2023 1 March 28, 2006^10:00pm Jaydawg^7 A's visiting clubhouse manager Mike Thalblum jumped onto the bus for Tucson without loading an important bit of equipment: THE BATS www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/28/SPGTLHUV0D1.DTL A's [Other] 1660 2801 0 Oops!!!!!!!!! You may not always need hats for bats, but the players sure can't do without the most important piece of equipment in baseball. Thalblum must have had a hangover from the night before.