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It is just like MLB where NOTHING else is allowed except the material the bat is made of. It is supposed to remain hollow.

I LOVE minor league baseball. I go to see the South Bend Silver Hawks a couple of times a summer at least. Free street parking, $5 tickets, and cheap food. Everybody hustles and wants to be there. They willingly give autographs and interact with fans. The game is still pure at that level.

Preach on Skip! Too bad he left the Trib, he was the only balance that they had for the Cubs Writers.

I would guess two of the bottom 3 listed pitchers Honel, Ring or Cotts.

As opposed to Sammy "camera hugger" Sosa?

No it isn't legal. But what they do with aluminum bats is pop the top off of the bat and put superballs (the high bounce balls) inside of it, and then reseal it. It gives the bat more of a trampoline affect.

When did you find out??? I have been saving the $500 for tickets, and was wondering if I needed to keep waiting or not.

I'll admit it, I went to bed at about 9:30 after the 4th inning. Did people actually stick with it and watch that mess last night?

Here's something interesting from Yahoo.

If anyone else out there entered the all star ticket lottery, has anyone else heard if they got tickets or not? I am still waiting and wondering.

Hey Texsox that is the third time you have picked Maggs already this week. You need to pick someone else! You can only pick a particular player twice in one week between Monday and Sunday.

Or better yet does anyone honestly believe that in the 3 innings between the incident and MLB asking for his bats, that anything illegal would still be there? Hell no, SOMEONE would have cleaned that out, and stuck them in some closet somewhere. That examination proves nothing.

With his solo HR and BB gives him 7 points. Picked by Abozichu, TexSox, WinningUgly, and Steff.

So how do we blow the game today? Does Danny Wright get lit up? No offense against a no name pitcher? Fielding issues? Baserunning blunders?

Yeah Sammy has been treated SOOO badly as a minority over the course of his career STFU JOSE!!!

PHOENIX -- Mark Grace brought his own corked bat to Arizona's game against the White Sox on Wednesday night. Sammy Sosa's longtime teammate with the Cubs is having a lot of fun with the issue, and not showing much sympathy. After batting practice Wednesday, Grace brought a bat back from the cage and proudly showed it to teammates and in the Arizona Diamondbacks' dugout. Atop the bat was a roll of tape around a long cork. The tip of the cork stuck out like the top of a champagne bottle. "Hey guys," Grace said. "This is my bat. I didn't know it was corked, I didn't know it was corked." He placed it in the bat rack and walked into the clubhouse as Arizona prepared to play the White Sox. Copyright © 2003, The Chicago Tribune

There is no LIST, that would be to organized. The winds of change blow much more randomly than that...

We wouldn't want to disrupt this wonderful team chemistry that we have

Couldn't have happened to a more overblown, overrated, and conceited asswipe. Put "*" by all his HoF stats now..... especially the power numbers. Who knows when he cheated or how often. Sammy's got a better attitude than most other athletes that are as popular as he is. I bet you think Michael Jordan is some sort of role model to, don't ya? Wait til Sammy retires, and they give him the Kirby Puckett treatment. After the Chicago media even dug up dirt on Michael Jordan, you know they will do it to anyone.

Nice posts Yas. You see the game the same way that I do. And yes there are guys on the Sox, and who have been on the Sox, who I can't stand because of the way they approach the game.

Gaylord Perry is in the HOF, there is nothing more that needs to be said.

wow from the grain pits to the army. Good luck man. We'll all be pullin for ya!

Hey Bev, which floor do you work on? I was a clerk at the CBOE for 3 years, and now work for a futures company.

How many different ways are there to say we suck? OH gee we could talk about who needs to be fired again? Or how bad someone does or doesn't suck? This team sucks, there is nothing more to talk about that hasn't been beaten into the ground already.