1994 Bat Burglary
The 1994 Cleveland Indians corked bat incident took place on July 15, 1994, at Guaranteed Rate Field, Comiskey Park in Chicago during a game between the 1994 Cleveland Indians season, Cleveland Indians and the 1994 Chicago White Sox season, Chicago White Sox. In the first inning, White Sox manager Gene Lamont was tipped off that Indians batter Albert Belle was using a Corked bat, corked baseball bat. Under the baseball rules, rules of Major League Baseball, a manager (baseball), manager may challenge one opponent's baseball bat per game. Lamont challenged Belle's bat with umpire (baseball), umpire Dave Phillips (umpire), Dave Phillips, who confiscated the bat and locked it in the umpires' dressing room. The theft The Indians, knowing the bat was indeed corked, dispatched relief pitcher Jason Grimsley to retrieve the bat. Grimsley took a bat belonging to Indians player Paul Sorrento and accessed the area above the false ceiling in the clubhouse and crawled across with a flashlight ...
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Guaranteed Rate Field
Guaranteed Rate Field is a baseball stadium located on the South Side, Chicago, South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It serves as the home stadium of the Chicago White Sox, one of the city's two Major League Baseball (MLB) teams, and is owned by the state of Illinois through the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority. Completed at a cost of US$137 million, the park opened as Comiskey Park on April 18, 1991 Chicago White Sox season, 1991, taking its name from the Comiskey Park, former ballpark at which the White Sox had played since 1910 Chicago White Sox season, 1910. Guaranteed Rate Field is situated just to the west of the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago's Armour Square, Chicago, Armour Square neighborhood, adjacent to the more famous neighborhood of Bridgeport, Chicago, Bridgeport. The stadium was built directly across 35th Street from the original Comiskey Park, which was demolished to make room for a parking lot for the new venue. The location of Old Comiskey's home p ...
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