Had a good chuckle tonight.....

[Vintagedeputy]

Re: Had a good chuckle tonight.....

Well, here's my bat:



The angle of the pic is different of course but the white dot above the ballmark can be clearly seen in this photo:



When I hold my bat like this one is being held, there's no doubt that its the same bat. All the marks match up. There's also a pine tar stain in the M just to the left of Bone Rubbed which can be seen.

I dont doubt that the seller had his bat auto'd at the same time, its just not the same bat in the pics as he stated. That can be misleading to a buyer. If you look at the bat for sale, you'll see no white cleat mark. Anyway, I appreciate having a pic of Milledge signing my bat.

[frikativ54]

Re: Had a good chuckle tonight.....

I'd like to see scans of your bat. That would verify things more for both me and the seller.

[Vintagedeputy]

Re: Had a good chuckle tonight.....

ok, so email the seller, and I say:

The bat shown being signed is not the same one that you are selling, is it? Can you tell me where you obtained the bat from?

Their response?

The bat is exactly the same one that was signed because I was there... I purchased it from someone who has an inside connection with the nationals and has sold to many in the area.

I find it hard to believe that its the same bat, since I'm holding that bat right now.

I dont doubt that they got their bat signed there, but the photo proof is not the same bat.

[Vintagedeputy]

So I'm just sitting here, cruising ebay. I notice that a seller has a Lastings Milledge game used bat. He had numerous pics of his bat and "photo proof" of Milledge signing the bat during the Nats 2009 uniform unveiling.....

The funny part?

The bat Milledge is autographing in the photo isnt the same one that the man is selling with "photo proof".

How do I know this? The bat Milledge is shown signing in the pics is mine! I got it from Andrew Lang who attended the signing and got the bat signed.

Thanks for the photo proof!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Game-Used-Washington-Nationals-Lastings-Milledge-Bat_W0QQitemZ260339303048QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item260339303048&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318