Apparently former MLB pitcher Mike Remlinger is taking a page out of Lenny Dykstra’s manifesto on financial planning.  The Chicago Tribune reports that Remlinger, a former Chicago Cubs pitcher who retired in 2005, is auctioning off the barrel of Sammy Sosa’s corked bat from June 3, 2003.

Remlinger, who had been secretly holding onto the wooden shard since that memorable June night, says that he attempted contacting Sosa regarding his interest in the bat but never heard back from the former Cubs slugger or his agent.

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