Magglio Ordonez 4-29-07 HR 224 bat from ESM on eBay...

[kylehess10]

Currently on eBay is the bat supposidly used by Magglio Ordonez for his 224th career homerun on 4-29-07. But after looking at a picture of Ordonez on 4-29-07 on getty, it appears that the bat in the picture has much more pine tar than the bat in the auction. What do you think?

http://cgi.ebay.com/MAGGLIO-ORDONEZ-GAME-USED-SIGNED-AUTO-BASEBALL-BAT-ESM_W0QQitemZ120145625043QQihZ002QQcategoryZ60596QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Yankwood]

Re: Magglio Ordonez 4-29-07 HR 224 bat from ESM on eBay...

Is the swing pictured the home run swing? I'm not sure of Mag's tendencies but lots of players switch bats often during games.

[Jags Fan Dan]

Re: Magglio Ordonez 4-29-07 HR 224 bat from ESM on eBay...

Those two bats certainly don't match, that's for sure!

[XPFO]

Re: Magglio Ordonez 4-29-07 HR 224 bat from ESM on eBay...

In yesterday's game alone Maggs used three different bats, all different colours, all different makes. He switches bats more then I switch underwear!!!

[XPFO]

Re: Magglio Ordonez 4-29-07 HR 224 bat from ESM on eBay...

Image #74048937 in getty's on the same day seems to show the bat in the auction

[Yankwood]

Re: Magglio Ordonez 4-29-07 HR 224 bat from ESM on eBay...

In yesterday's game alone Maggs used three different bats, all different colours, all different makes. He switches bats more then I switch underwear!!!

If he switches twice a week he's got me beat.

[kylehess10]

Re: Magglio Ordonez 4-29-07 HR 224 bat from ESM on eBay...

The picture that I posted is the correct picture of him hitting the homerun. Check out this video of Ordonez as he hit it. After hitting the ball, he immediately looks up towards right field, the same way as he is in the picture.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/media/player/mp_tpl.jsp?w_id=568692&w=mms%3A//a1503.v108692.c10869.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1503/10869/v0001/mlb.download.akamai.com/10869/2007/open/tp/archive04/042907_mindet_ordonez_hr_tp_350.wmv&pid=mlb_tp&gid=2007/04/29/minmlb-detmlb-1&mid=200704291937091&cid=mlb&fid=mlb_tp400&v=2&mType=w&urlstr=&mUrl=&type=v_free&_mp=1

[bat_master]

Re: Magglio Ordonez 4-29-07 HR 224 bat from ESM on eBay...

The picture that I posted is the correct picture of him hitting the homerun. Check out this video of Ordonez as he hit it. After hitting the ball, he immediately looks up towards right field, the same way as he is in the picture.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/media/...e=v_free&_mp=1

The problem with this is that in the video he is shown with a two-handed follow through. If you watch closely, he doesn't take his right hand off the bat as his hands twist around. Both hands stay in place on the handle of the bat.

No match.

[kylehess10]

Re: Magglio Ordonez 4-29-07 HR 224 bat from ESM on eBay...

The problem with this is that in the video he is shown with a two-handed follow through. If you watch closely, he doesn't take his right hand off the bat as his hands twist around. Both hands stay in place on the handle of the bat.

No match.

ahhh nice catch!! Didn't see that part

[Nnunnari]

Re: Magglio Ordonez 4-29-07 HR 224 bat from ESM on eBay...

The pic isn't of the home run swing but it does appear to be from the same game, if you freeze the video 20 seconds in, it looks as though the bat has more pinetar on it than the bat for sale, but who knows it could've worn off.

[tigerhidden]

Re: Magglio Ordonez 4-29-07 HR 224 bat from ESM on eBay...

[justinpidruzny]

Re: Magglio Ordonez 4-29-07 HR 224 bat from ESM on eBay...

Does anyone know the whereabouts of this bat? I have the home run ball that Maggs supposedly hit with this bat and would LOVE to add it to my collection. It was hit on my 27th birthday off of Johan Santana and I bought the home run ball off of the guy that caught it a few rows behind me.