In plaats van de verplichte solide houten knuppel gebruikte Sosa een slaghout met een kurkvulling. Het bedrog kwam uit bij een honkslag. De knuppel brak en gaf zijn binnenwerk prijs. "Het is een vergissing. Dit is het materiaal dat ik in de training gebruik", toonde Sosa berouw.
De man die in 1998 lange tijd concurreerde met Mark McGwire over het grootste aantal homeruns, is onmiddellijk geschorst en dient waarschijnlijk zes tot tien wedstrijden aan de kant te blijven. Sosa heeft in zijn loopbaan 505 homeruns geslagen. Hij is de vijfde speler in 26 jaar die met illegaal materiaal is betrapt.
houdt er rekening mee dat de spelers meestal niet zelf voor hun knuppels zorgen maar gewoon knuppels krijgen aangereikt als ze gaan slaan.
quote:Wat is dan het nut om in de training te gaan slaan met een knuppel met kurk erin? Zodat je dus verder slaat...
Op woensdag 4 juni 2003 14:47 schreef nevetS het volgende:
Het kan best een vergissing zijn,houdt er rekening mee dat de spelers meestal niet zelf voor hun knuppels zorgen maar gewoon knuppels krijgen aangereikt als ze gaan slaan.
quote:Ahh nu zie ik het ook op MLB.com
Op woensdag 4 juni 2003 14:53 schreef Atrimar het volgende:
bron: Nu.nl ...
Sosa ejected for corked bat
By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
CHICAGO -- Sammy Sosa says it was a mistake. Now it's up to Major League Baseball to decide the penalty and for fans to decide whether to continue to back the Chicago Cubs slugger, who was caught using a corked bat on Tuesday.
Sosa was ejected in the first inning of Tuesday night's game between the Chicago Cubs and Tampa Bay Devil Rays by home plate umpire Tim McClelland because he had cork in his bat.
"What happened today was something that was never meant to happen," Sosa said. "I just took the wrong bat."
The Cubs had runners at second and third with one out when Sosa grounded out to second base, driving in a run. His bat split upon impact and Devil Rays catcher Toby Hall picked up half and tossed it toward McClelland.
"I turned it over and there was a half dollar-sized piece of cork in the bat, halfway up the barrel," McClelland said. "I felt it and it was cork."
McClelland called the other three umpires over to examine it.
"I wanted to make sure the crew knew it was cork," McClelland said. "We all agreed it was cork."
The umpires then showed the bat fragment to Cubs manager Dusty Baker.
"The first thing that went out of my mouth was 'Oh, no.' That's it," Baker said. "There's not a whole bunch to say. Just wait for the league office (to rule)."
Third base umpire Lance Barksdale took the tainted bat into the umpires' room. The runners were sent back to the bases and Sosa was thrown out of the game.
"It's a bat I used in batting practice," Sosa said. "I don't use that in the game. It's something that I take the blame for. It was a mistake, I know that. I feel sorry. I apologize to everybody. I'm embarrassed. I take the blame for it."
Sosa, who did not argue McClelland's call, was declared out, violating rule 6.06(d), which states a runner is out when "he uses or attempts to use a bat that, in the umpire's judgement, has been altered or tampered with in such a way to improve the distance factor or cause an unusual reaction on the baseball." That includes bats that are "filled, flat-surfaced, nailed, hollowed, grooved."
Why would Sosa have such a bat to begin with?
"Batting practice, just to put on a show for the fans," he said. "I like to make people happy and I do that in batting practice."
So how did it get in the rack of game day bats?
"I was just trying to get ready for the game," Sosa said, "and I just picked the wrong bat."
Major League Baseball security confiscated all of Sosa's bats Tuesday.
"They took all of them. All of them," Sosa said.
"The way I heard the clubhouse was surrounded, you would think they were looking for the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list guys," Baker said.
This was all new to Baker.
"I've never seen a corked bat," Baker said. "I've been in baseball 30-something years and I have never seen a corked bat. I've heard guys corking bats. I've heard a lot of things but I have not seen it."
Sosa, who became the 18th member of the 500 club on April 4 when he hit his 500th home run and first of the season, entered the game batting .285 and was 2-for-15 in three games since being activated from the disabled list. He missed three weeks after having his right big toenail removed May 10.
"I just hope this event, whatever it was, doesn't tarnish his career and take away what Sammy Sosa has done for baseball and for Chicago," Baker said.
"I understand that it's hard right now," Sosa said of his fans' reaction. "I apologize. That's the only thing I can say from the bottom of my heart. I guarantee you I never used anything illegal. I just said I picked the wrong bat. That's it."
