On Thursday, Szczur took batting practice, so he had at least one bat remaining. Manager Joe Maddon recalled a game when all the players on the team decided to share.
"The one time with the Angels we were going badly, and the guys decided to use the same bat for the first time through the batting order," Maddon said. "Orlando Palmeiro was the first hitter, and he gets called out on strikes and drops the bat on home plate. And the home-plate umpire threw him out of the game, thinking he was trying to show him up.
"We're [saying] 'No, no, no,' and we had to explain he was leaving it for the next guy," Maddon said.