Buster Posey bat - Nice Find

[schubert1970]

I bought a Buster Posey bat on ebay last night and before making my bid, I did a bit of research and here is what I found.

The seller told me the bat was aquired during the series with the Brewers in early July (5th - 8th). I started to try and photomatch the bat with game film from mlb.com. No luck from the game on the 5th or 6th, but I struck gold with the final two games of the series where Buster hit his first grand slam and two other home runs. I believe these would be his 4th, 5th (1st grand slam) and 6th homers of his career.

These first two pics are from the seller. Notice the black X mark at the top of the barrel, also the two ball marks above the lettering and toward the Powerized.

The next set of pics I took from the games off MLB.com and you'll notice the same markings. The first pic is from 7/8. The other pics are from 7/7. There is one ball mark missing from the 7/7 pics, but the black X and other ball mark is still there. I assume the other ball mark came from the game on 7/8. If it wasn't for the black X this would a been a lot tougher to match.

The last pic is from AP and you can see the black X mark at the top of the bat plus the pine tar.

I was so excited about this and couldn't wait to share with the group.

[Dach0sen0ne]

Ouch, that went for a small fortune. Very nice pickup, CONGRATS! That guy had some stellar bats and I hope he puts up more.

[lehmsbobby]

and this is why I need to get MLB.tv

As a Giants fan I am dying a little inside right now...

[joelsabi]

i thought you're done shopping for photomatches.

j/k. nice bat and explains why this bat went for so much. maybe the second highest bidder had the same info.

[rjdgonebats]

Great pickup & goodluck with it. I was after that bat also but didnt know it had a photo match. Just out of curiosity did you use that sniping software to get your bid in .?? I have never tried it but have always been curious about it LMk when you have time. Thank you

[schubert1970]

i thought you're done shopping for photomatches.

j/k. nice bat and explains why this bat went for so much. maybe the second highest bidder had the same info.

I know...I guess it's a disease. Now I'll have to explian this to my wife.

[schubert1970]

Great pickup & goodluck with it. I was after that bat also but didnt know it had a photo match. Just out of curiosity did you use that sniping software to get your bid in .?? I have never tried it but have always been curious about it LMk when you have time. Thank you

I used my Iphone, but I've never heard of sniping software. I bid with about 40 seconds left (my bid was really high).

Bill

[Dach0sen0ne]

Now I'll have to explian this to my wife.

You don't have a side door and the secret Ebay credit card? LOL

[geoff]

Nice Bat but it did go for more then what I thought it would.

[joelsabi]

I bought a Buster Posey bat on ebay last night and before making my bid, I did a bit of research and here is what I found.

The seller told me the bat was aquired during the series with the Brewers in early July (5th - 8th). I started to try and photomatch the bat with game film from mlb.com. No luck from the game on the 5th or 6th, but I struck gold with the final two games of the series where Buster hit his first grand slam and two other home runs. I believe these would be his 4th, 5th (1st grand slam) and 6th homers of his career.

These first two pics are from the seller. Notice the black X mark at the top of the barrel, also the two ball marks above the lettering and toward the Powerized.

The next set of pics I took from the games off MLB.com and you'll notice the same markings. The first pic is from 7/8. The other pics are from 7/7. There is one ball mark missing from the 7/7 pics, but the black X and other ball mark is still there. I assume the other ball mark came from the game on 7/8. If it wasn't for the black X this would a been a lot tougher to match.

The last pic is from AP and you can see the black X mark at the top of the bat plus the pine tar.

I was so excited about this and couldn't wait to share with the group.

Pretty cool. I just noticed that Posey's 21 game hitting streak started on July 4 so this bat was used during the streak.