Josh Hamilton 2009 All Star Game Used Bat Help

[Fnazxc0114]

Re: Josh Hamilton used bat MLB hologram question?

There arent many guys in the league that hit the ball as hard as he does.

I'm not sure after looking again. It may be. But I thought they were to blue to be but it could be ball marks

[Fnazxc0114]

Re: Josh Hamilton used bat MLB hologram question?

the last two years hamilton has done a card show that usually happens in april. He has a private signing today. Hamilton like a lot of other guys will put whatever you want on the bat. Hey legal, hamilton isnt much of a collector. I know he auctioned off his g/u stuff from 2008 to raise money for a school in africa. Pretty classy move in my book.

[Dach0sen0ne]

Re: Josh Hamilton used bat MLB hologram question?

Ok, I shrunk and flipped the original image to almost the same size as the at bat pic, tell me what you guys think.

[rangersfan1214]

Re: Josh Hamilton used bat MLB hologram question?

Sent email

[STLHAMMER32]

Re: Josh Hamilton used bat MLB hologram question?

I'm not sure after looking again. It may be. But I thought they were to blue to be but it could be ball marks

When you get a chance email a photo of the backside of your bat. I found a photo that I'm hoping to match it to.

[ndevlin]

Re: Josh Hamilton used bat MLB hologram question?

Yes, they were ink transfers....

[rangersfan1214]

Re: Josh Hamilton used bat MLB hologram question?

I'm not sure after looking again. It may be. But I thought they were to blue to be but it could be ball marks

[STLHAMMER32]

Re: Josh Hamilton used bat MLB hologram question?

The blue marks appear to be from the weights. Don't really appear to be ball marks. I don't see how the database could be wrong with a manufactured date on the knob right before the all star game. If you find anything out let me know. Thanks!

I'm not following you on the weights? These aren't ink transfers?

[spartanservitto]

Re: Josh Hamilton used bat MLB hologram question?

The blue marks appear to be from the weights. Don't really appear to be ball marks. I don't see how the database could be wrong with a manufactured date on the knob right before the all star game. If you find anything out let me know. Thanks!

Look at the mark next to the third ring I believe... it actually looks to match. Just throwing that out there.

-Tony

[STLHAMMER32]

Re: Josh Hamilton used bat MLB hologram question?

Here is has good of a photo as I could get from his single and final at bat in the 6th inning...

[rangersfan1214]

Re: Josh Hamilton used bat MLB hologram question?

The blue marks appear to be from the weights. Don't really appear to be ball marks. I don't see how the database could be wrong with a manufactured date on the knob right before the all star game. If you find anything out let me know. Thanks!

[spartanservitto]

Re: Josh Hamilton used bat MLB hologram question?

The bat came from the team store in Texas, I don't think it was marked any different. I believe a fellow forum member was just helping out someone get a Hamilton bat and picked it up for him.

As far as it being a steal, I am steal trying to find proof it was used in the game...It was not used in his first Ab for sure, but there is a chance it was used after I'm trying to get a decent pic of the grain.

What concerns me is there is no visible blue ball transfers from what I can see in his final at bat, which he had one swing and a base hit. Also it was a nice solid base hit and didn't appear he cracked the bat in anyway....so if this was the bat used somehow it was cracked and had two ball marks on it following the at bat? It says on the MLB database that it was from a session on July 14, 2009 the day of the AS game......I'm a bit puzzled so far but hopefully we find out some more about it....

if this was used in the game....he got one heck of a steal!

See the date makes me wonder, because at the very lease, they acquired it that day. So I think you should be able to the marks because it would be towards the end of the line of the bat. But given the manufacture date, the gap for use should be too hard to track....time to get on MLBtv. haha.

-Tony

[STLHAMMER32]

Re: Josh Hamilton used bat MLB hologram question?

Damn, did the seller know about this? Or did you get one of the biggest steals I have ever seen?

-Tony

The bat came from the team store in Texas, I don't think it was marked any different. I believe a fellow forum member was just helping out someone get a Hamilton bat and picked it up for him.

As far as it being a steal, I am steal trying to find proof it was used in the game...It was not used in his first Ab for sure, but there is a chance it was used after I'm trying to get a decent pic of the grain.

What concerns me is there is no visible blue ball transfers from what I can see in his final at bat, which he had one swing and a base hit. Also it was a nice solid base hit and didn't appear he cracked the bat in anyway....so if this was the bat used somehow it was cracked and had two ball marks on it following the at bat? It says on the MLB database that it was from a session on July 14, 2009 the day of the AS game......I'm a bit puzzled so far but hopefully we find out some more about it....

if this was used in the game....he got one heck of a steal!

[spartanservitto]

Re: Josh Hamilton used bat MLB hologram question?

here is one of the photos of the bat showing the grain.....

Damn, did the seller know about this? Or did you get one of the biggest steals I have ever seen?

-Tony

[rangersfan1214]

Re: Josh Hamilton used bat MLB hologram question?

I never did get the chance to get it signed. Does anyone know of any public signings of his coming up?