Olbermann cites 1983 'pine tar' game overturned by Lee MacPhail

"(Keith) Olbermann noted that American League president Lee MacPhail overturned an umpire’s call

• in the 1983 George Brett "pine tar" incident.

There also is precedence for a participant in a game to vacate an unfairly earned victory, as in the 1940 "fifth down" game between Cornell and Dartmouth....

• Olbermann was joined by documentarian Ken Burns, who predicted Galarraga eventually will receive his just due.

"Baseball, as you know, works in glacial ways, and, eventually, this will get together," he said."...

• from Houston Chronicle, "Galaragga saga brings reaction," D. Barron, 6/4, via RadioDailyNews

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