Over 20 years ago I gave my good friend a rookie era Cal Ripken Jr. game used bat. I was out of collecting at the time and Ripken was his favorite player/hero. Safe to say when I gave it to him I had no idea Ripken would go on to have the career he had. Long story short I recently got an email from my friend who I hadn't heard from in a long time. I mentioned to him that I got back into collecting and he ended up giving the bat back to me to have for my collection. Said he was thankful I let him have it for all these years.
It's a 35 inch, 34 oz LVS M159 model bat that was used during the 1982 season when he was A.L. ROY. The bat only has Cal Ripken on the barrel which I though was pretty cool and was told by Vince Malta that Jr. was added sometime during the following season. He also indicated that he only ordered 39 of this style bat that season. (Thanks for taking the time to talk to me today Vince!!)
I don't collect Ripken so not sure what I'll end up doing with it but I just wanted to share the story and the bat since I know there are a number of Orioles and Ripken collectors on the forum.
It's a 35 inch, 34 oz LVS M159 model bat that was used during the 1982 season when he was A.L. ROY. The bat only has Cal Ripken on the barrel which I though was pretty cool and was told by Vince Malta that Jr. was added sometime during the following season. He also indicated that he only ordered 39 of this style bat that season. (Thanks for taking the time to talk to me today Vince!!)
I don't collect Ripken so not sure what I'll end up doing with it but I just wanted to share the story and the bat since I know there are a number of Orioles and Ripken collectors on the forum.
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