Question regarding 2008 broken bat study...

[kylehess10]

Re: Question regarding 2008 broken bat study...

So every bat that broke in 2008 was used in the study?

From July 2nd until sometime in early August

[Manram]

Re: Question regarding 2008 broken bat study...

Any bat that broke was involved in the study.

So every bat that broke in 2008 was used in the study?

[BMH]

Re: Question regarding 2008 broken bat study...

Any bat that broke was involved in the study.

[grenda12]

Re: Question regarding 2008 broken bat study...

Never mind. I found what I was looking for.

What team bats were involved in the study?

[grenda12]

Re: Question regarding 2008 broken bat study...

Is there any article online about this.

[Manram]

Re: Question regarding 2008 broken bat study...

I would think jonny ordered it that way(with the red logo) to match what team he is on. I have max bats and there logos are black

[LWMM]

Re: Question regarding 2008 broken bat study...

Also why would he have a red max bat logo, when he played on a green team?

Christmas spirit? But he had a silver logo in 2007, so I'm not sure that it's specifically meant to use team colours.

[Manram]

Re: Question regarding 2008 broken bat study...

Also why would he have a red max bat logo, when he played on a green team?

[MLB_Authentic]

Re: Question regarding 2008 broken bat study...

Hence, the J09. The J stands for Jim, which is Jim Anderson, these bats were made off of his spreadsheet. Jim is an owner. He has his own spreadsheet that his orders go on, and they also have a Maxbat spreadsheet that phoned in orders go on. The 09 stands for 2009. The 040 means it was the 40th order off of Jim's spreadsheet in 2009. So they are likely 2009 Spring Training bats.

[MLB_Authentic]

Re: Question regarding 2008 broken bat study...

NO, I can tell you with 100% certainty they are 2009 bats. I know first hand.

[LWMM]

Re: Question regarding 2008 broken bat study...

That's odd---the seller I bought them from told me that he obtained them in 2008 at two separate Durham Bulls games. I don't have any reason to doubt his story, especially as he lives extremely close to Durham (Gomes played for Louisville and Cincinnati in 2009).

Assuming that the seller was correct, the bats would have been made before August 5th 2008, when Gomes was sent down from Tampa to Durham; as both have 31, Gomes' MLB number, on the end, instead of the 40 he wore at Durham, I assume he carried an order of bats down with him. Is there any chance that late 2008 MAX bats could have been coded similarly to 2009 bats?


The numbers on both bats are J09-0040

[MLB_Authentic]

Re: Question regarding 2008 broken bat study...

The PRO numbers are Maxbats way of keeping track of when the bat was turned as per the new MLB rules. It corresponds to a "turn date" on their spreadsheets. Hope this helps.

[MLB_Authentic]

Re: Question regarding 2008 broken bat study...

Your Gomes bats are from 2009. You can tell by the PRO-????? number down by the name. I can promise you these are 2009 bats, without question.

[LWMM]

Re: Question regarding 2008 broken bat study...

I have two bats used by Jonny Gomes in late 2008 (while in AAA), both with what I have been assuming to be the ink dot. Could the test have begun earlier, or is this something else?

Best photos I have on me:

Bat 1 (dot at the bottom right of the break):



Bat 2 (closeup of a crack---dot is at the far left of it, half missing with the missing wood):

[BMH]

Re: Question regarding 2008 broken bat study...

Yes, the "Ink test" started in 2009.