What Do I Have????

[suave1477]

Heres one that I thought I figured out but the more I look at it I get more stumped.

I picked up a Yankees Game Used bat of Chad Moeller with Steiner LOA
(so we know it comes directly from the Yankees)
It has the Team name on the bat "Washington Nationals"

Obvious carry over bat from his time with the Nationals

But here is what stumped me.

THE KNOB
You can see it has #58 on it which has been scribbled off
(Chad Moellers number from the Nationals)

But written under it is "MOE" & the number "2"

My first thoughts was possibly that Morgan Ensberg used the bat hence the "MOE" which could of been short for Morgan
but it also has "2" which could be JETER???

But then I started thinking again and thought maybe the "MOE" was for MOE-LLER
But then why the "2"????

SO TELL ME FOLKS WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS WHAT DO I REALLY HAVE????:rolleyes:

[godwulf]

When did Moeller play for the Nationals? I've got him playing for L.A. in '07, using the number 47, and then to the Yankees, where he wore 19. Was he a ST invitee with the Nats in '08, or something like that?

[godwulf]

Okay, I can answer my own question, now that I've done the research. :rolleyes:

It looks like he went from ST with the Nats to a Minor League contract with the Yankees...so you're going to have to find out what number he wore in ST with the Nats, but also what his Minor League number(s) was/were when he got to the Yankees organization, which is almost certainly going to be different from the number he wore with the big team.

[suave1477]

Godwulf as I mentioned he was #58 with the Nats which was written in marker on the knob but the scribbled off with marker.

[godwulf]

Might he have worn '2' when he played for Scranton?

[kylehess10]

Might he have worn '2' when he played for Scranton?


Moeller wore "28" for Scranton:


http://cgi.ebay.com/Game-used-CHAD-MOELLER-JEFF-KARSTENS-AAA-Yankees-jersey_W0QQitemZ170286073594QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_ DefaultDomain_0?hash=item170286073594&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1209%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C 240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

[suave1477]

Kylehess thanks for that.

Now it just stumps me even more.

WHO IS "MOE"
WHO DOES NUMBER "2" WORK FOR?????
:D :D

[godwulf]

It's elementary. He meant to change the '58' to a '28' by marking out the '5' and just got carried away. Then he thought, screw it, and just wrote his name on the knob.

[cohibasmoker]

Maybe the "2" on the knob means that its his back-up bat?

Jim

[pjbmd]

Chad seems to write moe on his equipment
he gave my son a pair of nike batting gloves when he played against the LV Iron Pigs
the gloves are not personlaized by nike, but have moe written rather nondesciptly on them
i noticed he was using a blond LS C271 with his name and New York Yankees during that series
pjb

[GameBats]

32oz ?

[godwulf]

Could you post a photo of the knob?

[TNTtoys]

Jason

I have a bat with a big "H" on the knob... I think it was applied there during preparation for game use. I call it "Preparation H"

Sheesh... I can't believe nobody picked up on your Austin Powers reference...

Nick

[suave1477]

TNT yeah i was a bit surprised no one picked up on it oh well:rolleyes:

[kylehess10]

Jason- I'm just now getting your e-mail with the pic of the knob that you wanted me to post because it for some reason was sent directly to my junk folder. I'm sorry for the delay, but for everyone who wanted to see a pic of the knob of this Moeller bat, here it is:

[suave1477]

so Any More Thoughts To What I Have??????

[BULBUS]

It looks like the 2 was written on the bat at the same time the 58 was written. The marker used is the same thickness and color. 2 is probably a reference number for maybe the weight of the bat, 3"2" ounces.

After he joined the Yanks, he took his bats and crossed out the 58 and wrote his name "MOE" not knowing what number he was going to be. The maker used to cross out the 58 and write MOE look to be the same.

Just my theory though.