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perlman9
03-15-2011, 08:50 AM
It looks as if the Sori game used Nats bat I have was used in a study of cracked bats as there are numerical markings up and down the barrel, especially by the crack. How does that affect the value of the bat? In one way it is kind of neat to see how they measured everything, on the other hand annoying to have the writing. Any opinions? Thanks!

Jason
legaleagle92481
03-15-2011, 09:19 AM
It looks as if the Sori game used Nats bat I have was used in a study of cracked bats as there are numerical markings up and down the barrel, especially by the crack. How does that affect the value of the bat? In one way it is kind of neat to see how they measured everything, on the other hand annoying to have the writing. Any opinions? Thanks!

Jason

If your a Sori fan that year is the gold standard. So your bat gets a premium for that. As far as the writing could you get it off? It might be worth a try, otherwise to me it would not hurt the value by more than like 10% as it is not major like missing wood or something.
perlman9
03-15-2011, 10:28 AM
Thanks! some is pencil but some markings probably more important are in sharpie. Bat is slightly cracked, not badly damaged and no wood missing. But looks like they may have removed some handle pine tar to see better but still huge clumps over the SAM logo
NeonStatus
03-15-2011, 07:36 PM
Since it was a study done throughout major league baseball, I don't think it effects the bat value at all. However, different collectors like different things-- some prefer the bat not to be cracked, and others prefer for there to be no autographs, while others prefer cracked bats and autographs. If the bat was written on by a child or something with no specific purpose, then the bats value should be a percentage less.
allstarsplus
03-16-2011, 06:15 AM
I would love to see some photos of the bat. Thanks!
perlman9
03-16-2011, 08:20 AM
Here are some pics
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj162/perlman9/sor16.jpg

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj162/perlman9/sor15.jpg

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj162/perlman9/sor14.jpg

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj162/perlman9/sor17.jpg
MLB_Authentic
03-16-2011, 08:39 AM
Perlman- I can tell you with 100% certainty that that bat was sent to another bat company to be copied. They measure it out and enter everything in a CAD program to be able to reproduce it exactly to specification on a CNC lathe.

I used to work for Maxbat and this is a very common practice. The lines you see on the bat with the numbers are measurements.
perlman9
03-16-2011, 10:18 AM
Ahh, that makes sense! I just thought a lot of detail was around the crack so maybe it had to do with that. Thanks for the info! So the player sends it to another bat company to try their bat? Is that about right?
MLB_Authentic
03-16-2011, 11:15 AM
Yeah, say he wanted to try Marucci for example. He would send one of the current bats that he likes the feel of, and Marucci would measure and copy it. Then Marucci would make him a couple to try and send the "copy" bat back to him along with the Marucci bats.

Make sense?
perlman9
03-16-2011, 03:07 PM
Yep. Thanks for the info! I guess I got a bat he liked even with all the writing...