Quote Originally Posted by Eric View Post
I respectfully disagree-

Kittle was a rookie of the year. It's possible he held a charity event and asked teams to donate items and that's what he was given.

Could the Phillies have given some sort of 1983 salesman's sample?

We know from experience here on the forum, that many times star items were given to charity events by legit sources but never saw the field. I don't necessarily discount the story, but the evidence suggests it wasn't actually a gamer.
Kittle has worked to obtain baseball items for charity.
Barry Bonds doesn't like sick children:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2081489