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Mark Kotsay mentioned a few weeks ago that he was retiring at the end of the season.
After striking out against SF's Barry Zito to end the top half of the 8th inning of the final game of the season, Kotsay laid his bat, helmet, and batting gloves on home plate and walked back to the dugout. He was replaced on defense for the bottom of the 8th.
Was that some sort of symbolic thing he did, or is that standard for a player to drop his gear at home plate and make the bat-boy carry it back to the dugout, even if he's heading to the dugout himself?
After striking out against SF's Barry Zito to end the top half of the 8th inning of the final game of the season, Kotsay laid his bat, helmet, and batting gloves on home plate and walked back to the dugout. He was replaced on defense for the bottom of the 8th.
Was that some sort of symbolic thing he did, or is that standard for a player to drop his gear at home plate and make the bat-boy carry it back to the dugout, even if he's heading to the dugout himself?
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