2009 LVS Bats

[Dodgers101]

I'm kind of a novice collector of game used bats. Should I be worried about a bat that is being offered to me that doesn't has the anniversary stamp on it and was used late this season or are bats being used without them stamp as well. Thanks for any help.

[5kRunner]

I remember BMH stating that players can request bats without the 125th anniversary logo on them.

[Rboitano]

I have seen them with and without, I would be sure that it has the stampings on the knob.

[ndevlin]

I have seen them with and without, I would be sure that it has the stampings on the knob.

Didnt Brian also say that the stamping machine was broken for a while and that they had to do something different with the knob stamps?

[Rboitano]

Yes, they went from being lasered engraved to stamped by hand it looks like.

[BMH]

The anniversary logo was stopped at the beginning of September. So no more 125...except on Sheffield who is requesting we put it on there.

The laser is now fixed so they will be engraved on the knobs again.

[AWA85]

Thanks for info on Sheff, kind of interesting. Wonder if its become a superstitious thing with him or he just plans on selling all his bats from this season and wants it on there? Always see Sheffs stuff on the market, good to know.

[5kRunner]

Anyone know for sure what the stamped numbers mean?

I picked up two bats today. One is stamped 8149. Which I assume is Aug 14, 2009. The other is stamped 179. January 7, 2009? Seems odd.

[BMH]

Not really, we didn't have the laser in place before we started making ST bats so many will not be lasered but stamped. Sorry I didn't reply to the PM but it was full and I accidentally dumped all of them instead of just a few.

[5kRunner]

Not really, we didn't have the laser in place before we started making ST bats so many will not be lasered but stamped. Sorry I didn't reply to the PM but it was full and I accidentally dumped all of them instead of just a few.

Brian,
Thanks for the reply. I guess I assumed the only bats that were stamped were the ones when your laser went down in the summer. Makes sense now. Thanks again for being a part of this forum.