Adam Dunn 2006 HR Bat Photo Match Help Needed! I'M SO CLOSE!

[Juan Gris]

Hello! I've been working for over a month now to photo match my Adam Dunn 2006 LVS B345 bat to any and all games (especially home run games ) and could really use some help/advice on finding more photo matches. I've done my homework and searched the internet to the best of my ability but still feel there is more out there to find (I will include some possible Getty Image matches a few posts down). The bat is MLB authenticated to being cracked and taken out of use on 5/26/06 in Cincinnati (Dunn went 3-4 with a double). I have already photo matched the bat to being used by Dunn on 5/21/06 and 5/26/06 (see pictures below).

Dunn hit 16 home runs between 4/3/06 and 5/22/06 and there are videos of him hitting 15 of those 16 home runs on the Reds' website under the section titled "Reds Top Plays Archive" in the April and May 2006 sections. The problem is that the stream quality of the videos is 350K and I would need something with higher definition to ascertain a match. After watching these videos over and over I feel confident this bat was used to hit multiple home runs, especially those hit the day before (5/20) and after (5/22) my 5/21 photo match. I emailed the Reds over a month ago about the possibility of viewing higher resolution videos and am still waiting for a response. For the record, below is a list of the games in which Adam Dunn hit home runs before my bat was broken. I have typed "VIDEO" next to the games which the site already provides a video of Dunn hitting the actual home run on that date:

4/3 VIDEO
4/6 VIDEO
4/11 VIDEO
4/11 VIDEO
4/13 VIDEO
4/15 VIDEO
4/16 VIDEO
4/17 VIDEO
4/30 VIDEO
5/2 VIDEO
5/4 VIDEO
5/7 VIDEO
5/10 VIDEO
5/19
5/20 VIDEO
5/22 VIDEO

April 2006 Video Page
http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/multi...=cin&ym=200604
May 2006 Video Page
http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/multi...=cin&ym=200605

Bat photos to follow shortly...

[Juan Gris]

Bat photos:

[Juan Gris]

Images from the 4/12/06 game against the Cubs:

[Juan Gris]

Images of Adam Dunn hitting a home run against the Cardinals on 4/15/06:

[Juan Gris]

2nd image from the 4/12/06 game against the Cubs (the tape job is at least a near match if not a match):

[Juan Gris]

Images from the 5/2/06 game against the Cardinals in Cincinnati:

[helf35]

Looks just like mine except my tape doesnt extend that far. That is the first bat of his i have seen with that much tape.

[Juan Gris]

Here is a photo match of the bat being used during batting practice on May 3. Dunn hit home runs the days before and after this photo was taken. Also, I'm pretty confident this is the bat seen in the May 2 Getty Images I posted above and, if I were to obtain high definition copies of those images, that I could ascertain the match.

[Juan Gris]

It's a strain to see but I can see some matches in this photo from the Baseball Hall of Fame Game played on May 15, 2006, in Cooperstown, N.Y. The kid in the picture is the son of Dernell Stenson, a minor league prospect for the Cincinnati Reds who was killed Nov. 2003 in Arizona. This game was between the Reds and the Pirates and was cancelled in the bottom of the third inning due to rain.

[Juan Gris]

Here's another match from the May 21, 2006 game in Detroit.