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Joseph Salvador

Former A’s Player Explains Giving Wrong Bat to Hall of Fame in 2002

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Twenty years ago, the Athletics made history when they won an absurd 20 games in a row, thanks in part to a legendary at-bat from Scott Hatteberg.

The first baseman hit the clinching home run to get the 20th win against the Royals. After that game on Sept. 4, 2002, a representative of the National Baseball Hall of Fame asked Hatteberg for the bat he used to hit the homer. But apparently, he didn’t want to give it up.

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