typical story with bats or anything for that matter.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130278077563.
this is what the seller said in regards to me telling him the bat is a retail model:
"Dear momen55,

My uncle was a consultant for a local TV station in Tampa Bay. The bat was given to him by someone in the sports department. It was used and cracked in St. Petersburg, FL in the spring of either 73 or 74.


- skiformance"

i guess in his eyes it is a gamer.