Hack Wilson Bat on Panini Card

[Eric]

Saw someone post this on twitter. Does anyone know what the bat was graded by MEARS?
https://twitter.com/BradZiegler/stat...057729/photo/1

Eric

[arminter1989]

I saw that post on twitter. It's crazy that Brad Ziegler would pull that card. It's kinda sad seeing such a nice artifact chopped up but that's another conversation.

[Masimen]

Ohh, thats a bummer!

[yanks12025]

I quickly looked on mears site, and its not listed under Hack Wilson backs when you do a search. Would be easier if we could figure out all the numbers.

[dietdew]

it kind of looks like 312_91 and the missing number is round at the top narrowing it to a 2,3,6,8, or 9

[yanks12025]

I looked and found nothing, so emailed Troy asking about it. But it doesn't even look like a knob.

[dietdew]

When I get really bored I look at some of the baseball card boards. I saw a Carew "knob" relic that was actually from the other end of the bat, so the term knob may have been used loosely.
http://www.blowoutcards.com/forums/b...bat-knobs.html

It's funny to see Ziegler's name because yesterday I was reading a deadspin article about a pissing match he got into on ebay with the owner of a Babe Ruth redemption card.
http://deadspin.com/d-backs-reliever...ts-i-453369559

[yanks12025]

I tweeted brad saying he should buy the whole bat instead of supporting these companies that destroy sports collectibles.

He wrote back saying "
@yanks12025 I'll disagree with ur opinion - I like lower-end collectors being able to own a piece of history they couldn't afford otherwise"

[dietdew]

I tweeted brad saying he should buy the whole bat instead of supporting these companies that destroy sports collectibles.

He wrote back saying "
@yanks12025 I'll disagree with ur opinion - I like lower-end collectors being able to own a piece of history they couldn't afford otherwise"

For the cost of one box of National Treasures, I could add about 3 full jerseys to my "low end" collection. Back when I only did cards, I had a bunch of game used card but quit buying them when I found that the premium pieces often cost a high percentage of getting a whole item or in some cases more than a complete item such as this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/05-LEAF-LIMI...item51905f9f9c

[yanks12025]

Troy wrote back to me, here's the list of Wilson bats that mears did.


Here is what I have.
303692-- Circa 1930's Hack Wilson Hanna Batrite Professional Model Bat
305155-- 1920's-30's Hack Wilson Kren's Professional Model Bat
308352--- 1925 Hack Wilson Louisville Slugger Professional Model Bat (First
Recorded H&B Bat)
308385---1932 Hack Wilson Model Spalding Autograph Store Bat - Sidewritten by Wilson
308631-- 1928 Hack Wilson Louisville Slugger Professional Model Late Bat - Prototype
310953-- 1927-36 Hack Wilson Spalding Autograph Model Bat - Sidewritten
312193---1932 Hack Wilson


So could this be another players bat?