Possible Posada? I Got Another Good One... Let Me Know!

[yankees506]

Ok guys i try to keep things interesting so here it goes, i picked up this bat a few weeks back without ever seeing it. I called steiner after a recent purchase and was offered a few bats for cheap so i took the lot. When i got them, they where nothing special except for this bat, first thing i noticed is the "posada" on the knob when i opened the box but i just thought it was a bat they sent him, then the tape and i thought oh my word and then the heavy cleat marks on the barrell, a classic posada staple. However there is not the usual posada tar on the bat and ive never ever seen him use an ssk bat. So here are my questions: 1. Is it a posada? 2. Could it have been used in a game? or can we even say its a bp bat (i just think that durring bp posada wont have time to be banging the dirt off his cleats with the bat). As i always say feel free to comment, i really need some opinions on the bat, thanks!

[chakes89]

Random question but how long is that bat?

It looks really long from the first picture

[yankees506]

33 inch bat, i think.... its the same length of my other posadas

[suave1477]

I would defintiely say it is a Posada used bat based on the characteristics in the pic.

As far as when he used it can be at any time maybe BP maybe during a regular game.

As far as kicking off dirt im not sure why he wouldn't have enough time to do that?

But as far as the pine tar it looks like there is some on there and it also looks like there is a crack in the bat so chances are he probably didnt use it long enough to build up pine tar on it.

[yankees506]

The cleat marks tell me that if posada did use this bat he had it for a while, but no thick tar in the middle seems weird

[suave1477]

Well I am not sure you can cleanly define how long he had a bat because of cleat marks. Cleat marks just mean he was trying to knock dirt off.

[yankees506]

anyone else care to help me out on this one?

[LastingsMilledge85]

My guess would be that it's either a bp bat or the bat was used by someone other than Posada. Also, I came across this image that may help, but it doesn't show the brand of the bat.

[suave1477]

My guess would be that it's either a bp bat or the bat was used by someone other than Posada. Also, I came across this image that may help, but it doesn't show the brand of the bat.

Why would you think it was used in BP or by another player?

[yankees506]

Lastings the picture is not coming up on this side, ill second suave in asking what makes you think another player used it? the tape and the cleat marks seem to be typical posada