March Pick-Ups

brianborsch · 03-06-2011, 12:47 PM

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I wonder how it works. Because I've seen minor leaguers w PRO bats before they've made it to the bigs....

SkubeBats · 03-06-2011, 11:38 AM

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That's how Rawlings stamps their minor league bats. When the make it to the pros they get stamped with pro stamped under their name.

cigarman44 · 03-06-2011, 10:36 AM

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Originally posted by brianborsch

I just picked up this game ready/issued 2005 Matt Kemp Rawlings bat. It has the old "Professional Model" stamping below his name vs the "-PRO-" that they have nowadays. They also had the -PRO- stamping back in 2005 so maybe they did the "Professional Model" stamp when it was their first order or when it was a trial order? Can anyone explain that?

[IMG]file:///Users/BB/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot.png[/IMG]No pics...sorry...

I always thought those were minor league bats but I could be wrong.

brianborsch · 03-06-2011, 10:33 AM

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I just picked up this game ready/issued 2005 Matt Kemp Rawlings bat. It has the old "Professional Model" stamping below his name vs the "-PRO-" that they have nowadays. They also had the -PRO- stamping back in 2005 so maybe they did the "Professional Model" stamp when it was their first order or when it was a trial order? Can anyone explain that?

[IMG]file:///Users/BB/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot.png[/IMG]No pics...sorry...

cigarman44 · 03-06-2011, 10:14 AM

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Also a 2010 Max bat MLB authenticated to an RBI on April 10 off Josh Beckett.

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cigarman44 · 03-06-2011, 03:41 AM

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Just got in this 2010 Ankiel Mother's Day bat

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gorilla777 · 03-05-2011, 08:49 PM

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Originally posted by sox83cubs84

Gorilla:

In the words of Glenn Quagmire: "Giggety-giggety-giggety'!

MARVELOUS Robinson bat...it would be great if you could somehow pinpoint it to specifically the 1966 season, as that was Robby's 2nd MVP year (with Orioles; he won the NL MVP in '61 with Cincinnati).

Dave Miedema

Thanks Dave, and I'm with you on that one. (Family Guy references always welcomed too)
He ordered that bat in both years, so I tried to check variations in bat rack streak colors, with Crosley Field being black and Memorial being dark green (at least from what I researched) The bat seems to show some of both, but not really prominently.
The other Robinson bat I have pictured below I pinpointed to the '66 MVP year with Baltimore, most likely, as it is covered with the green bat rack streaks all over the bat.
I think Frank Robinson is one of the underrated players of all time, IMHO.

Ben

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dylanharr · 03-05-2011, 07:11 PM

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Matt Antonelli game used cleats from 2006 (This is just one of them, obviously)

sox83cubs84 · 03-05-2011, 06:03 PM

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Gorilla:

In the words of Glenn Quagmire: "Giggety-giggety-giggety'!

MARVELOUS Robinson bat...it would be great if you could somehow pinpoint it to specifically the 1966 season, as that was Robby's 2nd MVP year (with Orioles; he won the NL MVP in '61 with Cincinnati).

Dave Miedema

schubert1970 · 03-05-2011, 05:30 PM

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Originally posted by bvastano

Teixeira always puts inspirational words inside the hats that he wears. A few of 2010 caps was for a name for a kid that he met who was battling cancer: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/sp...3teixeira.html

Thank you for sharing! This is why I collect his stuff. Class Act.