MLB Authentication Error?

Re: MLB authentication error

Send them an email... I had an item that was authenticated to a game a player did not play in...

I sent them an email and they checked with the authenticator and it was actually retrieved the day before.

they corrected it in their system

Has anyone here purchased an item that should have been MLB authenticated but was mistakenly not. I won an item from Yankee Stadium on the MLB.com auction site this past July and the item came to me only with the steiner hologram on it, no MLB authentication. I must have called steiner and emailed MLB.com auctions 10 times before they told me that the item had been pulled out of the stadium without being authenticated first. They offered me a refund, but I love the item so much that I just let it slide. I know its the real deal because I've photographed it many times while it was in use over the years, but it just bothers me that it slipped through their hands w/o authenticating it (can't believed they missed it since its 7ft long, not like its a small item)

[metsbats]

Re: MLB authentication error

Thanks for all the feedback Guys.

LH724717 is the MLB hologram number.

I didn't realized the date may reflect the session or date collected and not a particular game date the item was used.

[tigerdale]

Re: MLB authentication error

is it possible to that it was the last home game?? I know a lot of times the last game & last home game a lot get authenticated...

[shoremen44]

Re: MLB authentication error

Send them an email... I had an item that was authenticated to a game a player did not play in...

I sent them an email and they checked with the authenticator and it was actually retrieved the day before.

they corrected it in their system

[legaleagle92481]

Re: MLB authentication error

The helmet was probably collected after that game and if Nick had gotten an ab in that game the helmet was probably in the dugout for him to use. Since batting helmets are used in more than one game I wouldn't worry to much about it.

Re: MLB authentication error

That might just be the Session Date. If you want to email me the MLB Hologram Number , I will check it out for you.

[metsbats]

MLB authentication error

I received a Nick Evan's game used helmet today with a MLB hologram which dated the helmet to the 9/29/2009 mets vs nats game. When I double checked the boxscore Evan's didn't even play on that day.

[nomo121]

Re: MLB bat authentication?

It is the authenticator, as I see them toss balls and so forth over to him. Now that is a sweet gig.

[April 10, 1962]

Re: MLB bat authentication?

The guy sitting in the camera well next to the dugout is the MLB Authenticator. That is why the bats are going his direction. They sit in a similar position at all MLB stadiums.

[gingi79]

Re: Does MLB Auctions fix their mistakes?

I see others have had similar issues so I figured I would update this thread.

After looking over the shirt and tags, it is most likely that this was game worn. The price tagging from the Braves that hangs from the shirt lists it as Francoeur $800. Nothing about game worn like others have been.

I contacted MLB Auctions who forwarded my concerns to a wonderful woman at the Braves. If you have a problem, question, concern about Atlanta Braves material, Lisa Wessinger is the person to talk to. She looked into it and explained how to return my jersey for a new one. Better yet she forwarded my the new MLB Hologram. It lists the shirt as game worn against the Nationals on June 27th AND that the autograph is authenticated at a signing on August 3rd!

If you collect Braves stuff and want her info, email me at gingi79@aol.com. You will NOT be disappointed.

I guess alls well that ends well. I'd say I was pleasantly surprised and very satisfied by the outcome. I hope everyone else who has voiced concerns gets the same service I did.

[coxfan]

Re: MLB bat authentication?

Another thought: If you see items (such as balls) in the Rangers' stores that are given as being from that Twins' game, try to get the hologram number. The items from a given game are always given in the same sequence; for example, the last part of the numbering may start at ...566 and continue through ...582 for all items from that game regardless of the first part of the hologram.( And it often picks up there for the next game, though sometimes they jump to another number sequence.) So if those bats were specifically authenticated as being from certain innings in that game, that would almost certainly prove that the camera well visits were for authenticators. If the bats are only authenticated as " game-used" with no specifics such as inning used, then the camera-well visits were probably not part of the process.

[coxfan]

Re: MLB bat authentication?

It would seem reasonable that an authenticator might sit in the camera well, as he would need to be near the batboys to get items that could be specifically authenticated as " broken bat by Jones-sixth inning" etc. If he waits to get them after the game in the clubhouse, there's no way to be sure of the specific use of the item, so it would thus then be given simply as " game-used on X date".

Authenticators would have to work for both teams if any road items were used and then sold later by the visiting teams. For example, the Braves' dugout lineup cards for road games are certified along with items for the home team ( in the same hologram sequence) and then brought back to Atlanta to sell. That would indicate the authenticators work onsite for both teams.

[jppopma]

Re: MLB bat authentication?

It could be authentication, or it could be somebody inspecting the bats to make sure they fall into the new regulations. With all of the problems with broken bats last year, they are now required to have a clear handle as well as certain grain requirements. They may have certain off field officials that inspect broken bats to make sure they are in compliance as well as continuing to research what bats are more likely to crack.

[cjclong]

MLB bat authentication?

At the Rangers game with the Twins in Arlington Saturday Morneau was batting and broke his bat. The twins bat boy ran out from the Twins dug out with a new bat and gave it to Morneau and then took the broken one over by the Rangers dug out and gave it to someone in the camera well Morneau finished the at bat with a single to right on which he again cracked the bat. The Twins bat boy again picked up the broken bat and took it to the camera well on the Rangers side and handed it to someone. Later in the game a Twiins batter completely shattered his bat and again the Twins bat boy took the two pieces to the camera well. A little while later the Twins bat boy ran over to the Rangers side by the camera well and was handed the 3 bats and took them back to the Twins dug out. Would this be an example of someone from MLB authenticating the bats because I can't think of any other reason for this?

[WadeInBmore]

Re: Does MLB Auctions fix their mistakes?

Don't know if you want to here this or not, but I have had trouble with MLB.com. As an avid frank Thomas collector I skim through the MLB listings from time to time...and believe my excitement when I saw a grey set 2 game used blue jays jersey auth# and all. I quickly ran to my closet and pulled out my set 2 game used grey jersy and compared the auth#'s; they were identical. I tried contacting MLB.com about the issue but didn't recieve a response until after the auction was over to which they told me the auction had ended and/or no info could be found regarding my concern. LOL, oh well...I know I've got my jersey...I just feel bad For the dude who bought the jersey from MLB.com...maybe they sent him/her and autographed retail jersey instead. Hmmmm interesting. Best of luck.

Wade