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Teahen behind Kotsay’s bat burning

WTF? Has Ted Williams come back and asked another Mark if he’s ever smelled a bat burning?

Manager Ozzie Guillen likes the way his team has bonded through rough and good times, and Mark Kotsay’s bat burning before the White Sox’s players stretched Tuesday added some amusement before an 11-0 win over Seattle.

Kotsay, who is batting .221 and has hit into several line-drive outs, had two of his bats burned in a small fire pit in an effort to change his fortunes.

“That was (Mark) Teahen’s deal,” Kotsay said after Tuesday night’s game.
“I walked out and saw what was going on and obviously I wanted to find out what was going on, but I had nothing to do with it.”

Kotsay, a 13-year veteran, never recalled a bat burning to change a player’s luck.

“There are quirky things like changing your uniform or your undershirt or your shoes, but never burning bats,” said Kotsay, adding he has changed his routines in the past.

Repoz Posted: July 28, 2010 at 11:39 AM | 8 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. The Curly W Theory Posted: July 28, 2010 at 01:45 PM (#3601380)

This story makes it sound as if Kotsay did not know that Teahen took two of his bats and burned them. That seems like the sort of thing that could really piss off a teammate.

2. Petuniaviles Posted: July 28, 2010 at 04:38 PM (#3601590)

What if a player had slipped and fallen into the fire whilst jumping on home plate to avoid getting creampied by AJ Burnett? Talk about pissing off your teammates.

And bat-burning may be coming a little late for Mark Kotsay, considering he hasn't had a good season in 7 years.

3. snapper (history's 42nd greatest monster) Posted: July 28, 2010 at 04:51 PM (#3601600)

And bat-burning may be coming a little late for Mark Kotsay, considering he hasn't had a good season in 7 years.

Hell, burn 'em all, and his spike and glove too. Maybe he'll get the hint and retire.

4. rlc Posted: July 28, 2010 at 11:33 PM (#3602071)

Maybe he'll get the hint and retire.

They could try burning his cup.

While he's wearing it.

5. Phil Coorey. Posted: August 02, 2010 at 09:10 AM (#3605876)

Does he still have that hot wife?

6. Alex meets the threshold for granular review Posted: August 02, 2010 at 11:07 AM (#3605882)

getting creampied by AJ Burnett

I thought that was more Mike Piazza's thing.

7. Infinite Yost (Voxter)

Posted: August 02, 2010 at 11:57 AM (#3605888)

It seems to me that this is likely to be Kotsay's last season in the bigs.

Of course, I thought that in 2007, 2008, and 2009 as well.

8. Snowboy Posted: August 02, 2010 at 12:26 PM (#3605900)

I can't believe Kotsay never took the mound in the majors. I just checked his page, not even 1 mop-up inning.

He was a closer in college, Cal State Fullerton. He closed out the final two innings for their CWS win in 1995. He would play the OF and bat, and then they'd sub for him in the seventh inning stetch, he'd run over to the bullpen and start throwing heaters, then take the mound and close it out. He was the John Wayne-Ted Williams-Clint Eastwood-Rocky Marciano of college baseball.

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