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dwolfe12345
10-08-2010, 11:21 AM
I'm just curious to see if anyone out there has any of the Jeff Francoeur "weird inscription" bats. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about if you own one. If not, early in his career he would have bat boys write inscriptions on the end of his bats so he would know the difference between game used and batting practice bats. If you have pics please post, if you have seen any expressions, please post just to get a running list.
I've seen the following:
OJ is guilty
Michael Bolton
When in Rome
Muff Diver

spartanservitto
10-08-2010, 11:27 AM
Does anyone have the Muff Diver inscription, I think this is hilarious.

-Tony

dwolfe12345
10-08-2010, 11:32 AM
It was for sale on Ebay about 2 weeks ago. I think it had a buy it now for 249.

lakeerie92
10-08-2010, 11:41 AM
I have two but both have sharpie over the saying or at least part of the saying. One was sharpied out but I can still read it said Brian and Me. The other says Balls Deep but had another word sharpied out. There are two that the Braves had last year. Slump Buster and Velvet and Peanut Butter.

spartanservitto
10-08-2010, 11:42 AM
I have two but both have sharpie over the saying or at least part of the saying. One was sharpied out but I can still read it said Brian and Me. The other says Balls Deep but had another word sharpied out. There are two that the Braves had last year. Slump Buster and Velvet and Peanut Butter.

Do you think the team, or somebody else, black them out before reselling them due to the content? haha.

-Tony

lakeerie92
10-08-2010, 11:44 AM
It is a possibility, but Balls Deep wasn't sharpied out and Brian and Me was

dwolfe12345
10-08-2010, 11:51 AM
I wonder if your Brian and Me bat was used by both Francoeur and McCann?

Vintagedeputy
10-08-2010, 12:01 PM
Slump Buster

Man, that just never gets old. Still as funny to me today as the first time. Thank you Mark Grace, wherever you are. A greatful baseball fan salutes you!

lakeerie92
10-08-2010, 12:04 PM
I doubt it, McCann rarely uses blonde bats and even les frequently uses other players bats. By the way the the Francoeur bats are O69 models

lakeerie92
10-08-2010, 12:07 PM
Man, that just never gets old. Still as funny to me today as the first time. Thank you Mark Grace, wherever you are. A greatful baseball fan salutes you!

Unfortunately for Francoeur his was ineffective.

Fnazxc0114
10-08-2010, 03:34 PM
He has been pretty good since coming over to the AL.

Number9
10-08-2010, 05:50 PM
I have the "OJ is guilty' one on ebay. I also had "Double Trouble" and "When in Rome" but sold them awhile ago.


When you watched games you could always clearly see he had a lot written on the knobs but it was impossible to read them on TV, at least my TV.


Once he started slumping really badly, he started experimenting with other bats, from teammates etc, and that is when the inscriptions stopped, he was desperately trying so many different bats, no more time for funny things on the knob.

As a Braves fan I still like the guy, he played hard and is a class act.

Number9
10-08-2010, 05:55 PM
At bat, can't read it though.

Number9
10-08-2010, 06:19 PM
Double Trouble

Number9
10-08-2010, 06:27 PM
This one was for sale while ago but I passed on it after I did a yahoo search and found out the meaning. Something about old me having sex. I imagine the bat boys did this as a joke and Jeff never knew what it meant.

Number9
10-08-2010, 06:28 PM
something about "old men having sex together" is what I meant to say. That's what comes up when you type that into a yahoo search, at least.

dwolfe12345
10-21-2010, 08:24 PM
I was on ebay and bid on 2 of these bats. I could kick myself for losing the auction on "ninja there everywhere" because Ive done martial arts for over 10 years. However I did win " ouch ouch your on my head" and it has the MLB hologram and was used in a game vs the Brewers

TNTtoys
10-21-2010, 10:08 PM
Two Francoeur bats on ebay now -- one with "O J is Guilty" and the other with "Muff Diver" on the knob. Absolutely priceless...

rdeversole
10-22-2010, 11:27 AM
there's also a "Rug Muncher" on ebay

mphcollectibles
12-30-2010, 12:05 PM
Two Francoeur bats on ebay now -- one with "O J is Guilty" and the other with "Muff Diver" on the knob. Absolutely priceless...

If interested in the bat give me a shout sometime sales@thesportsmix.com