David Ortiz rips cover off of ball literally!

[jon_8_us]

I just acquired a beautiful David Ortiz 2006 Rawlings maple bat.See pics below.Now i am a small time collector compared with some of the big dogs on these boards so pardon my making a big deal out of what might possibly be a common occurance.On this bat is a actual piece of the ball and corresponding deap stitch marks,with blue 'rawlings' visible.This ball must have been crushed!I have seen 'rawlings' on bats before but never a piece of leather.Is this common?
jon

[GrndSlm]

Re: David Ortiz rips cover off of ball literally!

Nice bat !!!! The only other time I have ever seen this was with several Canseco bats. He also hit the ball with great power and transfering baseball leather on the bat. Enjoy ....

Juan Iglesias
GrndSlm@aol.com

[indyred]

Re: David Ortiz rips cover off of ball literally!

An Ortiz game used bat is BIG TIME in my book. Looks like a great bat!!!!!!