Here's a link to another thread from a while back where there was discussion about pine tar (or lack of) in the grip area on Albert's bats:

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_f...ad.php?t=35978

Don't know if the information will be useful to you or not, but I remembered the thread so thought I'd pass it along.

Rick
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