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Thread: Ozzie Smith bat on e-Bay
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12-16-2005, 10:27 PM #1
Ozzie Smith bat on e-Bay
There's an alleged Ozzie Smith bat that showed up on eBay Wednesday evening. I e-mailed the seller to explain the problems with the bat, but it's been 48 hours and I've had no response -- and the bat is still listed. So, I'm posting a warning to the community.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Ozzie-Smith-game...QQcmdZViewItem
Here are the problems with the 1986-89 bat on eBay:- It's a non-contract model (block letter SMITH); Ozzie had a contract long before 1986.
- It's a C300 model; Ozzie never ordered a hickory (brown) C300, and his last order of C300 bats was on 3/23/84 (Walker finish). The C300 bats he received before that last order were all flame finished.
This almost certainly is a bat made for and used by some other Smith, but with a doctored knob to make it appear to be Ozzie's bat.
Jeff
http://www.birdbats.com
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12-16-2005, 10:55 PM #2
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Re: Ozzie Smith bat on e-Bay
I agree 100 percent. The same seller also sold another bat that was block letter SMITH Blonde Louisville on ebay a few weeks earlier. I cannot even imagine how many players by the last name of Smith have played in the Majors.
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12-17-2005, 12:14 AM #3
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Re: Ozzie Smith bat on e-Bay
Friends,
I too agree that the bat is very questionable. Like our expert from Birdbats, I got scared off wit the SMITH not being in script. Keep up the good work, as it saves us al a mistake.
Den
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12-17-2005, 04:03 PM #4
Re: Ozzie Smith bat on e-Bay
Just a couple quick notes of clarification. I did find one order of hickory (brown) C300 bats on Ozzie's old hand-written bat order record; he received 12 of them on 4/20/81 (predating the eBay bat by at least five years).
Also, on Ozzie's original H&B bat order card, it notes at the top, New auto 11-3-77 "OZZIE". Ozzie's first order from H&B was on 11/3/77, so he's had a signature model from the very beginning.
Jeff
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12-18-2005, 11:20 AM #5
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Re: Ozzie Smith bat on e-Bay
Thanks for your time and efforts, Jeff.