Twenty years ago, the Athletics made history when they won an absurd 20 games in a row, thanks in part to a legendary at-bat from Scott Hatteberg.
The first baseman hit the clinching home run to get the 20th win against the Royals. After that game on Sept. 4, 2002, a representative of the National Baseball Hall of Fame asked Hatteberg for the bat he used to hit the homer. But apparently, he didn’t want to give it up.
The A’s celebrated that 2002 team on Sunday during Oakland’s game against the Yankees. During the broadcast, Hatterberg told the backstory of the bat.