Show Off Your Newly Renovated Memorabilia Rooms

[earlywynnfan]

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Ken (earlywynn fan) how did you make the bat structure in the corner? Are the bats glued together? It looks really cool.

Everybody asks about those. It's the easiest thing in the world: just lay a bat down and lay the next one alongside with the knob overlapping. The knobs hold them together, although it's obviously not the sturdiest. The one I have pictured is a little too tall, but it works.

Ken

[EricTheRed44]

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Nice new cave, Joel! You have a keeper my friend.

My wife is too scared to touch anything in the cave... even when I ask her to grab something or hold something she says no and runs off. She can tend to be a klutz though, so it may be for the best.

[Roady]

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That's a great present from your wife.
Congratulations!

[Joel_Brock]

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My wife surprised me for Christmas and had our basement turned into a sports area. She hired a local company to design and build this. They built it all in 5 days while we were out of town. What a nice surprise to come home to.

[Abigballs]

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Ken (earlywynn fan) how did you make the bat structure in the corner? Are the bats glued together? It looks really cool.

[DonFan23]

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RJ, you probably could hear my groan when I saw your post. We have the same idea about collecting bat themed pics to go with game used bats. I am still gathering pics and trying to come up with a coherent and not incredibly space consuming way to display. Of course my are much more tasteful as they are Red Sox and not Yankees, but all the same, I think it is a very cool idea. I particularly like the posed ones most popular in the 60s with the players aiming bats like rifles or holding 4 at a time. I have an idea for a display and if I ever put it together I will post it.

Thanks, Jeff. It has taken me a couple of years to collect the photos. I have a few that didn't quite make the cut and am always on the lookout for more upgrades in the hope that I'll have more space one day.

[jsage]

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Just a corner of my way-too-small display room, but the snowstorm gave me a chance to organize my bat rack & accompanying photos (mostly type 1's). Unfortunately the bats on the rack do not have any direct correlation to the players in the photos...

I have a Mattingly GU L/V Slugger T141 - Autographed 1986-89 for sale.
Jerry Sage jssage24@yahoo.com

[soxbats]

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RJ, you probably could hear my groan when I saw your post. We have the same idea about collecting bat themed pics to go with game used bats. I am still gathering pics and trying to come up with a coherent and not incredibly space consuming way to display. Of course my are much more tasteful as they are Red Sox and not Yankees, but all the same, I think it is a very cool idea. I particularly like the posed ones most popular in the 60s with the players aiming bats like rifles or holding 4 at a time. I have an idea for a display and if I ever put it together I will post it.

Soxbats@aol.com

Collecting Red Sox bats 1960 to present, need Ron Jackson (60), Ray Webster, Carmen Fanzone, George Smith, Felix Mantilla, Ken Poulsen, Chuck Goggin, and Luis Alvarado

[abstractheory]

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Ahhh...one of my favorite threads revived. Very nice!

[DonFan23]

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Just a corner of my way-too-small display room, but the snowstorm gave me a chance to organize my bat rack & accompanying photos (mostly type 1's). Unfortunately the bats on the rack do not have any direct correlation to the players in the photos...

[allstarsplus]

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Yankee fans wanting to build the ultimate sports room should check out this site!

http://www.carvedwoodshop.com/photo_gallery.php

http://www.carvedwoodshop.com/?gclid=CJjtyeSd5LoCFYJ9Ogod6BUAgw

[joelsabi]

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Thanks!
We made the lockers from scratch (with the idea stolen from someone in this thread!) The balls are in shelves we found at a garage sale, and we put finishing on it to make it look like it matches the lockers. The "fans" of jerseys are actually antique clothes dryers! They were cheap and I thought they looked cool. The bats racks we made; the only problem with them is knobless bats don't fit.

Ken

nice room. use a space even a wife could not argue against.

how are the stuff in the bulletin board cabinet held in place? pin?

[ChrisCavalier]

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I have a plan to change all that by the time I hit the big six-oh, which gives me a bit over six months, if the fam doesn't sic the Hoarders people on me first.

That's pretty funny!

-Chris

[godwulf]

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Too much stuff? Nah. Too much stuff is several hundred bats leaning against every wall and corner, boxes of signed baseballs and photos, and a couple of closets full of jerseys. And a narrow path leading through the chaos. I have a plan to change all that by the time I hit the big six-oh, which gives me a bit over six months, if the fam doesn't sic the Hoarders people on me first.

[ChrisCavalier]

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I love the layout, Ken! Nice touch with the painted baseballs on top, too! Just spectacular!

I agree Ken. Your room looks fantastic!! Also, Korey, you room looks spectacular as well!

-Chris