Josh Hamilton Bat

[Nnunnari]

Anybody been watching the Angels/Rangers series? I noticed Hamilton using what looks like a vintage H&B Louisville. Anybody got any info on this?

Nick

[Fnazxc0114]

he has been using natural LS most of the season with the old hiclkory's thrown in from what i have noticed.

[BMH]

What do you mean by vintage? We've switched his bats from burn brand to foil brand to hopefully stop the cracking through the center brand.

[cjclong]

Is the Louisville Slugger he is using this year the same model that he used in the home run derby last year?

[BMH]

Yes, the C353

[Nnunnari]

I paused the game during a close-up of him at bat Saturday and he was swinging what appeared to be a vintage H&B bat. It had the Hillerich & Bradsby center brand, I couldn't make out the signature on the barrel. There was only "Genuine" stamped above the signature.
I can't find a picture of him from saturday or sunday, but if you watch this sac fly video, he's swinging it.

http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?c...08055&c_id=mlb

[Nnunnari]

AP
2009-05-16

[shoremen44]

Looks like an old H&B logo to me... I didnt watch the whole game to see if there was a closer look... but this look is pretty good.

gotta love MLB TV

[shoremen44]

here's some more looks

[cordovacollector]

Fascinating!