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RedBean,
I for one am shocked that Carlos Lee won a silver slugger over Barry Bonds.
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No surprise, the award is given by Hillerich & Bradsby, the maker of Louisville Slugger bats......a brand Bonds shunned in favor of the Sam Bat.
They begrudgingly gave it to him from 2000-2004, during the best four season run ever, but never since....considering Bonds is an outspoken proponent of the Sam Bat, and at one point helped bail the owner of Sam Bat out of financial difficulty in order to keep him in business.
And since market share for ash bats in MLB has went from 100% to 48% in the last 10 years since Bonds began using maple and spreading the word.....I'm sure Louisville can't be too pleased.
And now you know...the rest of the story. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
