Josh Hamilton Bat

[Nnunnari]

Anybody been watching the Angels/Rangers series? I noticed Hamilton using what looks like a vintage H&B Louisville. Anybody got any info on this?

Nick

[Fnazxc0114]

Re: Josh Hamilton Bat

he has been using natural LS most of the season with the old hiclkory's thrown in from what i have noticed.

[BMH]

Re: Josh Hamilton Bat

What do you mean by vintage? We've switched his bats from burn brand to foil brand to hopefully stop the cracking through the center brand.

[cjclong]

Re: Josh Hamilton Bat

Is the Louisville Slugger he is using this year the same model that he used in the home run derby last year?

[BMH]

Re: Josh Hamilton Bat

Yes, the C353

[Nnunnari]

Re: Josh Hamilton Bat

I paused the game during a close-up of him at bat Saturday and he was swinging what appeared to be a vintage H&B bat. It had the Hillerich & Bradsby center brand, I couldn't make out the signature on the barrel. There was only "Genuine" stamped above the signature.
I can't find a picture of him from saturday or sunday, but if you watch this sac fly video, he's swinging it.

http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=4608055&c_id=mlb

[Nnunnari]

Re: Josh Hamilton Bat

AP
2009-05-16

[shoremen44]

Re: Josh Hamilton Bat

Looks like an old H&B logo to me... I didnt watch the whole game to see if there was a closer look... but this look is pretty good.

gotta love MLB TV

[shoremen44]

Re: Josh Hamilton Bat

here's some more looks

[cordovacollector]

Re: Josh Hamilton Bat

Fascinating!

[yanks12025]

Re: Josh Hamilton Bat

Looks like that bat dates from the late 1960's to early 1970's.

Brian,
You guys should go back to the old barrel brands with Hillerich & Bradsby if your allowed to.

[5kRunner]

Re: Josh Hamilton Bat

That is an interesting bat.

I thought I remembered Brian posting once that even if a player requested the old label, they would not do it. Maybe I read it wrong, and he posted they would do it. Hmm.......

Anyway, as Nnunnari posted before, not only is it the old lablel; but the model number isn't on the barrel either.

Any chance Josh got his hands on an used bat from the 70's and thought he'd try it? Is that against the rules?

Whose signature is on the bat? Anyone familar with Hamilton's sig?

I can't wait to see Brian's take on this bat.

[Nnunnari]

Re: Josh Hamilton Bat

It looks like he picked up an old bat (maybe one of the coach's bats from their playing days) and loved the feel of it and went ahead and used it. I wonder if this is allowed by MLB?
I noticed right away that his bat appeared to have a vintage look to it.

Nick

[shoremen44]

Re: Josh Hamilton Bat

I cant wait to hear the results of this one... if you watch his at bats the bat totally has the vintage look to it... the pictures I captured dont do it justice

[5kRunner]

Re: Josh Hamilton Bat

My post was supposed to say:

"Any chance Josh got his hands on an unused bat from the 70's and thought he'd try it?"

Stupid no edit function.