Should I get an MLB authenticated game used bat signed?

[joelsabi]

So I guess my next question is if there is a dealer for Rangers memorabilia that also does signings that utilize MLB authentication for private signings.

[sportscrazy13]

I never seen both game used and auto on the same hologram either until I got this Heyward bat.


Hologram number LH719878 was located in the MLB Authentication Database under GAME-USED BROKEN BAT.
Session Product Description:


Session Name: HOU AT ATL
Session Date: May 01, 2010
Autographer:
Authenticator: AUTHENTICATORS, INC.
Additional Information: JASON HAYWARD GAME USED LOUISVILLE SLUGGER BROKEN BAT 2ND INN ASTRO PITCHER RODRIGUEZ

Session Name: JASON HEYWARD SIGNING
Session Date: May 17, 2010
Autographer: JASON HEYWARD
Authenticator: AUTHENTICATORS, INC.
Additional Information: BROKEN BAT

[lakeerie92]

I never seen both game used and auto on the same hologram either until I got this Heyward bat.


Hologram number LH719878 was located in the MLB Authentication Database under GAME-USED BROKEN BAT.
Session Product Description:


Session Name: HOU AT ATL
Session Date: May 01, 2010
Autographer:
Authenticator: AUTHENTICATORS, INC.
Additional Information: JASON HAYWARD GAME USED LOUISVILLE SLUGGER BROKEN BAT 2ND INN ASTRO PITCHER RODRIGUEZ

Session Name: JASON HEYWARD SIGNING
Session Date: May 17, 2010
Autographer: JASON HEYWARD
Authenticator: AUTHENTICATORS, INC.
Additional Information: BROKEN BAT

The Braves do it a lot.
My questions is why haven't we seen said bat?

[Fnazxc0114]

you cant take the bat into the ball park in arlington. Not sure if you live close. A lot of time you can get hamilton before the game when he drives in to the players parking lot under the stadium.

[Fnazxc0114]

should say you can take the bat sorry for any confusion

[godwulf]

Can we assume that the ballparks that don't permit bats also don't have Team Shops where they sell bats? Or, those little kiosks where you can get a full-sized bat inscribed? That would be dumb.

Chase Field has no such prohibitions - didn't even back before they sold game-used bats inside. I recall that early in '02, after they'd implemented some pretty strict (and in some cases really stupid) new security regulations, I wanted to take one of Jim Traber's old bats into the park to get him to sign it (he was broadcasting for the team, then), and I went so far as to call the Event Coordiinator for permission, to make sure that there would be no problems, and he even gave me his cell phone number to use if the guys at the gate tried to stop me.

I had the bat in a mailing tube, which they never even glanced at, or asked me about. They were pawing through purses, kids' backpacks, doing everything but patting folks down - and here I walk in with something that might have been a rifle, for all they knew.

Some of those guys are no doubt working for TSA now.

[Dach0sen0ne]

Some of those guys are no doubt working for TSA now.

That seriously made me laugh.

[lakeerie92]

Can we assume that the ballparks that don't permit bats also don't have Team Shops where they sell bats? Or, those little kiosks where you can get a full-sized bat inscribed? That would be dumb.

Chase Field has no such prohibitions - didn't even back before they sold game-used bats inside. I recall that early in '02, after they'd implemented some pretty strict (and in some cases really stupid) new security regulations, I wanted to take one of Jim Traber's old bats into the park to get him to sign it (he was broadcasting for the team, then), and I went so far as to call the Event Coordiinator for permission, to make sure that there would be no problems, and he even gave me his cell phone number to use if the guys at the gate tried to stop me.

I had the bat in a mailing tube, which they never even glanced at, or asked me about. They were pawing through purses, kids' backpacks, doing everything but patting folks down - and here I walk in with something that might have been a rifle, for all they knew.

Some of those guys are no doubt working for TSA now.

I have seen the Braves security escort a fan who caught a bat in the stands out to his car to put the bat away. If you win one of the autographed bats they auction at every game they hold it until the end of the game. I also went to a game last year that they gave away "full size bats". None of it makes sense