Pujols Rookie Bat

[dmul43]

Trying to help a friend...

Can anyone verify this as a Pujols rookie bat? The knob reads 707B 725 01. My friend wants to purchase this bat from a bat boy on his way to college...asked me for help but I'm no expert. Can anyone tell me anything about it and what they would pay?




Thanks!

[bigtruck260]

I would like to see the whole bat.

So far, it looks promising. Email me and I'll tell you all about it.

[dmul43]

I would like to see the whole bat.

So far, it looks promising. Email me and I'll tell you all about it.

Dave, may I have your email address?

[cjmedina1]

Hi

Can you send me pics? Thanks in advance

Carlie Medina III
carliemedinaiii@sbcglobal.net

[FightonTrojans]

here are a few more pics of the bat.

Opinions?

[cjmedina1]

The bat has another players uniform number on it.So it will be hard to tell but I'm not expert. I did send an email asking them to contact Jeff Scott and see what he says.If this is a real Albert Pujols bat I would make an offer since theres seem no be no Mcgwire bats out there.

Carlie Medina III
carliemedinaiii@sbcglobal.net

[Birdbats]

I was contacted about this via e-mail. Along with photos, he shared the batboy's story of how he got the bat. The story had holes. For example, he said Placido Polanco used the bat to hit a HR, then Albert used the same bat -- grounding out and breaking the bat in the process. I checked the box score -- Albert struck out swinging after Polanco's HR. As for the bat, the pine tar is too high on the barrel and the use is extremely heavy; uncharacteristic for Albert. The knob has two blacked-out numbers in addition to Polanco's #27. Without airtight proof of the bat being used as the batboy describes, this seems to be just another bat issued to Pujols but used by someone else.

[bigtruck260]

It probably still has some value. I just saw a Tino Martinez/Pujols bat sell for about $650 on eBay a few weeks ago. Polanco still has fans in STL (myself included) and Martinez has few if any.

The numbers being blacked out is a concern. More than once is a real flag.

Most high end bats come with a story. Even bats with provenance seem to occasionally have holes in the stories. That's why the genuine articles are worth so much.

Jeff's opinion means alot to me, personally - so I would buy this bat based on his opinion. It's a Pujols issued bat used by another player (s).