I just recently picked up a GU Manny Ramirez bat. The bat is a black LVS M9 model S318. This has his name in script with Boston Red Sox under his name. The sticker type LVS logo has the smaller circle with "Rock Hard Maple" underneath it. What I dont understand is that the TPX maple leaf or the MLB insignia are NOT on the backside of the barrel. Im asking for some help in determining if this a genuine GU bat since it does not have those insignias on the barrel. I thought those insignias were on all the M9 bats. It has good game use with his number 24 on the knob and inside the cupped end of the barrel. Any advise would be greatly appreciated.