In September 1999, Sosa was traded to the Devil Rays after testing positive for steroids during the season. After the incident with the corked bat, Sosa's record brokeings were never mentioned again. He later pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was sentenced to one day of community service. The following month, Sosa was arrested in Florida on charges of assaulting an officer and resisting arrest with violence. The team issued a statement saying it was "extremely disappointed" that Sosa had acted improperly. In February 1999, Sosa agreed to a $20 million settlement with the White Sox after they discovered the bat was corked. He was charged with assault and battery for damaging his own bat, but it was found that he had not injured himself with it. In 1998, while playing for the Chicago White Sox, Sosa used a corked bat. Sosa is the only player to have hit 60 or more home runs three times and is a new member of the 500 club, but his legacy may be wrecked by a broken bat. The concern in question surrounded the size of Maldonado's bat barrel, which was over the maximum limit allowed after MLB enacted a rule change during the 2010-11 offseason.Devil Rays Perhaps baseball should put an asterisk next to Sammy Sosa's home run records. So Albert Pujols could use that bat but Maldonado, who began his major league career in 2011, was not legally able to use that bat." He also thought it was a way to honor the baseball legend, of course retiring with the close of the season, but here's the catch to it, guys: in 2010, Major League Baseball changed the bat specifications and that bat that Pujols modeled was no longer, except if you were playing prior to 2010 it was grandfathered. The barrel, he said, was slightly bigger. It was a model he obtained from Albert Pujols, and he used it because he thought it was very similar in size and weight to his own model. He found out from MLB today that the bat he used last night was not a legal bat. "Martin Maldonado is using a different bat today here in Game 2. He was informed by Major League Baseball that the bat he used in Game 1 was not a legal bat. Martín Maldonado reportedly used an illegal bat.Įarly in Saturday night's Game 2 of the World Series, FOX mentioned on air that Martin Maldonado has changed bats from Game 1 to Game 2.
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