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indyred
03-04-2008, 12:44 PM
I was checking out some of those 1/1 game used bat barrell cards that the card companies are now doing. Not a big fan of game used bat cards, but the barrel label one's like these are really cool from ultra high end products. At least you know they are from said player's lumber. Couple of these I have questions on.
What bat brand it this Matsui from?
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg88/pnft17/a422_1.jpg
This Ortiz?
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg88/pnft17/931d_1.jpg
This Manny?
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg88/pnft17/bc33_1_sbl.jpg
This Arod just sold for $1,800. Is this a Louisville Slugger from early days, pre sig on the bat? When did he start getting sig model.
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg88/pnft17/0f6c_12.jpg
This Mantle LS sold for huge money.
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg88/pnft17/591b_1.jpg
A few other's I have found pics of. Bonds looks like his Sam bat and Ichiro regular MP style bat. I believe they make these in fold out type cards. I've never seen one in person.
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg88/pnft17/acdf_1.jpg
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg88/pnft17/bffc_1_sbl.jpg

kylehess10
03-04-2008, 01:36 PM
The bat brand from Matsui's card is X-Bat I believe

chakes89
03-04-2008, 01:43 PM
David Ortiz looks like a Cooper

staindsox
03-04-2008, 02:00 PM
I agree with both the Matsui being an Xbat (Model 27?) and the Ortiz looks like Cooper script. The A-Rod looks like a Rawlings to me. Mantle is a Louisville. Bonds looks like a Sam bat. Both Ichiro bats are Mizuno, I think. Those are all my guesses.

Chris

BULBUS
03-04-2008, 02:07 PM
The AROD looks like a Rawlings, with RANGERS under his name. Probably a BP bat.

suave1477
03-04-2008, 02:09 PM
I would definitely say the Matsui is a XBAT
The AROD does look like a Rawlings
David Ortiz does look like a cooper

Out of curiousity just from passed discussions has anyone ever seen Matsui use an XBAT or for that fact anything other then a Mizuno?

suave1477
03-04-2008, 02:36 PM
I looked into Getty pictures and every Matsui picture shows Matsui using a Blonde Mizuno the only time he used a black bat was Mizunos for Batting Practice and to further shows his bat of preference is Mizuno here are pictures from Matsui's museum of Game Used bats as you can see they are all Mizuno


http://cache2.gettyimages.com/xc/56356693.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=AAAB1D3D22B8F28C85D9F6ADC99C2B81284831B75F48EF45

chakes89
03-04-2008, 02:37 PM
Maybe they screwed up and used a Kaz Matsui bat

suave1477
03-04-2008, 03:53 PM
Chakes your probably right the only poblem is I bet you any amount of money that the person who won those if they were on ebay or somewhere similar, probably paid high money on getting a preimum game used card think it was Hideki and instead got Kaz.


SEE ITS ALL ABOUT DOING YOUR HOMEWORK EVEN THE CARD COMPANIES GET IT WRONG.:eek:

bubbrubb25
03-04-2008, 04:06 PM
Chakes your probably right the only poblem is I bet you any amount of money that the person who won those if they were on ebay or somewhere similar, probably paid high money on getting a preimum game used card think it was Hideki and instead got Kaz.


SEE ITS ALL ABOUT DOING YOUR HOMEWORK EVEN THE CARD COMPANIES GET IT WRONG.:eek:
Did Kaz Matsui used X-Bats? I thought he only used Nike bats? Just from what I observed I only saw Nike bats.

staindsox
03-04-2008, 05:02 PM
I doubt it was a Kaz bat. I think Xbats sends out lots of freebies to players as samples and the player either gives them away or they are only used in spring training or BP only. For the money, you would think you're getting a "game used" bat, not a BP or S/T bat.

Chris

suave1477
03-04-2008, 05:14 PM
I doubt it was a Kaz bat. I think Xbats sends out lots of freebies to players as samples and the player either gives them away or they are only used in spring training or BP only. For the money, you would think you're getting a "game used" bat, not a BP or S/T bat.

Chris

Hell Chris your assuming your getting a BP or a St Bat!!!

Remember from all the pics I found all bats Hideki Matsui used was a Blonde Mizuno for regular games and Black for Batting practice.
Also asian players normally stick to what the like and very rarily differ. Especially Mizuno being an asian company with an asian player I am sure they run a tight ship to make sure there players only use there bats while under contract.

I am not saying it is not possible that Hideki couldn't have used it but unlikely even to test it out, Which brings up my point who says this bat is used at all?????

staindsox
03-04-2008, 05:44 PM
Yep, I think it is a very safe bet with that company. They send out lots of samples that never see game play. For example, I have 14 different Joe Mauer bats and two of them are Xbats. I'm not sure he has ever even swung an Xbat during the regular season. He has also swung Sambats, Ironwood, Carolina Clubs, D Bats, and possibly BWP...none in the regular season. There is ONE photo of him in Getty swinging a Maxbat in July 2005 and that's it. 99.99% of the time it's a natural Rawlings for him. That doesn't mean he never swung an Xbat. Just because you can't find a photo of it in Getty doesn't mean he didn't swing one in February BP, especially since there's a ton of BP sessions and S/T action that isn't photographed, let alone ending up on Getty. It's certainly 100 times more likely than it being Kaz's bat, which noone can find of photo of either.

Chris

staindsox
03-04-2008, 05:45 PM
And I agree with you...it could be very possible that it was never used in the first place. Players give away a lot of the sample bats.

kingjammy24
03-04-2008, 06:45 PM
This Arod just sold for $1,800.


nice. buy a bat sliver card for $1800 or the whole damn bat for $1300.
http://www.digitalfm.com/gameusedbats/itemDetail.cfm?sku=3595

art jaffe sold a black 2003 ARod rawlings gamer for $800. someone could've bought the entire bat and still had $1k left over for dinner.

rudy.

indyred
03-04-2008, 06:56 PM
I still think some hard core card collector's have no idea they can buy complete game used stuff cheaper than what they pay for high end game used cards/patch cards. I do like the bat barrel cards much better than when they just have a plain piece of wood on card. Yep, I agree the Arod looks like a Rawlings. Must be some Manny experts who can figure out what that is from. I was searching on you tube and came across the Mantle bat card video. I guess it sold for over 4 grand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u6YIGa5JFc