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03-27-2015, 10:32 PM #131
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03-27-2015, 11:14 PM #132
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Re: The Kansas City Royals game used thread
Johnny Damon game used Cooper broken (repaired) early Royals era bat (pre 2000)
This bat was likely used earlier in Damon's career. There are many ball marks throughout the barrel of the bat. American League baseball ink transfers can be seen on the barrel which dates this bat to his Royals days (AL specific baseballs used through 1999). From researching this bat Johnny Damon had tape jobs on his handles at times between 1996-1998 (possible other years but haven't seen). His handle tape job appeared most in photographs in 1997. Below is a picture of Damon using a similar Cooper model bat. The baseball card is a 1996 baseball card. The picture however is likely from Spring Training of 1996, rather than 1995 (Damon wore #51 in 1995), as Damon's #18 is present on the end of the barrel and Damon is wearing a BP jersey (spring training). If I had to guess when this bat was from I would guess 1996, and if not 1996, then 1997.
When I came in to possession of this bat it was already repaired. You can see in the pictures the fracture line going to the end of the barrel.
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03-27-2015, 11:37 PM #133
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Re: The Kansas City Royals game used thread
Johnny Damon 1998 game used Rawlings bat (cracked)
This 1998 Damon bat also has his tape job that was seen on some of his bats from 1996-99. There is a very slight crack above the tape and below the silver line on the bat. The crack is very similar to the crack on the Sweeney bat posted. I am not too familiar with Rawlings bats, I wonder if this is a normal kind of crack for Rawlings bats. Most of the ball marks are on the right side of the label. A seam mark and some wear marks are seen on the underside of the barrel. Damon's #18 is written on both the knob and the cupped end of the barrel. In 1998 Damon batted .277 with 18 HR 104 R and 66 RBIs. The two pictures of Damon below are from 1997 and 1998 showing Rawlings bats with similar tape jobs. The last pic is from Spring Training of 1999
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03-29-2015, 10:40 AM #134
Re: The Kansas City Royals game used thread
beautiful Seitzer bat... looks perfect. I felt the same way as a teenager about George moving to first, though the way Seitzer hit that year, I got over it pretty quickly.
These are my two Seitzer items. Unfortunately neither are from his time with the Royals technically, as the bat was taken with him to Milwaukee and has his Brewers #20 on the knob.
Oops, I'll have to get back to you with the pics of the Seitzer bat, but it looks similar to this other Royals bat he took with him.[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Wes Campbell
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03-30-2015, 11:09 PM #135
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Re: The Kansas City Royals game used thread
Picked up this Carlos bat. It has some really good use. I have a good lead on a match but not much hope. Just not a lot of pictures out there. I resized these pics too small...oops.
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04-02-2015, 08:08 PM #136
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Re: The Kansas City Royals game used thread
Picked up this pounded Hosmer GU helmet from 2013. I have it photomatched. I have to sit down and get the good screen captures. I'm very happy to add this.
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04-02-2015, 08:23 PM #137
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04-02-2015, 09:12 PM #138
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04-03-2015, 08:11 PM #139
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Re: The Kansas City Royals game used thread
Not quite the same angle but you can see the 2 places on the helmet where the pieces are missing. I was kind of lazy on the matches. They aren't too fancy.
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04-04-2015, 12:29 AM #140