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Video: Jason Grimsley and Others Tell the Story of Stealing Albert Belle's Corked Bat in Chicago

By Vince Grzegorek on Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 9:42 am

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Fox Sports sat down with the man at the center of the Batgate caper to retrieve Albert Belle's corked from the umpire's room at Comiskey 20 years ago, Jason Grimsley, as well as umpire Dave Phillips, who worked the game, and others. Yeah, we can never get enough of this story.

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