He avoided suspension, maybe due in part to his claim that a fan gave him the bat and he said that while it wasn’t a bat he ever used before, he picked it up by mistake in that game against the Tigers. Nettles stayed in the game and flew out to center in his last at-bat. The Yankees went on to win the game 1-0, owing their lone run to Nettles, who had hit a solo homer earlier in the second inning, perhaps with the same bat. The umpire took away Nettles’ single and removed the bat from the game. Explosive evidence revealed a doctored bat, stuffed with what appeared to be rubber balls and cork. While with the Yankees, Graig Nettles had a bat shatter on a bloop hit on Septemleading off the fifth inning of a game against Detroit. Rule 6.06 (d) Comment: A batter shall be deemed to have used or attempted to use an illegal bat if he brings such a bat into the batter’s box. In addition to being called out, the player shall be ejected from the game and may be subject to additional penalties as determined by his league president. No advancement on the bases will be allowed and any out or outs made during a play shall stand. This includes bats that are filled, flat-surfaced, nailed, hollowed, grooved or covered with a substance such as paraffin, wax, etc. (d) He uses or attempts to use a bat that, in the umpire’s judgment, has been altered or tampered with in such a way as to improve the distance factor or cause an unusual reaction on the baseball. The current rule states that the batter is out, and ejected, for using an altered bat.Ħ.06 A batter is out for illegal action when: That changed with the stronger wording to the rulebook in the mid-1970s, championed by former American League President Dr. Any hits before umpires discovered tampering still counted and the player stayed in the game. Until 1975, incidents like Rosen’s simply resulted in the bat’s removal from the game. That statistical falloff also drew attention to his struggles after losing his ‘doctored’ bat, casting a cloud of suspicion over his ’53 season. Injuries definitely shortened Rosen’s career and hampered his batting statistics from the middle of 1954 until he retired following the 1956 season. His 1954 season had started just as well, but in mid-May he was caught using a bat end-loaded with nails. That strategy seemed to help players like Cleveland’s Al Rosen, who may have used one when he posted a. The hope was that the additional weight at the end of the bat would provide more power at impact. In the early 1900s, some players drove nails into the ends of their bats and then covered the evidence with varnish. “Doctored” bats have long been a part of baseball.
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