""It was just something that we noticed this series and asked the league about," Boone told reporters after the game. "You're not allowed to do anything to your bat. I'm not saying he was. I just ... we noticed and the league thought it maybe was illegal too. "The discoloration was on the label, like. I don't know if it was just natural or if it was sand ... I don't know. I don't want to accuse Taylor. I'm not saying anything untoward or whatever.""
""To be honest, I have no idea how you shave down a bat. I don't know what it is," Trammell told reporters in a postgame interview. "My biggest problem is, I feel kind of defensive right now, more so (it is) testing my character of, like, I'm going to willingly do that. I'm kind of lost on that thing. I think if anybody knows me, knows that I'm never going to cheat any turns or anything like that. I have no idea. That's baffling to me that it was even checked. They didn't like it. Sorry.""
The Yankees defeated the Astros 8-4, with the ninth inning delayed when umpires confiscated Taylor Trammell's bat after an equipment inspection request following a double. Home plate umpire Adrian Johnson consulted the replay office and handed the bat to an official near home plate before play resumed. Discoloration on the bat's label raised league concern about potential illegality. Trammell expressed confusion and defensiveness, denying knowledge of shaving the bat and asserting he would not alter equipment to gain advantage. Trammell also expressed surprise that the Yankees pursued the inspection given his recent time with the team.
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