What does my friend have here???

[xpress34]

My buddy who is a HUGE Reds fan called me today to let me know he picked up an item at a Garage Sale.

He then sent me pics (from his phone - so sorry about the quality) - just wondering if anyone here has seen anything like this before?









And regardless of value, he is NOT interested in selling! Just an FYI.

Thanks!

- Chris

[ironmanfan]

Re: What does my friend have here???

looks like someone who was employed by the Reds organization received a presentation bat from Adirondack after they won the WS in '75 and rather than keep it in its original state, cut it in two (ugh!) and made a trophy out of it.

perhaps a Reds 1975 Media Guide can provide insight on who this prson was.

i know your buddy wasn't thinking of selling it, but I don't think it has a whole lot of value (particularly in it's present state).

obviously unique!

[metsbats]

Re: What does my friend have here???

Looks like one of those Adirondacks presentations WS bats which was sawed in half and mounted on the trophy base with a similar plate. I've seen these type of presentation bats (full bat) before but never mounted on a base like that. Perhaps the full bat was cut in half and mounted after the fact for display purposes.

[xpress34]

Re: What does my friend have here???

Thanks guys.

I was kinda thinking along those lines and wondering if the bat possibly got damaged before it was cut off.

Unless he can track down 'Casey Diab' I guess we will never know!

All the best -

Chris