How do you like your Baseball bats?

[SkubeBats]

I was wondering how you like your baseball bats. Pick from the following list.

unused
game used
uncracked
cracked
signed
unsigned
broken in 2
piece missing
heavy use
light use
pine tar or mota stick
etc.

I like my bats to be uncracked game used signed and also they should show nice use to them.

[ncbadges]

Game used for me. Signed is ok too, but just plain ole game used is enough.

ncb

[gingi79]

Game used, heavy use, photo matched, signed and uncracked. Handed to me by the player would be great too.

[sox83cubs84]

Nothing on he list is a deal breaker because all the bats I have in my collection WERE handed to me by he players or by clubhouse managers. Anything that was broken in two, however, WOULD be repaired after receipt.


Dave Miedema

[yankees506]

Authentic?!

[frikativ54]

Game used, pounded, broken in two...

[kylehess10]

Completely destroyed i.e. broken in 2 or more pieces, unsigned, & photomatched/videomatched

[godwulf]

Ideally...as much use as possible, with ridiculous pine tar, MARKED with the player's number (or a name or nickname) on knob and/or barrel end, and uncracked.

[happyyoungster]

I prefer that my bats are handled and used by 2011 NL MVP Ryan Braun.
(spare the jokes and the commentary...I've already heard it all)

[CampWest]

of course within normal player characteristics, my preference is:

1. Used...
2. HEAVILY...
3. With lots of tar/moto...
4. slight crack (I like to know the bat was used until it died, a sign of a good piece of wood that the player liked and was probably successful with)...
5. signed...

That said, if its lightly used and unsigned and missing a little wood thats often acceptable as well.

I just want an authentic bat, with good traits. However it came out of the player's hand is usually fine with me.

I'm generally against repaired bats, I want it as it came off the field. I won't repair them, but I'll buy them repaired on ocassion.