March Pick-Ups

[perlman9]

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Just picked up these two Shin Soo Choo bats. Should be here early next week!

[onlyalbert]

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This has been my winter project. All 3 MVP years. Took 3 months but they all got here this month. The top bat is an 05 Raul Gonzalez model used by Pujols with team letter. Middle bat is an 08 and the bottom is an 09 with 8 and counting photomatches to the last home series of 09 and game 1 of the 09 nlds and bp before all 3 games of the nlds. Not the best picture taker yet so the angle is why they look different sizes. The 09 is a GU10 from the 12/4 signing and absolutely hammered. A big thanks to all who helped photomatch Jeff, Tim, Rick, Bert, Andrew, and Bob. Now just need to find a nice 01 rookie. Anyone?

[ksfarmboy]

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ksfarmboy:

Awesome Reuss jersey.

The Pirates, FWIW, were the first MLB team to order game uniforms from a Japanese manufacturer (first time 1977). Descente made all three years' worth of pinstriped unies (1977-79) and all the black attire (1977-84).

Dave Miedema

Thanks Dave, it's quickly become one of my favorite jerseys. I've been trying to add one jersey from each team that played in the late 70's to early 80's.

Clint

[momen55]

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finally landed the 61-64 knobless to complete the brand series! have all brands to 90! lee maye model S162, milwaukee braves, #24. very nice bat!

[solarlottry]

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Where do you find all these Youngs? You have an amazing Young collection.

Legal-been collecting Young and Niners shirts for almost 20 years. Even had 2 more Young shirts with team letters that i sold years ago! Dumb but thats life. The Niners sold shirts from 1992-1995 thru MOS and via Dick Dobbins and since i lived in SF i knew both dealers well. I used to look thru all of Mike Weiss's shirts as he got em in. In fact i remember buying a Deion 94 gamer for cheap that he couldnt sell for months! Now try and find one with team letter! The 49er Fan Club also sold shirts and i remember buying a 95 Young for 500$ with player letter, that i later sold. I have been lucky too, meeting certain collectors that really helped me link up with the "in" crowd of game used 49er shirts way back in the mid 90s. There were years that i didnt buy much and missed a fair amount of great shirts but i think that holds true with everyone.

Just looking back thru old AMI and HA auctions and seeing the shirts sold makes me cringe sometimes. Things come around though. Many years ago i owned a Stubblefield shirt that was eventually in Roger Gibson's collection and made it back to mine via a Grey Flannel Auction. I hope many of the shirts i sold years ago make it back to me !

Collecting the pre 2000 superstars is only getting harder and more risky as fakes are ubiquitous which is such a shame. To me you have to spend the $$$ for the real deal but also do your homework on every purchase. There was a 1997 Young that i bought for only 1500$ due to the "lost" team letter. No one bid but it was easily photo-matched so sometimes you get a lucky break.

I have two more SY 94 shirts on the way! Problem is always paying for this stuff. It is almost like a house payment and i know i will never get what i paid for if i ever sold. I buy because i like the players etc. I have become very selective with more recent shirts as there is always another around the corner as they wear one a game. Gone are the days of 30 repairs etc. A shame but reality.

Also more and more classic shirts are being cut up thus driving up the price and making them more scarce. Try find a Montana gamer that is real these days. No way. You are in competition with Panini and UD for the shirts and they have the $ so the collector loses.

Always buying 1994 49er shirts and any 49er shirt with team letter
Paul
garciajones@yahoo.com

[sox83cubs84]

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ksfarmboy:

Awesome Reuss jersey.

The Pirates, FWIW, were the first MLB team to order game uniforms from a Japanese manufacturer (first time 1977). Descente made all three years' worth of pinstriped unies (1977-79) and all the black attire (1977-84).

Dave Miedema

[reed1216]

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Been looking for a quality game used Cards jersey from one of their stars and just picked this 2010 Dockett gamer up from NFL Auctions tonight...

[philsfan]

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Not sure if this helps, but this is a photo of the grand slam.

Thanks!!! Please email me the photo. I was unable to download it from the GUU site. Thanks.

david.kurzweil@gmail.com

[ksfarmboy]

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Picked up this 1978 all original Pirates bumble bee jersey the other day. It was worn by Jerry Reuss.

[Dach0sen0ne]

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Ryan Howard Game Used cracked bat. Interesting bat since Howard doesn't typically use a multi-colored bat. The MLB hologram information states that it was broken on May 7, 2009 against the Mets. Photo shows him using the bat on May 6, 2009.

Question for you bat experts. Does the timing of Howard's use of this bat conincide with the issues relating to "fully dipped" bats? What's the background on those issues? Did MLB ban fully dipped bats for a short time? I also noticed that Chase Utley was using a multi-colored bat around the same time. Thanks.

Not sure if this helps, but this is a photo of the grand slam.

[BU54CB]

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Major Wright GU Home jersey, worn through the NFC Championship game.

[legaleagle92481]

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Ryan Howard Game Used cracked bat. Interesting bat since Howard doesn't typically use a multi-colored bat. The MLB hologram information states that it was broken on May 7, 2009 against the Mets. Photo shows him using the bat on May 6, 2009.

Question for you bat experts. Does the timing of Howard's use of this bat conincide with the issues relating to "fully dipped" bats? What's the background on those issues? Did MLB ban fully dipped bats for a short time? I also noticed that Chase Utley was using a multi-colored bat around the same time. Thanks.

Sweet bat those are hard to find.

[philsfan]

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You might want to look into 5/4/2009 pretty closely. Howard hit a 5th inning grand slam. I cannot get any 2009 game in HD on my MLB.TV for some reason. 2010 games are coming through fine, and 2009 was fine a couple weeks ago... Anyhow I noticed there is a big blue ball mark on left side of barrel about midway between center and barrel labels that looks similar to your bat. I don't want to get your hopes up, because I've got poor image quality coming through. But thought it might be worth your looking into...

Thanks Wes and Jeff. Good information from both of you.

Can anyone on GUU help me out. Couldn't find photos of Howard on 5/4/09 on Getty Images or Photoshelter. Anyone have MLB network in HD that can photomatch the bat that I posted? I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!!!!

[CampWest]

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Ryan Howard Game Used cracked bat. Interesting bat since Howard doesn't typically use a multi-colored bat. The MLB hologram information states that it was broken on May 7, 2009 against the Mets. Photo shows him using the bat on May 6, 2009.

You might want to look into 5/4/2009 pretty closely. Howard hit a 5th inning grand slam. I cannot get any 2009 game in HD on my MLB.TV for some reason. 2010 games are coming through fine, and 2009 was fine a couple weeks ago... Anyhow I noticed there is a big blue ball mark on left side of barrel about midway between center and barrel labels that looks similar to your bat. I don't want to get your hopes up, because I've got poor image quality coming through. But thought it might be worth your looking into...

[Birdbats]

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Ryan Howard Game Used cracked bat. Interesting bat since Howard doesn't typically use a multi-colored bat. The MLB hologram information states that it was broken on May 7, 2009 against the Mets. Photo shows him using the bat on May 6, 2009.

Question for you bat experts. Does the timing of Howard's use of this bat conincide with the issues relating to "fully dipped" bats? What's the background on those issues? Did MLB ban fully dipped bats for a short time? I also noticed that Chase Utley was using a multi-colored bat around the same time. Thanks.

When MLB began slope testing on maple bats in spring training 2009, the test area had to be exposed, natural wood -- so you didn't see any all-black bats for most of 2009. Late in the season, you started seeing black bats again with little test windows.