first thing you do?

[FastLane80]

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you might want to inspect it for damage before you swing it!

I'm waiting for the day when I take a light swing and the barrel goes flying I may break something but it'd make for a good story!

[camarokids]

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It was probably the placement of her fingers which got the photo deleted

lucky fingers

[Fnazxc0114]

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here lately i have been leaving the items in the box. for some reason it seems like just stuff to me right now. i think im gonna take a break from the hobby right now. theres only one item that would excite right now and i dont feel like paying that much for it. so i might just take a break for a while. i have bought a couple of nice custom rifles and shotguns recently. right now they seem cooler than wooden bats and jerseys.

[kylehess10]

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This forum is no good. She had some clothes on!

It was probably the placement of her fingers which got the photo deleted

[kylehess10]

Re: first thing you do?

Here's what I normally do:

1. Inspect the piece

2. If it's a broken bat, I'll then take off the tape that MLB/Steiner puts on to hold together, since to me, seeing a bat in two pieces looks better

3. Photograph it

4. Display it

[yanks12025]

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This forum is no good. She had some clothes on!

[Instanton]

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I only collect jerseys and uniforms.

I inspect it.
I take photos of it.
I catalog it.
I enjoy it.

[camarokids]

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Whew, good thing I saved the photo of the hottie....

Now that I have space to display my collection, I almost always know where I will put an item and how it will be displayed before it arrives. Whether in a frame or on a bat rack or in a bat tube.

[suicide_squeeze]

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If it's a jersey, I ask my wife to get naked and then have her put it on.

Then I take a few pictures, email the pics to American Memorabilia and type "BEAT THAT!!!!"

[joecoco]

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That is so funny, I smell the pine tar too. Much like the rest of you guys, I inspect it up and down, followed by a lame attempt to photomatch it (thank God for Kyle). I thought I was the only weirdo to smell the pine tar; glad there are others out there! - Joe

[godwulf]

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Holding them when I'm tense, anxious, agitated, restless etc tends to calm me down. My bats are my therapy.

"You come into this world defenseless. That's why God gave us baseball bats. Well, he gave us trees. But we knew what he meant."

- Christopher Titus

[skyking26]

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Test

[Vintagedeputy]

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Unless the bat is falling apart, I take a couple of swings with it. I then inspect it for cleat marks, ball marks, any damage that was not mentioned (been lucky so far) and then I make a futile attempt to photomatch it. Holding them when I'm tense, anxious, agitated, restless etc tends to calm me down. My bats are my therapy. I'm not violent so I won't be smashing anything and if I ever was to, I promise not to ever auction it off like some people (Charlie Sheen)

you might want to inspect it for damage before you swing it!

[emann]

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Vladimir Guerrero does this as well I've heard... Watch out for those "no batting gloves" guys!

To keep on topic, I usually feel the weight of it for a few minutes, look at the ball marks/use on it, etc. New bats sit by the couch for a couple days until the "new" has worn off. Then, they go to the rack...

[FastLane80]

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Unless the bat is falling apart, I take a couple of swings with it. I then inspect it for cleat marks, ball marks, any damage that was not mentioned (been lucky so far) and then I make a futile attempt to photomatch it. Holding them when I'm tense, anxious, agitated, restless etc tends to calm me down. My bats are my therapy. I'm not violent so I won't be smashing anything and if I ever was to, I promise not to ever auction it off like some people (Charlie Sheen)