Alex Rodriguez HR 562 bat Ebay

[Rboitano]

Re: Alex Rodriguez HR 562 bat Ebay

If you can learn anything from this, be very careful when buying Arod inscribed items. This is the third HR bat that I know of that is not what it is says it is. Their is a 2002 HR 16 bat that if I remember correctly that is questionable. I think at one time there were two completely different HR 16 2002 bats floating around. I know Bobby (gameused) on here knows about it as well. Personally I would never buy an Arod HR bat, I would settle for a nice signed one.

[joelsabi]

Re: Alex Rodriguez HR 562 bat Ebay

Joel,

Let's break it down:

And my last thought is.....since Alex is signing it, he's responsible. No excuses.

What we know is

1) This is not a hr bat.
2) That the seller did not give full endorsement that this is a homerun bat. Ebay descriptions run their coarse after 3-5 weeks and then the ebay record is lost.
3) Eventually this bat will hit the market again claiming to be a HR bat regardless of what the COA says. I would like to know what it says now because I know COA can mysteriously disappear.

I agree ARod needs to be more careful when he signs and ultimately is responsible for what and who is out there representing him in the hobby.

[joelsabi]

Re: Alex Rodriguez HR 562 bat Ebay

If you can learn anything from this, be very careful when buying Arod inscribed items. This is the third HR bat that I know of that is not what it is says it is. Their is a 2002 HR 16 bat that if I remember correctly that is questionable. I think at one time there were two completely different HR 16 2002 bats floating around. I know Bobby (gameused) on here knows about it as well. Personally I would never buy an Arod HR bat, I would settle for a nice signed one.

you talking about this one? i think it just sold recently.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Alex-Rodriguez-Game-Used-HR-16-Signed-Bat-WOW-YANKS_W0QQitemZ120475973964QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1c0ced794c

[Rboitano]

Re: Alex Rodriguez HR 562 bat Ebay

Yes thats the bat, I cant remember the exact details of it. But I am sure that Bobby does know about it. Hopefully he will remember.

[joelsabi]

Re: Alex Rodriguez HR 562 bat Ebay

Yes thats the bat, I cant remember the exact details of it. But I am sure that Bobby does know about it. Hopefully he will remember.

two bats with same inscription 2002 HR #16

one from ASI (Rawlings) and another CoasttoCoast (LVS). I go along with Bobby's conclusion. Trust the source.

http://www.network54.com/Forum/379976/message/1107935248/ASI-Alex+Rodriguez+2002+HR+%2316+bat+a+fake-

[gameused]

Re: Alex Rodriguez HR 562 bat Ebay

Yes thats the bat, I cant remember the exact details of it. But I am sure that Bobby does know about it. Hopefully he will remember.

There were two HR #16 bats from 2002 being auctioned in early 2004. One was a LVS from Mastronet and the other was a Rawlings being auctioned by Vintage Authentics. Below is the link to the old post on the former GUF, the auction links are no longer viewable.

Also, ASI had a bunch of Arod HR inscripted Old Hickory bats from 2004, I inquired about these bats and had some photos sent to me with prices. A week later a rep from ASI told me that Arod wrote the wrong insciptions and dates on the bat and they would have to meet with him to have them resigned.

Personally I would never invest in one his HR bats without a 100% photo match. Too many errors throughout the years with the people that handle his HR items.

Bobby
http://www.network54.com/Forum/37997...16+bat+a+fake-

[joelsabi]

Re: Alex Rodriguez HR 562 bat Ebay

There were two HR #16 bats from 2002 being auctioned in early 2004. One was a LVS from Mastronet and the other was a Rawlings being auctioned by Vintage Authentics. Below is the link to the old post on the former GUF, the auction links are no longer viewable.

Also, ASI had a bunch of Arod HR inscripted Old Hickory bats from 2004, I inquired about these bats and had some photos sent to me with prices. A week later a rep from ASI told me that Arod wrote the wrong insciptions and dates on the bat and they would have to meet with him to have them resigned.

Personally I would never invest in one his HR bats without a 100% photo match. Too many errors throughout the years with the people that handle his HR items.

Bobby
http://www.network54.com/Forum/37997...16+bat+a+fake-

Bobby,

This example was disturbing since you have two inscriptions for the same homerun. The unfortunant thing is that photos are available for the Rawlings bat unless someone here was able to download it to there computer. I believe I asked you for a copy of the photo awhile back but you said you didnt have it. And I guess the Rawlings bat has never been resold since 2004. I would like to see if the inscription on the Rawlings bat was in ARod's own writing. If anyone has the photo please post it.