Photo matched PR4192 Rose bat with surprise!!!!

[schubert1970]

A while back I posted about photomatching my PR4192 Rose bat to a Beckett magazine cover from 1985.
http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_f...ight=pete+rose

I've taken things one step further (Steve Mears has been asking me to do this for a long time) and had my bat x-rayed today and guess what..........CORK. The x-ray tech thought this was the coolest thing, one was actually a Rose fan. I have the actual x-ray film, and it looks better then the pic I've attached taken from my iphone.

I know there have been few other corked bats that surfaced, but they were all torn apart and not photo matched. Earlier this morning I talked with a few other collectors who didn't think Rose corked his bats, but I think I changed their minds.

What an awsome day!!

[Dewey2007]

A while back I posted about photomatching my PR4192 Rose bat to a Beckett magazine cover from 1985.
http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_f...ight=pete+rose

I've taken things one step further (Steve Mears has been asking me to do this for a long time) and had my bat x-rayed today and guess what..........CORK. The x-ray tech thought this was the coolest thing, one was actually a Rose fan. I have the actual x-ray film, and it looks better then the pic I've attached taken from my iphone.

I know there have been few other corked bats that surfaced, but they were all torn apart and not photo matched. Earlier this morning I talked with a few other collectors who didn't think Rose corked his bats, but I think I changed their minds.

What an awsome day!!

What are you trying to do ruin Pete's image by posting this info!

Good stuff...I think the Hit King is going to be looking for you now...

[jscott0688]

Wow! That's all I can really say. Congrats!

[CollectGU]

A photo matched bat with cork, now their is no doubt it seems he was corking many of his bats....One of the coolest bats I've seen posted up here for sure.....

Dave

[skipcarayislegend]

That's awesome. You should try and get him to write "I'm sorry I corked my bats" on it.

[gnishiyama]

Congrats on the awesome bat. It always feels great when you get an added bonus to an item you're already happy with. I'm sure you saw this article
but your bat is probably worth A LOT more than what you paid for now.
Goh Nishiyama

Pete Rose's $103,631 Corked Bat to Be Sawed in Half
Mon, 19 Dec 2005, 16:44:00 EDT


GoldenPalace.com to reveal the truth about legend's allegedly corked bat

SEAFORD, NY (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Internet casino that bought baseball legend Pete Rose's allegedly corked bat now plans to saw it in half to reveal the truth to the world.

Internet casino GoldenPalace.com bought the bat on Saturday for $103,631 on Lelands.com, the foremost auction house of sports and entertainment/Americana. The bat is signed by Rose and was used to hit his 159th home run. Rose holds the record for all-time hits. Now that the casino owns the bat, they have plans to saw it in half to reveal once and for all if the bat is enhanced in any way.

*(Photo Caption: GoldenPalace.com purchases authentic autographed Pete Rose Mizuno baseball bat)

"We love Pete Rose, we have nothing against him and are amazed by his accomplishments," said Drew Black, a marketing representative for the site, "but we think this is a terrific opportunity to put the bat's popularity to good use."

The sawing of the bat is part of the casino's plan to use it in an ongoing effort to raise money for charity. The casino has not yet decided on the exact details, but they have a history of devising creative ways to raise awareness and funds for many worthy causes.

"Anytime an item of this historical significance generates so much attention, it has enormous potential to raise money for charity," said GoldenPalace.com CEO Richard Rowe. "We expect to use the interest in the bat to develop a fund-raising campaign to help those less fortunate. You can also bet that we will find the most fun and innovative way to do that."

GoldenPalace.com has become famous for spending thousands of dollars on unusual and sometimes outrageous auction buys. Purchases such as the Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Pope's Hat Doritos Chip, Holy Pierogi, and NASCAR Driver Robby Gordon's helmet have garnered extensive media attention for the casino, who have used most of the items they have purchased to raise almost $1,000,000 for various charities worldwide.

[chicagoglen]

This has got to be the coolest post I have ever read on ANY forum!

[5kRunner]

This has got to be the coolest post I have ever read on ANY forum!

Agreed. Definitely the coolest item I've seen posted here.

[spartakid]

Awesome, that's definitely a sweet bat and a cool story

[schubert1970]

Thanks for all the great comments and sharing in my excitement.

I spoke with John Taube today and he really liked the evidence I showed him when discussing the bat. At first he was a bit skeptical, but after sending him my pics, he agreed with my assumtions. I'll probably sentdthe bat off to him for documentation of everything I've gathered.

I'm tempted to head to Vegas and get a pic with Pete and this bat.

Bill