Carlos Ruiz bat on eBay

[metsbats]

These practice balls are smaller than the regulation official MLB balls and are design to be used in BP. The theory being that hitting with these slightly smaller practice balls will make it easier to hit the larger MLB baseballs in game situations.

While we all know that official MLB balls are used in BP in major league ball parks, I can't help but wonder if these practice balls are loaded into the pitching machines in the batting cages ?? Perhaps this bat was used in the batting cages if that was the case.

[AWA85]

Actually I just read the description on that.

You can't get any more honest on that auction. So I am not sure what the problem is.

He claims himself several times and in bold he is selling it as Pro cut Game Issued. He is stating that it does show use but he doesn't know enough about the Jerey to call it Game Used.
The size on the Jersey seems fine.
I have seen several Reds Jerseys from Griffey jr. that are 46 and 48
Given of course those are real

You have a point Suave, just something about an issued jersey with a ton of use has me confused .

[sportscentury]

You have a point Suave, just something about an issued jersey with a ton of use has me confused .

Yes, it's very odd. The jersey shows terrific (game?/administered?) wear. So much so that the seller emphasizes that the "jersey shows a ton of use." However, he also emphasizes that he is only selling the jersey as a game issued/pro-cut. That's pretty darn strange.

[kingjammy24]

i think it's neat to see a griffey jersey without the 2" of extra length that griffey has taken for most of his career.

i also think it's neat to see a reds tag that has "property" misspelled as "proerty". i assume those tags are printed off in batches so there should be many other misspelled 2001 reds tags out there.

rudy.

[AWA85]

i think it's neat to see a griffey jersey without the 2" of extra length that griffey has taken for most of his career.

i also think it's neat to see a reds tag that has "property" misspelled as "proerty". i assume those tags are printed off in batches so there should be many other misspelled 2001 reds tags out there.

rudy.

I don't think the plus 2" is a complete deal breaker because I have seen many legit jerseys that do not have that, but many are from his early days and than the later ones have either had the plus 2" or gone up to 48 as you would expect with somebody getting a little older.

The property tag issues is a little different though, maybe it was a current employee for the Nationals that used to work for the Reds?

[kingjammy24]

I don't think the plus 2" is a complete deal breaker because I have seen many legit jerseys that do not have that..

how did you know they were legit?

i've seen several griffey jerseys from his mariners days that had no customizations and came with griffey's paperwork. i didn't think they were legit so far as being gamers. i once saw a 1994 shirt that griffey gave to a fellow player. the player personally wrote a letter stating he'd obtained the shirt directly from griffey. the shirt was missing the MLB 125 patch. i believe griffey ordered tons of shirts to sell/give away that he never intended to wear on the field.

anyway, obviously this is a reds shirt, not from his mariners days, and i'd love to see a griffey reds shirt with team provenance without any customizations.

rudy.

[kingjammy24]

here's a neat one:

http://www.americanmemorabilia.com/A...uction_ID=9795

"Letter of authenticity is from Junior himself"

jersey appears to be missing a nameplate. (at least it's got the 2" of extra length, even on a '94 jersey)

honestly, griffey papework doesn't mean much to me. he was the arod of his day; selling anything and everything as "game used".

rudy.

[Mr.3000]

I found a couple of Rawlings practice balls which have the similar "R" in a circle stamping.

Had the ball, with the rawlings 'R" actually struck the bat....wouldn't the "R" be reversed?

[Mr.3000]

Thread suddenly got quiet.

[cordovacollector]

Had the ball, with the rawlings 'R" actually struck the bat....wouldn't the "R" be reversed?

The R on the bat is reversed. Look closer, it is laying face down on its "nose."