All Babe Ruth Bat Experts....please Help!

[DoctorLoomis]

As we speak Vintage is running a game used Ruth bat that weighs 32 oz!!!! Is there any way...at any time....ever...that Ruth used a 32 oz bat????

[yanks12025]

Mears says that bats can lose acouple of ounces. So this bat could have been around 33-34 ounces back then.

[DoctorLoomis]

Allow me to slightly modify my OP...did Ruth ever use a 32 oz bat in a MAJOR LEAGUE baseball game?

[yanks12025]

No

[DoctorLoomis]

Hey Yanks.....why are people bidding thousands of dollars on that bat when it was never ever used by Ruth?

[DoctorLoomis]

Isnt Taube supposed to be the man as far as bats are concerned? Also Vince Malta? I see their name is NO WHERE on the LOA for this bat.

[yanks12025]

Mears does most of the vintage bats. They do alot of research. I think John and Vince are better for bats from the 1950's and up.

Zinn Beck 300 model bats i believe are still professional models, so there is a chance Babe Ruth could have used it. Also for Zinn Beck bats, the records are incomplete, so we dont know for sure. Also if you want a Babe Ruth bat its alot cheaper then his Hillerich & Bradsby game used bat.

[encinorick]

So a Mears A6 means there's "a chance" the Babe Ruth may have used a 32 oz bat in the Major Leagure Game, right?

[yanks12025]

So a Mears A6 means there's "a chance" the Babe Ruth may have used a 32 oz bat in the Major Leagure Game, right?

Can you drop it!

Like i said records for Zinn Beck bats are imcomplete.

Also the Mears letter says Professional Model bat, does not say Game Used.

[DoctorLoomis]

I wouldnt touch that bat period. If you cant afford an H&B that is within the measurements that Babe was KNOWN to use, then let it go.