Post Your Photo-matched Game-used Items Here

**onlyalbert** · 02-15-2013, 09:01 PM

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That is one cool helmet and great match! Too bad the authenticator was so careless with his sticker placement. Should always be on the back by the numbers!

**cruwet** · 02-15-2013, 09:19 PM

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Thanks! The sticker is a little 'front and center' for sure. The helmet is listed under the MLB database as "issued" too. Must not have seen it come off Ortiz' head??

**gameused** · 02-15-2013, 09:36 PM

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Originally posted by cruwet

2012 David Ortiz batting helmet.

Hey Cole,

Congrat's on the Ortiz helmet! Very nice photo match and nice game use!

Have you checked to see if Ortiz wore that helmet when he hit his 400th home run on July 4th?

Thanks,
Bobby

**cruwet** · 02-15-2013, 10:01 PM

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Thanks Bobby- funny you say that because I contacted the Red Sox about any available Ortiz helmets & they said they had one "issued" helmet. So I went down today and saw this one and noticed that it was the exact same helmet that was auctioned off after the season. The 3 dots on the front are a dead giveway. They also had this helmet for sale during the season for a ridiculous price. I saw it everytime I went into the Team Store before games. They said the winner of the auction didn't like where the sticker was and they gave him the one other helmet they had. The one with the dots is the earlier season helmet based on photos and videos (clearly matchable). so whoever decided to switch helmets may have got what i'm assuming is the 400 HR helmet. Dammit! I knew they had sold the helmet that I now have a few months ago in the auction, so I was a little surprised to see that was the one they had available. Who knows what really happened. Not the 400 HR helmet, but I couldn't pass up such a slam dunk of a match with this one.

**gameused** · 02-15-2013, 10:12 PM

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Originally posted by cruwet

Thanks Bobby- funny you say that because I contacted the Red Sox about any available Ortiz helmets & they said they had one "issued" helmet. So I went down today and saw this one and noticed that it was the exact same helmet that was auctioned off after the season. The 3 dots on the front are a dead giveway. They also had this helmet for sale during the season for a ridiculous price. I saw it everytime I went into the Team Store before games. They said the winner of the auction didn't like where the sticker was and they gave him the one other helmet they had. The one with the dots is the earlier season helmet based on photos and videos (clearly matchable). so whoever decided to switch helmets may have got what i'm assuming is the 400 HR helmet. Dammit! I knew they had sold the helmet that I now have a few months ago in the auction, so I was a little surprised to see that was the one they had available. Who knows what really happened. Not the 400 HR helmet, but I couldn't pass up such a slam dunk of a match with this one.

Cole,

Maybe Ortiz kept the 400th HR helmet.....you still picked up a nice piece! Congrat's again on your pick-up!

Best Regards,
Bobby

**bobsis24** · 02-16-2013, 10:43 PM

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This is my first photomatch, but a nice one: a 2011 Derek Jeter bat used in his run-up to 3000 hits.

Jeter used the bat in 9 games from 5/2/11 through 5/12/11, and got 13 hits (#2951 through #2963). After breaking his prior bat on a single off Justin Verlander on 5/2, he started using this bat his next time up against Verlander for another single. He continued to use the bat until he cracked it on a 7th inning single (#2963) on 5/12. He passed Sam Crawford for 29th place on the all-time hit list using the bat.

Jeter went on a little hot streak with the bat. At the start he was only hitting around .240 with no homers, 6 RBI's, and only 3 XBH's. He hit .317 with 5 RBI's using it, raising his average to .270.

Best of all, he hit 2 home runs with this bat on Mothers Day, 5/8/11, in Texas (#235 and #236 of his career). It was the 10th, and most recent, time in his career that Jeter has homered twice in one game. (The last photo is from the AB of the 1st of the 2 homers.)

Bob

**maverick14** · 02-16-2013, 11:46 PM

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Originally posted by bobsis24

This is my first photomatch, but a nice one: a 2011 Derek Jeter bat used in his run-up to 3000 hits.

Jeter used the bat in 9 games from 5/2/11 through 5/12/11, and got 13 hits (#2951 through #2963). After breaking his prior bat on a single off Justin Verlander on 5/2, he started using this bat his next time up against Verlander for another single. He continued to use the bat until he cracked it on a 7th inning single (#2963) on 5/12. He passed Sam Crawford for 29th place on the all-time hit list using the bat.

Jeter went on a little hot streak with the bat. At the start he was only hitting around .240 with no homers, 6 RBI's, and only 3 XBH's. He hit .317 with 5 RBI's using it, raising his average to .270.

Best of all, he hit 2 home runs with this bat on Mothers Day, 5/8/11, in Texas (#235 and #236 of his career). It was the 10th, and most recent, time in his career that Jeter has homered twice in one game. (The last photo is from the AB of the 1st of the 2 homers.)

Bob

WOW

Extremely jealous, beautiful bat.

**HawaiiSportsNut** · 02-17-2013, 02:55 AM

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Awesome jeter bat... Congratz on the match.

**3arod13** · 02-17-2013, 10:05 AM

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Flawless Photomatch on the Jeter Bat! Man, that is sweet!!! Congrats!!!

**bobsis24** · 02-17-2013, 10:35 PM

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Thanks for the nice comments, guys!

Rick, your Kurt Suzuki collection is impressive.

Tony, I enjoy your A-Rod posts; that 2009 bat & photo he sent you are amazing!

Randy, it was your (& Ben/gorilla777's) recent Jeter bat photomatching posts that got me moving on doing the same for mine.

Regards,
Bob

**cruwet** · 02-18-2013, 05:10 PM

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Originally posted by gameused

Cole,

Maybe Ortiz kept the 400th HR helmet.....you still picked up a nice piece! Congrat's again on your pick-up!

Best Regards,
Bobby

Thanks again Bobby! I won't clog this up with more pics, but I've been able to difinitively photo match the Ortiz helmet to games going back at least as far as August of 2011. Really cool that Ortiz kept the same helmet over 2 seasons. Looks like this helmet could be the successor to your killer 2011 Ortiz lid!

**EricTheRed44** · 02-21-2013, 05:46 PM

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Matched my Aaron Harang 2004 jersey.

**Mulligans** · 02-22-2013, 12:09 PM

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Tom Brady Uniform last worn on Halloween 2010.....I was lucky enough to find several other matches too.

**Jags Fan Dan** · 02-22-2013, 12:14 PM

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Originally posted by Mulligans

Tom Brady Uniform last worn on Halloween 2010.....I was lucky enough to find several other matches too.

My dear goodness, those pieces are probably worth more than I make in a year! Lock those up!!!

**bigben7** · 02-22-2013, 06:13 PM

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Mulligans love the Brady jersey. Where did you find it?

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