Show us your Yadi!

**onlyalbert** · 09-18-2014, 06:41 PM

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2013 Pennant clincher! Picked this up in the stadium auctions the other night. It was on display in a bat tube. The worker said it was not auth and was from 3-29-13. I thought the tar looked awfull thick and fresh to be that old......after I won it and got it home I took it out of the tube to find the 3 on the knob was an 8 and the auth sticker was hidden by the black end cap on the tube. Made the 12 inning loss easier to take!

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**onlyalbert** · 10-09-2014, 12:26 PM

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Here is the match on the other bat I got at the team store. Broken 6-19-14 with MLB auth.

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**onlyalbert** · 12-14-2014, 09:16 PM

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2002 Peoria Chiefs cleats. If you look closely at the left cleat you can see the Molina with the M starting out under the A in AIR. I believe he only had two pairs of cleats for the whole season because the others are well used also and are turf cleats with plastic spikes.

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**onlyalbert** · 01-05-2015, 04:35 PM

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Been looking for one of these for some time now. #41 from 2005 season with team letter. I had the signature removed due to the placement and am going to have him resign in soon. Shows good use and stains. Trying to photomatch it now.

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**onlyalbert** · 01-05-2015, 05:09 PM

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Here's what I have found so far. Career HR #4. I know he had at least one other home jersey as I have a Getty of him going back into the clubhouse after NLCS gm 6 and the name plate is farther away from the numbers. Would not be out of the ordinary for him to only have had 2 home and 2 away being his first full season. The nameplate seems to match perfectly and a few creases as well on the 1 and above the I.

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**onlyalbert** · 01-05-2015, 05:47 PM

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Here are two more. Not so sure about HR #6. It's kind of hard to see the twisted thread in the picture due to the lighting. I think HR#7 seems to be spot on with the creases and the orientation of the numbers on the jersey.

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**STLCardinalscollector** · 01-05-2015, 06:15 PM

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Awesome jersey, would love to have more of his stuff, especially 41.

David

Always looking for Cardinals Game Used and unusual. 2006, and 2011 game used bats.

**onlyalbert** · 01-08-2015, 03:39 PM

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How bout these? The gear is from the PR Winter League. Haven't nailed down the year yet but has to be 08 or newer due to the GG label on the chest prot. Trying to find some pics of him down there in it. Might be 2013 right before he went to the WBC. 2014 cherry handle Marucci and 09 LS anv with a very small hairline crack near the knob.

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**onlyalbert** · 01-20-2015, 01:14 PM

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So here was one of my highlights of the Winter Warm Up weekend. I had Yadi sign his 2011 WS season catchers mitt. Now for those of you that know him you know this past season he, or his agent or both, have implemented a no game used signing policy. It is also well known that he tries to keep all of his equipment. So I was pretty nervous to say the least as I was having him also sign his 2005 #41 jersey. In the first pic you can see I presented the glove open faced so he could not see the back of it. He finishes signing it in pic two and then turns it over in pic three and sees the gold stitching. This is not available on retail model gloves and only to GG winning players. Once he saw that his eyes lit up, he smiled wide and started asking questions! Where did you find this glove? I said on the internet and bought it for my daughter for her birthday. Although I already knew the answer I asked...is it really one of yours? He said Oh yes, that is definitely one of mine.....someone must've stole it from me.....he was smiling when he said it and turned around to his brother and said something in Spanish. I thanked him several times and wished him luck this season. Glad he was smiling during the whole conversation. Wish I remembered my high school Spanish!

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**onlyalbert** · 01-20-2015, 01:29 PM

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Finally got the 41 resigned. If you look back in this thread you will see the original signature that was removed from the left shoulder area. Again, was nervous he wouldn't sign a gamer so I strategically folded the jersey several times so that only the #4 was showing. Worked great and got a great signature! I think this one is complete.

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