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The Pine Tar Game Still A Sticky Subject

Cheating in baseball nowadays usually means performance enhancing drugs or even front office hacking. Back in 1983, however, the sport had one of its strangest and most memorable days when encroaching pine tar nullified a game-winning home run — at least temporarily.

The scene was Yankee Stadium, and our guest was there covering the game. Now a longtime columnist for the New York Daily News, Filip Bondy covers the wacky scene in the Bronx and the weeks-long legal battle that followed in his new book The Pine Tar Game: The Kansas City Royals, The New York Yankees, And Baseball’s Most Absurd and Entertaining Controversy.

A lifelong resident of the Capital Region, Ian joined WAMC in late 2008 and became news director in 2013. He began working on Morning Edition and has produced The Capitol Connection, Congressional Corner, and several other WAMC programs. Ian can also be heard as the host of the WAMC News Podcast and on The Roundtable and various newscasts. Ian holds a BA in English and journalism and an MA in English, both from the University at Albany, where he has taught journalism since 2013.
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