Andrew McCutchen AA bat...not

[r_phelps]

Check out this bat on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANDREW-McCUTCHEN-Game-Used-Bat-Pittsburgh-Pirates-Altoona-Curve-RARE-/110899183602?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d21b3ff2
A few things stick out to me wrong about this bat.
1. The Louisville Slugger logo is about a decade and a half off for 2006.
2. The bat has ON instead of EN like McCutchen is spelled.
3. I've never seen McCutchen tape his bat handles.
Stay away from this bat!

[WadeInBmore]

I particularly like the missing wood RIGHT WHERE THE NAME GOES.

[jbean023]

I messaged the seller and got this as a response " Alot of the time in the minors they don't have there own names on there bats, they use random bats till they get their own made"

[r_phelps]

That makes no sense at all. lol! Maybe he misremembered.;)

[Birdbats]

That bat appears to be from 1985 -- foil-stamped name, no registered trademark symbol after "Slugger," even appears to have the "large 125" variation.

So, why would McCutchen personally hand this guy a bat that was made a year before McCutchen was born?

:D:D:D