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08-24-2009, 04:09 PM #51
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Re: Fan in Boston gets g/u bat taken away
You are 100% correct...back in 2001-2003 they were buying the bats anywhere between 35-45 if I remember correctly directly from the bat companys.
Here is MLB info if someone wants to give them a phone call.
http://www.mlb.com/mlb/official_info..._mlb/index.jsp
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08-24-2009, 04:22 PM #52
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Re: Fan in Boston gets g/u bat taken away
cjclong.......WHERE did I talk of a player THROWING A BAT AT A FAN??? Every reference I have made has been consistent, and in the same manner and context....."A player at bat flailing a bat into the crowd" meant accidentally losing his grip.
Partner, I would never instigate a fight over ANYTHING with security, let alone a bat. I just wouldn't let go simply because a security personel was insisting I do, for reasons stated earlier.
The rest of your point, although correct, is rendered meaningless to my discussion based on that alone. Please, no need to bring up the "glove" dropping into the seats scenario again. I have stated more than twice I am ONLY referring to baseballs and bats entering the seats.....NOTHING else.
Look, I called Dodger Stadium, and Anaheim Stadium for answers. Until Brian Hillerich tells us otherwise (that in fact the teams pay for the bats), then I'm sticking to what I was told by representatives of the MLB franchises.
I totally agree with you on your other comments.
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08-24-2009, 04:27 PM #53
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Re: Fan in Boston gets g/u bat taken away
If a player is walking by the stands and a gust of wind blows his hat off and it lands on someone's lap in the first row, does it mean the person gets to keep the hat.
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08-24-2009, 04:33 PM #54
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Re: Fan in Boston gets g/u bat taken away
WHOM......was buying bats directly from the bat company's......the players, or the team?
Were they "team index" bats?.....or directly for the player whose name was on it? You guys keep throwing out bits and pieces of "fact", but can't connect the dots. These halve-truths or piecemeal tidbits just add to the confusion. And therfore this thread is getting off track.
Your link is helpful for.....what exactly? I called two MLB front offices and got my answers. I shared them with you. It appears it was like sharing roasted turkey with a house full of Vegans, but I tried.
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08-24-2009, 04:35 PM #55
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Re: Fan in Boston gets g/u bat taken away
Jim Tyler, Baltimore's clubhouse man, says the team orders 11-12 dozen bats a season per player; it was half that amount 20 years ago. The cost of bats for the team has risen 50% over the last five years, traveling secretary Phil Itzoe says.
here is the whole story.......
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseb...okenbats_x.htm
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08-24-2009, 04:44 PM #56
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Re: Fan in Boston gets g/u bat taken away
Here is some other info from the internet.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...4185230AA09qje
Rudy
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08-24-2009, 04:48 PM #57
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Re: Fan in Boston gets g/u bat taken away
I thought I remembered your using that phrase about a player throwing a bat at a fan from the previous thread on the same subject, If not, I was incorrect, but the reasoning stands. If you have something and lose it it doesn't belong to someone else baring a great passage of time in some cases. I would love to catch a bat at a Rangers game from Hamilton, Young, Pudge or Andrus and if I do I certainly hope I get to keep it and will hang on to it until I am told by someone in authority I can't. You were so vehement about "from my cold dead hands" that I wanted to warn you and everyone else that it is not worth it to get in a fight with ballpark employees if they demand the bat back because you could wind up in serous legal trouble. That said, I hope your favorite player tosses a bat your way some time and you get to keep it.
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08-24-2009, 04:53 PM #58
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Re: Fan in Boston gets g/u bat taken away
More at stake for bat makers
There were ramifications for bat manufacturers in the new regulations, too.
Their license fee to MLB was raised to $10,000 from $5,000 to help with research expenses. And they were told to increase their liability insurance to $10 million from $5 million, which was a substantial increase in premiums. As a result eight of the 32 licensed bat makers last year have dropped out, with five new ones signing up.
In addition, manufacturers raised the price of their bats — Louisville Slugger to $95 from $67 — and those costs go to the bottom line of the team, which buys bats for its players.
here is the whole story.......
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseb...ple-bats_N.htm
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08-24-2009, 04:59 PM #59
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08-24-2009, 05:04 PM #60
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