the field. The umpires forfeited the game to Texas.

Cleveland Indians · Texas Rangers

George Brett's pine-tar bat on display at the Henry Ford Museum in 2006, beside Mark McGwire's body armor. The photograph is of the bat years later, not the July 24, 1983 at-bat.
Rules & Quirks1983

The Pine Tar Game

George Brett's go-ahead homer was taken off the board because there was too much pine tar on the bat. The league president put the homer back.

Kansas City Royals · New York Yankees