With the recent mention of a Yankee player setting fire to his equipment, it reminded me of a similar situation the Dodgers did several seasons ago. (DConLA and dodgersfan might remember this) The team was in a terrible slump, and it prompted some (or all, I can't remember) players to put their equipment in a pile in the Dodgers bullpen and set in on fire. I was sitting in the stands before the gates opened waiting to go to work and saw the fire really start to build up. Luckily, the fire was put out before any structural damage could be done. My goodness, all those great items that could have landed in someone's collection. On a different note, a friend of mine was in the clubhouse and saw a Chan Ho Park jersey in the trash can that was headed for the landfills. He plucked it out and held onto it.

Does anyone else have any stories of teams disposing their equipment? Were there any happy endings of these items being rescued?

Kind Regards,

Ron.

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