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Trout had already agreed to give Alberto — who attended the game with his wife and two children — three signed bats and two signed baseballs in exchange for the ball he crushed.

On the same day Corona Centennial was playing Mater Dei in football, the sounds of baseballs coming off aluminum bats could be heard from the Centennial batting cage.

It is hoped the sighting will help feed into a wider research programme to find out where these type of bats go.

“I’ve got every right to be here, buddy,” Hersh bats back to a displeased listener and you thrill to an era when breaking the news wasn’t chilled by caution.

On another occasion, Mr Ferns and a friend were attacked by two men wielding swords and bats while they sat in a van.