14:14 8 November 2016
SNAPSHOT: Tigers sells used baseball equipment
DETROIT, United States, Nov. 8, Kyodo
The Detroit Tigers held a sale of used baseball equipment, such as portable water tanks placed at the bench during games and rosin bags.
Around 90 percent of used bats were sold out in 1 hour after the start of the sale, while the most expensive item was a circular mat for a batter on deck, priced at $1,600, or around 166,400 yen.
Equipment for sale also included chairs used by players in locker rooms and impact absorbing pads in outfield fences.
==Kyodo