Possible Posada? I Got Another Good One... Let Me Know!

[yankees506]

Ok guys i try to keep things interesting so here it goes, i picked up this bat a few weeks back without ever seeing it. I called steiner after a recent purchase and was offered a few bats for cheap so i took the lot. When i got them, they where nothing special except for this bat, first thing i noticed is the "posada" on the knob when i opened the box but i just thought it was a bat they sent him, then the tape and i thought oh my word and then the heavy cleat marks on the barrell, a classic posada staple. However there is not the usual posada tar on the bat and ive never ever seen him use an ssk bat. So here are my questions: 1. Is it a posada? 2. Could it have been used in a game? or can we even say its a bp bat (i just think that durring bp posada wont have time to be banging the dirt off his cleats with the bat). As i always say feel free to comment, i really need some opinions on the bat, thanks!

[chakes89]

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Random question but how long is that bat?

It looks really long from the first picture

[yankees506]

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33 inch bat, i think.... its the same length of my other posadas

[suave1477]

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I would defintiely say it is a Posada used bat based on the characteristics in the pic.

As far as when he used it can be at any time maybe BP maybe during a regular game.

As far as kicking off dirt im not sure why he wouldn't have enough time to do that?

But as far as the pine tar it looks like there is some on there and it also looks like there is a crack in the bat so chances are he probably didnt use it long enough to build up pine tar on it.

[yankees506]

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The cleat marks tell me that if posada did use this bat he had it for a while, but no thick tar in the middle seems weird

[suave1477]

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Well I am not sure you can cleanly define how long he had a bat because of cleat marks. Cleat marks just mean he was trying to knock dirt off.

[yankees506]

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anyone else care to help me out on this one?

[LastingsMilledge85]

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My guess would be that it's either a bp bat or the bat was used by someone other than Posada. Also, I came across this image that may help, but it doesn't show the brand of the bat.

[suave1477]

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My guess would be that it's either a bp bat or the bat was used by someone other than Posada. Also, I came across this image that may help, but it doesn't show the brand of the bat.

Why would you think it was used in BP or by another player?

[yankees506]

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Lastings the picture is not coming up on this side, ill second suave in asking what makes you think another player used it? the tape and the cleat marks seem to be typical posada

[suave1477]

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Everything about the bat is typical Posada that's why I can't see it pointing to a direction of another player

[LastingsMilledge85]

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I can't find anything in game of Posada using a SSK bat. Plus, the bat isn't covered in tar so that started to make me think the possibility of someone else using it. Maybe Jorge taped it up and then never used it, and let someone else use it. I don't know, that's just a possibility I would consider. Just because it's marked up with cleat marks like that doesn't mean Jorge definitely used it. He could, but it's nowhere near definite. And, if no one else actually used it...then I don't think the bat ever saw game action. That's just what I would think, but hey that's me and I could certainly be wrong. Unless any of use work in the Yankees clubhouse, there really is no one here that is certain about the history of this bat.

[CollectGU]

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I can't find anything in game of Posada using a SSK bat. Plus, the bat isn't covered in tar so that started to make me think the possibility of someone else using it. Maybe Jorge taped it up and then never used it, and let someone else use it. I don't know, that's just a possibility I would consider. Just because it's marked up with cleat marks like that doesn't mean Jorge definitely used it. He could, but it's nowhere near definite. And, if no one else actually used it...then I don't think the bat ever saw game action. That's just what I would think, but hey that's me and I could certainly be wrong. Unless any of use work in the Yankees clubhouse, there really is no one here that is certain about the history of this bat.

So you made an assessment that the bat never saw game action because you couldn't find a getty image of him using one even though it has typical Posada' characteristics, tape job and excessive cleat marks...? Are you serious....?

Dave

[suave1477]

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I can't find anything in game of Posada using a SSK bat. Plus, the bat isn't covered in tar so that started to make me think the possibility of someone else using it. Maybe Jorge taped it up and then never used it, and let someone else use it. I don't know, that's just a possibility I would consider. Just because it's marked up with cleat marks like that doesn't mean Jorge definitely used it. He could, but it's nowhere near definite. And, if no one else actually used it...then I don't think the bat ever saw game action. That's just what I would think, but hey that's me and I could certainly be wrong. Unless any of use work in the Yankees clubhouse, there really is no one here that is certain about the history of this bat.

You mentioned the bat isn't covered in tar. But there is pine tar on it. The bat is also cracked.

[LastingsMilledge85]

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I'm not making an assessment just because I couldn't find an image of him using it. As I said, I never recall him using one or seeing anything about it in recent history. Sure the bat is used, but maybe not by him. Is it really that big of a deal that I don' think Posada used it in game? Also there is tar on the bat, but Posada is notorious for having the handle covered with tar along with the neck of the bat, on this bat it doesn't look like those sections are entirely covered in tar judging by the photos.