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33bird
01-07-2010, 08:21 PM
Any way this bat is a legit gamer. It's a Blue Chip Sports bat. I know from personal experience they have good stuff and bad. They don't list the dimensions. No factory date on knob. Let me know Cards experts. Thanks.

kylehess10
01-07-2010, 08:38 PM
I see a factory date. Looks like it has "98"

kylehess10
01-07-2010, 08:42 PM
You can see the numbers better when you darken the photo:

http://i45.tinypic.com/2qsazar.jpg

Birdbats
01-07-2010, 08:47 PM
Might be a legit bat (tough to say from photos), but no way it was used by Mac. Characteristics aren't even close.

33bird
01-07-2010, 08:50 PM
I don't know much about Big Mac bats-but didn't he put the pinetar in the middle of the bat when he was with the Cards?

Birdbats
01-07-2010, 10:27 PM
Here's what the pine tar pattern on a legit Mac bat should look like...

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w232/birdbats/Bats/PineTarPattern2.jpg

STLHAMMER32
01-08-2010, 12:12 AM
You can see the numbers better when you darken the photo:

http://i45.tinypic.com/2qsazar.jpg

good find on the stampings...I have looked at this point and I thought there was no codes stamped on it. Very little chance this was used in a game.

I have gone through hundreds if not thousands of pics of Mac and for the most part he has a very consistent use of tar. I have found two pics where no pinetar can be seen at all. One was in a game, I guess it is possible that Mac cracked a bat... and maybe got a bat in the middle of the plate apparence that he did not have game ready. But 99.9% of the time he has pine tar applied to the handle and the mid section.

The other photo I have is one where he is leaving an indoor batting cage with a bat that has no pine tar applied. It is possible that he used this bat but I would not feel confident buying a Mac without the pine tar as Jeff has detailed.

staindsox
01-08-2010, 07:39 AM
Did all Mac Cards bats have a red ring? The bat in question looks like a dark blue or black.

Chris

10thMan
01-08-2010, 10:47 AM
3-4 years ago I found this Pic of Mcgwire using a green ringed Bat, in 1998. Notice the Tar pattern? 4-5 Years ago I saw a Green ringed Gamer that looked good, I shoulda bought it.

Sean

STLHAMMER32
01-08-2010, 02:40 PM
3-4 years ago I found this Pic of Mcgwire using a green ringed Bat, in 1998. Notice the Tar pattern? 4-5 Years ago I saw a Green ringed Gamer that looked good, I shoulda bought it.

Sean

I believe this photo is from 1997 actually. When Mcgwire first came to stl from oakland he did use some green ringed rawlings. After that it was all cardinal red.