Yastrzemski and McCovey gamers

[Bigcatbaseball]

Looking for 60s era H&B or Adirondack Yaz and 60s or 70s McCovey Adirondack game used bats. Player use characteristics and markings are important.

[wllump52]

I have a few 1970s era McCovey and may part with one

[Bigcatbaseball]

PLease send scans and pricing on any of the McCovey Adirondacks to thebigcat77@gmail.com. Thanks

[Bigcatbaseball]

Search continues for early Yaz bat and McCovey Adirondack gamer. Please send scans and pricing to thebigcat77@gmail.com.

[Mark17]

Speaking of bat markings for Yaz, I have an interesting one. It's a Yaz gamer that matches shipping records perfectly - 1965-68 labeling period, W215, 35", weight (32) in pencil on knob. I think it's also important that W215 is NOT a pro-stock model for Yaz (so it wasn't a bat made for someone else.)

What's interesting, and what I believe ties this bat to 1967 specifically, is that the knob markings aren't the typical "8". Rather, it's a "C" with thick underline. Maybe it stands for "Captain?" "Carl?" I don't know, but I've photo-matched the symbol to a picture of Yaz in the 1967 World Series (only Series he played in while wearing a flannel jersey) as well as his 1968 Topps card, which likely would've been taken in 1967. The Topps card, unfortunately, is cropped about an inch too much to show the whole knob, but what does show is clearly not an "8", and is consistent with the bat and WS picture.

If interested in adding it to your collection, let me know. Please, only serious inquiries (it fits nicely into my collection and I'm not desperate to move it.) Also, I'd like to find some more pics of Yaz with this knob marking.



http://vendiamo.com/X/Yaz-1.jpg
http://vendiamo.com/X/Yaz-2.jpg
http://vendiamo.com/X/Yaz-3.jpg
http://vendiamo.com/X/Yaz-4.jpg
http://vendiamo.com/X/Yaz-5.jpg

Thanks,
Mark
mark@vendiamo.com

[Bigcatbaseball]

Still looking for a McCovey Adirondack gamer.