Need help with this Baldelli Bat on Ebay

[jake33]

I'd love to get some opinions on the bat. What do you guys think?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ROCCO-BALDELLI-GAME-USED-BAT-TAMPA-BAY-DEVIL-RAYS-UNCRD_W0QQitemZ120022442014QQihZ002QQcategoryZ6059 6QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[jon_8_us]

In what i have seen of good Rays bats they do use those sticker #'s on there bats.Someone on here has a Cantu bat with those stickers.Thats pretty much all i know about it
jon

[Birdbats]

Those stickers were marketed to teams by Schutt sports in 2005. Tampa Bay was the first team Schutt approached about using the stickers. Baldelli didn't play in 2005. So, that leaves two options: The bat was used in 2005 by someone else; or the bat is current and the Rays still have access to those stickers. I don't see many Tampa Bay games, so that's entirely possible.

I researched those stickers last year when Pujols was using them. He saw the stickers when the Cards visited Tampa Bay and the Rays' equipment guy gave Albert some (which he used off and on for the rest of 2005 -- none at all in 2006). Here's a short article I wrote about them:

http://webpages.charter.net/birdbats/Birdbats/Notes%20and%20Articles/Albert%27s%20knob%20stickers.htm

Also, I'm not a Baldelli expert (far from it), but I know he did use a Louisville Slugger T141 model, at least back in 2004 -- usually Gwynn finished (like the one below) or black.

http://webpages.charter.net/birdbats/Birdbats/Inventory/Baldelli.htm

Hope that helps.

Jeff
http://www.birdbats.com