RedsFest ????

[VALAIKA COLLECTOR]

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I entered the shop around 4:10 pm and yes it was swarming. I saw the person with all that stuff to the side. I did come across a Josh Hamilton, Adam Dunn, and a Joey Votto bat in the bins but they were just hacked. Tape wrapped all over it and I passed because of it.

Only thing I picked up was a Adam Rosales and Paul Janish game used bats for $25 each. I was mainly on the hunt for Chris Valaika's spring training jersey. I know its a long shot but did anyone happen to pick it up?

[Sincityson]

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Were there any 2008 Reds Spring training jerseys, or 2008 'Game Ready' of Louisville Bats players that never got called up?

[VALAIKA COLLECTOR]

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yes there were some spring training jerseys, not a lot. I didn't see any Louisville bats game ready jerseys of players that didnt get called up.

[indyred]

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I went last night as well. It was nice seeing some cheaper prices on stuff. Seemed last year everything was over $100 a jersey. I took a bunch of pictures in the game used area. I will post them if people want to see them. I got there right around 5. So I didn't see what was there at the start. They had an entire rack of spring training jerseys starting at $50. Jerseys anywhere from $75 on up. Had a few too many at $150 of nobodies or late season call ups. Also had those signed retail jerseys mixed in that I doubt many people realized weren't game used. I was really hoping they would have had some of the camouflage game used jerseys worn for two games on 4th July weekend. Didn't see any of those. I saw someone say the did have stars and stripes caps, those must have all been gone right away. Never saw those, maybe someone came in early and grabed all the camouflage jerseys. I did also see a few of the Nuxhall opening day jerseys at $300. Bats anywhere from $25 up. Some were even MLB authenticated. Mostly same guys Chakes saw Bako, Patterson types . A few decent deals were at $50 like Edwin, Freel and some pitchers bats. I didn't see any Arroyo, Volquez, Cueto, Cordero stuff. A few Harang bats were at $75. I ended up getting two jerseys. I picked up Affeldt with awesome use. The tags show many a washing. Nice fraying and number puckering. Also got red alternate of Jolbert Cabrera with nice use. Has some black type marks in the back bottom area.

[AWA85]

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Nice Affeldt jersey! Nice to see the prices on the jerseys come down, hopefully some of those pop up on ebay SOON.

[VALAIKA COLLECTOR]

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yeah post some of those pics that you took of the game used area.

[AWA85]

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Valaika - Would you mind posting pictures of the Rosales and Janish bats? Let me know if you are planning to move either one!

[VALAIKA COLLECTOR]

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I sure will, I will post them tonight when I get home from work. Hey- I just posted a thread about having trouble viewing mlb holograms on my computer. I can't read the information on my home computer but I can at work. Didn't you have problems with this at one time? Also the Rosales bat it says was used 9-18-08 in the bottom of the 9th inning, i got it signed by him last night.

[Sincityson]

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Does anyone know what the reds do with the bats/jerseys/ S.T. jerseys that weren;t sold? Is there anyway to contact the Reds to purchase items?

[indyred]

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Does anyone know what the reds do with the bats/jerseys/ S.T. jerseys that weren;t sold? Is there anyway to contact the Reds to purchase items?

Redsfest 2009 is where I'm sure it will be next. It seemed like a lot of stuff sold last night. Many people had their hands full of stuff and saw all kinds of people in the autograph lines with game used jerseys and bats in tow. Did anyone go today? Wonder how much was left at the end and if they did start slashing prices in the final few hours. They have done this is in the past. I know last year they only dicounted the bats at the end.

I will upload those pictures later tonight. Maybe a few of you are in them. I did some overall shots and of the different ares of what was avaliable.
Let's see some other pictures of what everyone else got. That is cool that you got Rosales to sign his gamer bat. He seems like a really cool guy.
Did anyone see any Dickerson stuff?

[VALAIKA COLLECTOR]

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I'm not able to add photos. Its updated on my personal website if you want to check out the bats I picked up.

[murfsteve25]

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Sincityson-

I do remember 2 years ago all left over used items were still for sale. I forget who I contacted, but I remember that I made a verbal agreement to buy 2 of the bats and then I went down to the stadium and picked them up. The lady who was in charge of selling the items sent me a list of everything for sale with the prices by email. Hope this helps!

[FENWAY]

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Not from the Fest...but I have this Austin Kearns glove available if interested. Was a backup glove acquired from a good source. Wilson a2000 A2K ELO, not available retail. $300 obo.

[indyred]

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Here is what it looked like in game used area.


Jersey racks, the ones with plastic on them were retail authentics that were signed


Helmet and caps area, not as many compared to past seasons

game used bat tubs, was 5-6 of these spread around



pants rack, not many looking at these

lines to check out

[VALAIKA COLLECTOR]

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Very nice photos. If there was a video posted it would show fans sliding jerseys to the side on the racks and picking up the bats out of the bins and realizing it was a scrub and throwing it back in! I swear if I picked up another dang Bako or Hatteberg bat! There were so many of them they could have filled their own bin full of them.