Quote Originally Posted by ronfromfresno View Post
The 9 most likely means that someone else used the bat. They put their #9 on the knob and whited out the #5 for Durham so Durham didn't use the bat by accident.

That's what my original thought was, but I checked baseballalmanac.com and there was no player who was number 9 on the Brewers or Giants in 2008 (the 2 teams he played with that year). Any ideas?