Question on blue ink transfers

[Neal]

I do not have any AL players in my bat collection - yet. I have noticed that many AL player bats have some blue ink transfers on the bat, depending on use of coursr, and that these are mostly modern player bats (last 10-15 years or so).

A newbie question - When did the OAL ball start having blue ink? I am considering buying a bat from the late 80s, and although the use appears to be strong, there are not any blue ink transfers on the bat.

Thanks in advance fellas

[BoneRubbedBat]

The OAL balls had blue ink from the mid-'70's (MacPhail era) until 2000 when they switched to OML balls (darker blue ink).


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[Neal]

Thanks Marcus - would it be safe to say that there are bats out there with legit AL game use w/o blue ink transfers?

Still trying to learn these things.

[BoneRubbedBat]

Absolutely. I have many bats from that era that are hammered with use, but no ink transfer.


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