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Amazingly, it's been 25 years since the Pine Tar incident. (AP Images)

Want to feel old? Then start remembering George Brett, the Kansas City Royals great who banged out more than 3,000 hits, a MVP award and a World Series.

Now, remember his most famous moment - the pine tar meltdown at Yankee Stadium.

That, folks, was twenty five years ago! If you're not 100% familiar with the situation, allow the good people at Wikipedia to teach you:

"Brett had injuries on-and-off for the next four years, during which occurred the most notable event in his career, the notorious "Pine Tar Incident". On July 24, 1983, the Royals were playing the Yankees at Yankee Stadium. In the top of the ninth inning, Brett came up to bat against Goose Gossage, his old rival. Brett hit a two-run homer to put the Royals up 5-4. After Brett rounded the bases, Yankees manager Billy Martin calmly walked out of the dugout and the umpires used home plate to measure the amount of pine tar, a legal substance used by hitters to improve their grip, on Brett's bat. Martin cited an obscure rule that stated the pine tar on a bat could extend no further than 18 inches. Brett's pine tar extended about 24 inches. Earlier in the season, the Yankees had noted Brett's habit of adding pine tar further than the allowed 18 inches, but waited until a crucial time to point it out to the umpires."

That led to the following famous call by WPIX sportscaster Frank Messer:

"Look at this! He is out, and having to be forcibly restrained from hitting plate umpire Tim McClelland. And the Yankees have won the ball game 4 to 3!"

Tonight, Brett's Kansas City Royals will take on the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in MLB action. Get all your MLB baseball betting odds in the Bodog Sportsbook today!