Mark Teixeira 2003 game used bat ?

[schubert1970]

I bought this 2003 Teixeira gamer bat last week from Ball Park Heroes.

How would I actually know this is from 2003?

It looks like he used the same model in '03 '04 and '05. The only thing I can find unique about this bat is the tape job on the lower part of the handle, and only found one other example of this in Getty Images from '03.

Does anyone know if Mark used tape on his bats in '04 or '05 ? Does anyone have other pics of Mark using a bat with tape in '03 ?

txs

Bill