PHOENIX -- Mark Grace brought his own corked bat to Arizona's game against the White Sox on Wednesday night.
Sammy Sosa's longtime teammate with the Cubs is having a lot of fun with the issue, and not showing much sympathy.
After batting practice Wednesday, Grace brought a bat back from the cage and proudly showed it to teammates and in the Arizona Diamondbacks' dugout.
Atop the bat was a roll of tape around a long cork. The tip of the cork stuck out like the top of a champagne bottle.
"Hey guys," Grace said. "This is my bat. I didn't know it was corked, I didn't know it was corked."
He placed it in the bat rack and walked into the clubhouse as Arizona prepared to play the White Sox.
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