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03-27-2014, 08:52 PM #9
Re: 1926 Cardinals bats
Certainly considered that. The bat is side written, but only the date (7/14/28) is clearly readable. There were seven minor leaguers I could find with those initials in 1928. Most of those guys played at very low levels, and only three of the seven had more career minor league ABs than Rhem -- a pitcher -- had major league ABs by mid '28. Given that -- plus the fact it's a Hornsby style and the Cards were known to order bats with initials (as you point out with the Hornsby) -- I feel good about the probability. I'd like to confirm with H&B, assuming they have Rhem's PBOR, but so far, nobody has returned my calls. Still more research to be done.
Jeff Scott
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