"Sammy's sad about it," teammate Lenny Harris said. "He came in here and thought he let everybody down. The guy's got like four or five hundred bats in his locker so he pulls one out and unfortunately it was that one. He admitted he made a mistake and he's going to have to put up with what needs to be done."
The last Major League player ejected for a corked bat was Wilton Guerrero, whose bat shattered in a game June 1, 1997, when he was a rookie with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He received an eight-game suspension and $1,000 fine.
Albert Belle's bat was confiscated July 15, 1994, when Gene Lamont, then the Chicago White Sox manager, was tipped off and alerted the umpires. Belle, then a member of the Cleveland Indians, received a 10-game suspension, which was reduced to seven upon appeal. He was not caught using the bat.
Houston's Billy Hatcher was ejected from a Sept. 1, 1987, game against the Cubs when the barrel of his bat split, revealing it had been corked. Hatcher said he was unaware it had been corked and had borrowed the bat from pitcher Dave Smith. Hatcher was suspended for 10 days.
Ironically, Hatcher watched Tuesday's incident from the Devil Rays dugout. The Rays' first base coach, Hatcher was asked to comment on Tuesday night's episode with Sosa, but declined.
"It's totally different," Hatcher said. "You've got to talk to Sammy about that."
Sosa, 34, has hit 292 home runs over the last five years and is the only player in big league history to have three 60-homer seasons.
Baker hoped the Cubs could put it behind them.
"We're not gong to keep talking about it, we're not going to dwell on it," Baker said. "We have no choice. We still have to go play. These games still count."
By the way, the Cubs beat the Devil Rays 3-2 Tuesday night.
quote:Dan ga je je toch afvragen of al die homeruns niet ook met een gelijke knuppel geslagen zijn
Op woensdag 4 juni 2003 16:39 schreef SpankSpankeronie het volgende:
ja Sammy das niet zo slim kurk gebruiken,daar gaat je goeie reputatie
quote:een met kurk gevulde knuppel is lichter dan een legaal slaghout
Op woensdag 4 juni 2003 16:46 schreef MarkzMan_X het volgende:
Wat is er zo speciaal aan een kurken knuppel?Kan je daar zo ver mee slaan dan?
[Dit bericht is gewijzigd door SpankSpankeronie op 04-06-2003 21:50]
quote:vanaf heden na iedere homerun verplicht je knuppel in twee stukken zagen voor kurkcontrole
Op woensdag 4 juni 2003 16:50 schreef ShaoliN het volgende:[..]
Dan ga je je toch afvragen of al die homeruns niet ook met een gelijke knuppel geslagen zijn
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quote:Rocketscientists
"I wanted to make sure the crew knew it was cork," McClelland said. "We all agreed it was cork."
quote:en natuurlijk of het niet de eerste keer is voor Sosa.
Op woensdag 4 juni 2003 18:21 schreef Almighty het volgende:
Behoorlijk zielig voor een gast als Sosa. Ga je toch afvragen of er nog anderen zijn ( Barry Bonds) die ook zo'n knuppel hebben?
Blijft een raar volk.
quote:
Op woensdag 4 juni 2003 20:48 schreef tong80 het volgende:
Je mag in Amerika geen kurk in je knuppel, maar wel anabolen in je lijf.Blijft een raar volk.
Sport is soms raar
quote:en meteen duikt de naam Bonds weer op
Op woensdag 4 juni 2003 18:21 schreef Almighty het volgende:
Behoorlijk zielig voor een gast als Sosa. Ga je toch afvragen of er nog anderen zijn ( Barry Bonds) die ook zo'n knuppel hebben?
ESPN heeft op Page 2 een mooi lijstje staan met Biggest cheaters in baseball
[Dit bericht is gewijzigd door SpankSpankeronie op 04-06-2003 21:56]
quote:laat er nou vanaf dit seizoen gecontroleerd worden op het gebruik van steroids in de MLB
Op woensdag 4 juni 2003 20:48 schreef tong80 het volgende:
Je mag in Amerika geen kurk in je knuppel, maar wel anabolen in je lijf.Blijft een raar volk.
quote:Maar word je ook gestraft bij gebruik ?
Op woensdag 4 juni 2003 21:47 schreef SpankSpankeronie het volgende:[..]
laat er nou vanaf dit seizoen gecontroleerd worden op het gebruik van steroids in de MLB
quote:nee ze geven je dan een vette beloning
Op woensdag 4 juni 2003 21:57 schreef tong80 het volgende:[..]
Maar word je ook gestraft bij gebruik ?
er is tot nu toe nog niemand betrapt dus daar kan ik geen uitspraken over doen
ik denk ook niet dat er dit seizoen nog iemand betrapt zal worden,een corked bat levert al genoeg negatieve publiciteit op
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