Earlier this month, Grey Flannel Auctions made waves by listing a corked bat that was said to have been used by Mickey Mantle at some point during his 18-year career. On Monday, the auction house ...

Assuming the bat in question is one Mantle definitely used in games, it sure looks from the above photos like he corked in 1964. And though Mantle was trending downward by then, he was still ...

Kasarjian believes Sosa was using the corked bat to help with training and picked the wrong bat by mistake. Originally Published: June 5, 2003 at 12:12 AM CDT. Share this: ...

Allegations that Rose corked his bats are not new. In 2001, Rose’s long-time friend, Tommy Gioiosa, told Vanity Fair that Rose corked his bats in 1985 while playing with the Reds and chasing Ty ...

In June 2003, the world of baseball was shocked by the revelation that Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs, one of the game’s finest sluggers, had been caught using an illegal bat. So-called ...

Greenberg said he corked bats for “a couple of” Expos players, too, after he started working for the Expos as a visiting clubhouse manager in 1995. He would not identify those players.

The corked bat would soften the sting and protect your hands. I also used aluminum bats during batting practice, for the same reason. One day, I forgot to take the corked bats back to my clubhouse ...

Pete Rose was accused of using corked bats during his time with the Montreal Expos, a former groundskeeper at Olympic Stadium said in an interview last week. Joe Jammer, who worked with the Expos ...

Punishment for previous corked-bat incidents have ranged from seven- to 10-game suspensions. “That’s what’s so bad,” Harris said. “Pretty much we lost our best player.

Mickey Mantle’s legacy could have been tainted because of allegedly using a corked bat, but on Monday his family issued a statement to deny those rumors.Grey Flannel Auctions was set to aucti… ...

Sosa, one of 19 major-league players with at least 500 home runs, said he hoped fans will believe he didn't intend to use a corked bat. "That's why I'm here right now, to explain that it was a ...