80-83 gamers

[momen55]

bmh, mike, whomever;

we all know that these years had the big centerbrand, as well as the powerized being slanted the "wrong" way.
was this specific to 83, or did it occur throught the label period?

[5kRunner]

According to Jeff Scott/Birdbats:

"The word "Powerized" often is seen slanting downward instead of upward during this era, but that hasn't been correlated with any particular year."

http://webpages.charter.net/birdbats/Birdbats/Bat%20ID/LS%201980-Current.htm

[Birdbats]

I have bats that can be pinpointed to factory records from 1981, 1982 and 1983 that all have Powerized with the downward slant, so I can say with certainty that variation existed during those three seasons. I don't have any bats I can pinpoint to 1980. Maybe someone else does.

[Birdbats]

I just saw photos of an '80-'83 Bobby Bonds bat (owned by a fellow Cardinals collector) with 00 on the knob and the downward slanting Powerized. Since Bonds wore that number in '80 only (he wore 25 in '81 then retired), it would seem that variation extends to all four years of the label period.