Brian,
First of all, thank you for the time you put into answering queries from the forum memebers.
I am trying to trace the history of a game used bat I just acquired. It is a cupped end, blonde ash, 33.5 inch long, block-lettered Miguel Cabrera I13 bat. (Team name: Florida Marlins.)
I've never seen this bat type for Miguel Cabrera before. Is there any way to tell what year the bat is from? Or how many of these bats were made for Cabrera?
The interesting thing about the bat is that it appears very likely to have been used by Hanley Ramirez. (Cabrera's #24 on both ends was marked over with a marker/sharpie, and "H2R" was written below this on the knob end. Plus, it has Hanley's tape job on the handle.) I think there is a story behind this bat, even if it just a simple story of Hanley borrowing one of Cabrera's bats one day. Or maybe a young Hanley convinced a young Cabrera to try out the I13? Who knows? Do you have any guesses or insights?
Thank You,
Brandon
First of all, thank you for the time you put into answering queries from the forum memebers.
I am trying to trace the history of a game used bat I just acquired. It is a cupped end, blonde ash, 33.5 inch long, block-lettered Miguel Cabrera I13 bat. (Team name: Florida Marlins.)
I've never seen this bat type for Miguel Cabrera before. Is there any way to tell what year the bat is from? Or how many of these bats were made for Cabrera?
The interesting thing about the bat is that it appears very likely to have been used by Hanley Ramirez. (Cabrera's #24 on both ends was marked over with a marker/sharpie, and "H2R" was written below this on the knob end. Plus, it has Hanley's tape job on the handle.) I think there is a story behind this bat, even if it just a simple story of Hanley borrowing one of Cabrera's bats one day. Or maybe a young Hanley convinced a young Cabrera to try out the I13? Who knows? Do you have any guesses or insights?
Thank You,
Brandon
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