Pine Tar Incident
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The Pine Tar Incident was a famous 1983 Major League Baseball controversy in which Kansas City Royals star George Brett’s apparent go-ahead home run was nullified due to excessive pine tar on his bat, leading to a dramatic on-field protest and a later reversal of the ruling.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15731545 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Pine Tar Incident Context triple: [George Brett, notableFor, Pine Tar Incident]
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1919 Black Sox Scandal
The 1919 Black Sox Scandal was a notorious Major League Baseball game-fixing scheme in which several Chicago White Sox players conspired with gamblers to intentionally lose the World Series.
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B.
Babe Ruth’s alleged called shot in Game 3
Babe Ruth’s alleged called shot in Game 3 refers to the famous, debated moment in baseball history when Ruth appeared to point to center field before hitting a home run during the 1932 World Series.
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1978 Gator Bowl incident
The 1978 Gator Bowl incident was a notorious college football moment in which Ohio State coach Woody Hayes punched a Clemson player on the sideline, leading to his immediate dismissal and tarnishing his legendary career.
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Enos Slaughter’s Mad Dash
Enos Slaughter’s Mad Dash is the legendary baserunning play in which Slaughter scored from first base on a single to center field, securing the St. Louis Cardinals’ Game 7 victory in the 1946 World Series.
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E.
VA-OM match-fixing scandal
The VA-OM match-fixing scandal was a major French football corruption case in the early 1990s involving Olympique de Marseille’s manipulation of a league match to secure competitive advantage, leading to severe sporting and legal sanctions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pine Tar Incident Target entity description: The Pine Tar Incident was a famous 1983 Major League Baseball controversy in which Kansas City Royals star George Brett’s apparent go-ahead home run was nullified due to excessive pine tar on his bat, leading to a dramatic on-field protest and a later reversal of the ruling.
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A.
1919 Black Sox Scandal
The 1919 Black Sox Scandal was a notorious Major League Baseball game-fixing scheme in which several Chicago White Sox players conspired with gamblers to intentionally lose the World Series.
-
B.
Babe Ruth’s alleged called shot in Game 3
Babe Ruth’s alleged called shot in Game 3 refers to the famous, debated moment in baseball history when Ruth appeared to point to center field before hitting a home run during the 1932 World Series.
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C.
1978 Gator Bowl incident
The 1978 Gator Bowl incident was a notorious college football moment in which Ohio State coach Woody Hayes punched a Clemson player on the sideline, leading to his immediate dismissal and tarnishing his legendary career.
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D.
Enos Slaughter’s Mad Dash
Enos Slaughter’s Mad Dash is the legendary baserunning play in which Slaughter scored from first base on a single to center field, securing the St. Louis Cardinals’ Game 7 victory in the 1946 World Series.
-
E.
VA-OM match-fixing scandal
The VA-OM match-fixing scandal was a major French football corruption case in the early 1990s involving Olympique de Marseille’s manipulation of a league match to secure competitive advantage, leading to severe sporting and legal sanctions.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
George Brett