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10-06-2012, 03:30 PM #1
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Alex Rodriguez Home Run Bat Error?
The Baseball-Reference.com states that AROD’s home run on June 3, 2012 was his 638th career home run.
638 2012-06-03 NYY @ DET Justin Verlander
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...=rodrial01&t=b
Here is a bat that is MLB Authenticated from that date but AROD signed it as home run #639 and then John Taube and PSA/DNA put the same information in their LOA:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ALEX-RODRIGU...&forceRpt=true
Am I missing something here or did AROD sign the wrong career home run and then PSA failed to research the bat properly to make a correction?
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10-06-2012, 04:08 PM #2
Re: Alex Rodriguez Home Run Bat Error?
Regards,
Joel S.
joelsabi @ gmail.com
Wanted: Alex Rodriguez Game Used Items and other unique artifacts, 1992 thru 1998 only. From High School to Early Mariners.
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10-06-2012, 05:17 PM #3
Re: Alex Rodriguez Home Run Bat Error?
i contacted the dealer about it and it is getting taken care of. if this is underwhelming then this is underwhelming.
it was an honest mistake that was caught early, is correctable and doesn't affect its authenticity. it was the bat used to hit a hr against verlander on that date.
i understand that we should accept nothing but the best from a dealer and third party authenticator. fortunately this was caught early on before someone bought it.Regards,
Joel S.
joelsabi @ gmail.com
Wanted: Alex Rodriguez Game Used Items and other unique artifacts, 1992 thru 1998 only. From High School to Early Mariners.
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10-07-2012, 01:00 PM #4
Re: Alex Rodriguez Home Run Bat Error?
I contacted the concerned party. IMO, the errant inscription was a honest mistake. The bat was pulled last Wednesday.
From your posted link, it was surprisingly relisted. The bat was pulled this morning.
As we all know, the inscription on a bat does not assist in the authenticity of the bat. The bat was authenticated by MLB to be a home run bat against Verlander. Unfortunately, the incorrect career hr # was inscribed onto the bat. However, the errant inscription doesn’t change the fact that it is an actual home run bat.
Now because of this honest mistake that could be corrected, I have to read that this mistake is part of what is wrong with the hobby and that the buyer of this bat got screwed even though this bat has not been sold to anyone. This is exactly the kind of hyperbole that I was trying to avoid before giving the seller a chance to make a correction for a honest mistake. I hope this explains why I did not post it here first.
I do not see anything more that I can add to this thread that is constructive until the inscription is fixed.Regards,
Joel S.
joelsabi @ gmail.com
Wanted: Alex Rodriguez Game Used Items and other unique artifacts, 1992 thru 1998 only. From High School to Early Mariners.
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10-07-2012, 08:37 PM #5
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10-09-2012, 08:50 AM #6
Re: Alex Rodriguez Home Run Bat Error?
I'm not seeing the value add of chastising Joel on this mis-inscribed Arod homerun bat. It's counter productive and may deter anyone else in the future from questioning items on the forum for fear of the illusion of "not completely following thru". Seems like he did everything to the best of his ability and it not his fault this bat was relisted.
Perhaps all this negative energy can be used to reach out to Arod and his representives or more realistically John Taube (who is typically open to questions) to help rectify the situation.
Davidmetsbats86@aol.com
Always looking for 1973,1986,1988,1999,2000,2006 game used Mets post season and Bobby M. Jones and Ed Hearn NY Mets game used bats.
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10-09-2012, 09:18 AM #7
Re: Alex Rodriguez Home Run Bat Error?
+1
I also don't appreciate Bill's comment, "Wish there was a photo of him holding this bat so it has the appearance of being "real" Maybe Toni can help with that"
I already posted the bat was photomatched to games and provided proof.
This was a direct attack against me on my recent Arod bat, and I would appreciate comments directed at me, in reference to arod, stop!
Thanks!Regards, Tony
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
~I'm sorry, I can't hear you....my World Series Ring is making too much NOISE! - Alex Rodriguez~
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10-09-2012, 09:53 AM #8
Re: Alex Rodriguez Home Run Bat Error?
Tony ( or anyone else) do you have a photo match of this bat. If so please contact me at metsbats86@aol.com
I spoke to John Taube just now who believes there was a photo match and if we can get it to him he can pursue correcting this bat and related documentation.
Thanks
-Davidmetsbats86@aol.com
Always looking for 1973,1986,1988,1999,2000,2006 game used Mets post season and Bobby M. Jones and Ed Hearn NY Mets game used bats.
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10-09-2012, 10:52 AM #9
Re: Alex Rodriguez Home Run Bat Error?
Tony,
Arod's 639th home run was hit in Atlanta on 6/12. That homerun tied Arod with Lou Gehrig with 23 grand slams.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/13/sp...aves.html?_r=0metsbats86@aol.com
Always looking for 1973,1986,1988,1999,2000,2006 game used Mets post season and Bobby M. Jones and Ed Hearn NY Mets game used bats.
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10-07-2012, 03:00 PM #10
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Re: Alex Rodriguez Home Run Bat Error?
Taking away the back and forth above, I think the question should revolve around what happens with the bat now - does AROD just amend his 9 to an 8 to make it correct? Why did the bat get authenticated to the wrong HR number when a simple google search would have found the accurate information?