[Defiant]

I also should add that I don't buy the notion that he did it for batting practice. You practice with the bat you use in a game. Had the league known he had an illegal bat in the dugout, it would have banned the bat, because the temptation is too great to use it in a key situation. I don't think he took the chance of an illegal bat just to hit homers in batting practice. Maybe he had it made special for the Home Run Derby, and then decided to keep using it.

[G.Mason]

"I also should add that I don't buy the notion that he did it for batting practice......"

I have to agree.

Besides the fact that as a professional, with years of experience,that kind of "error" just doesn't happen.