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07-29-2008, 02:59 PM #1
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So Maybe Arod did use Blonde Bats in games in 2003...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&ih=020
Here is a 2003 "AROD HR Bat" with a PSA/DNA Grade of 7. It's the G174 that is commonly expected to be a BP bat after 2001 or so. So what do we all think of this? There has always been speculation as to when Arod stopped using these in games.
I am biased as I own a G174 bat just like this, and signed as "game used 2002" with a Mill Creek COA. Like this one on eBay, mine looks like it has been dipped multiple times, as it is more shiny than usual.
Possible reactions:
1. Fake sig and inscription
2. Once in a while Arod used these in games through 2002 and 2003
3. I am bored with this topic
Matt
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07-29-2008, 03:49 PM #2
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Re: So Maybe Arod did use Blonde Bats in games in 2003...
Well, we have the HR # and the year. I guess with some research that somebody can come up with a date. Then you need to go to Getty or Corbis and start looking for pictures. But wouldn't somebody have done this by now? I sold my G174 a year and a half ago. I'd need a black LS or a blonde Old Hickory. He used those when I was calling Mill Creek and complaining about my G174 being a bp bat. Oh well.....you know the story.
Scott
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07-29-2008, 04:45 PM #3
Re: So Maybe Arod did use Blonde Bats in games in 2003...
HR 34 August 2003
Another blond bat August 2003. These were all I could with blond bats around the time of the bat on ebay.
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07-29-2008, 05:16 PM #4
Re: So Maybe Arod did use Blonde Bats in games in 2003...
Arod does you blonde bats for games ,but I think its only Old Hickory bats. He defiantly used them in 04 there are a lot of images on getty showing that. The picture from 03 show Old Hickory also not LS.
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07-29-2008, 08:12 PM #5
Re: So Maybe Arod did use Blonde Bats in games in 2003...
HR#325 8/2/03 cleveland at texas
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07-30-2008, 04:07 AM #6
Re: So Maybe Arod did use Blonde Bats in games in 2003...
Couldn't find any pictures.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi...drial01&type=b
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bo...00308020.shtml
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07-30-2008, 07:26 AM #7
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07-30-2008, 07:44 AM #8
Re: So Maybe Arod did use Blonde Bats in games in 2003...
To me the fact that there are two different styles of the number 2 used in the inscription is a red flag.
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07-30-2008, 12:05 PM #9
Re: So Maybe Arod did use Blonde Bats in games in 2003...
Regards,
Joel S.
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Wanted: Alex Rodriguez Game Used Items and other unique artifacts, 1992 thru 1998 only. From High School to Early Mariners.
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07-30-2008, 01:21 PM #10
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Re: So Maybe Arod did use Blonde Bats in games in 2003...
I acually bought the mentioned bat from Emil Bodenstein of Locker Room memorabilia (David Wrights's company) 3 years ago, and then sold it at auction. Here is the history on the bat as told by Emil to me. Also, I actually found pictures from a guy that went to that game and took photos because it was an important pre game ceremony that game inducting former manager Johnny Oates and former players Nolan Ryan, Jim Sundberg and Charlie Hough were the first inductees into the new Rangers Hall of Fame. Unfortunately, the pictures are from far away but in them you can see he is definitely using a blond bat. I will try and find the pictures:
David,
This bat was consigned to Locker Room Memorabilia by Shawn (deleted last name). Shawn became friends with Alex Rodriguez when he was the Mariner Moose in Seattle during Alex's early years with the Mariners. Shawn and I met when he was Raymond, the mascot for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, about two years ago. He asked us to help him sell two Alex Rodriguez Home Run bats he received from Alex. You purchased one and one was sold at the Mike Alsott Foundation Charity Event. Based on our experience the signature of the bat looks authentic. The bat is also consistent with models Alex used as a member of the Rangers. Locker Room Memorabilia was not present when the bat was signed. For more information please contact Emil Bodenstein at 877-TEAM-LRM.
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Emil Bodenstein
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