BMH- Pedroia Question

[kellsox]

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BMH
How many 2 tone Gwynn finish M9s did he order this year?
kelly

[matt]

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Brian -

Thanks for the info. I guess the gist of it is that Maccamania's and my blonde 33 inch c243's could be from anytime between 2004 to late 2007 when he signed w/ H&B and started getting signature bats instead of the block letter versions we have.

Pardon my ignorance on foil stamping, but it seemed like this blonde one had a far lighter printing than my black M9's. I think he just knocked the foil off it.

Thanks for being so generous with your knowledge. Enjoy the brief respite from the season.

Matt

[BMH]

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Honestly I'd have to see the bat to tell you what type of branding it is.

Oh, he ordered 36 Gwynn finish(half black) bats in 2008. For 2009 that will be the only black finish he's allowed to order in Maple thanks to the new rules. No more full dip black bats. Actually if you read the rules it doesn't make a difference between Ash and Maple so they all have to be half dip. We will see...

[matt]

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Brian - Here is the mystery Pedroia bat:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=110319468875

If you have any idea as to what vintage year this is, I would appreciate it, but thanks for the guidance you have already given. I was hoping this was from after his big league call-up given it had the "Red Sox" naming, but that sounds incorrect now. The branding is super thin and that bat seems unfinished with a very deep cup with very rough edges if that helps.

Your commentary about the new Maple rules is very interesting too.

Matt

[BMH]

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Oh, that is No finish.

That explains the foil not sticking very well, it never does. The foil holds better on lacquer.

Your bat is either from Oct. of 2005 or January of 2006.

That is another thing you all won't have to worry about too. I started playing around with stamping the date on the knobs of bats today. I still can't decide if I'm going to have them do it before or after paint. Of course on Maple it won't matter since they will all be clear or no finish. It will read like this: 12178. Nothing spectacular but it will get us in compliance.

[thomecollector]

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Brian,
Sorry to bother you. But, Is there a way that I can get a copy of the records for Jim Thome ? Are they available in a book ? Plmk. Thanks in advance for your time. Roger

[matt]

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Brian - Thanks for the help once again. It will be great if you guys add dates to the bottom of the bats. It will certainly avoid dating questions from guys like me. Hope it works out.

Matt

[BMH]

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Thomecollector:
I'm not allowed to give out full records of players. It's against company policy. If you're looking for a particular bat I can help out but it is still frowned upon by my work.


MLB and their team met with us today to go over the new rules for making bats and how to apply them. We spent the first 3 hours going over the rules and a 75 page report they conducted on the broken bats and how they affected us. It was pretty amazing, after they explained it I felt much better about going into the 2009 season. Though it's going to be weird seeing half dip bats with black spots on the handles...

It's also been decided they are going to leave Ash alone to our relief. There weren't enough multiple piece failures to address. Out of the 2200 bats collected, 67 that broke in multiple pieces were Ash.

Oh, I believe they will not be collecting bats this coming season (lack of funding) so you all should be able to get bats easier this year.