Rarest...most photomatched Ken Griffey Jr. Rookie bat!?!

[bgakladd]

Re: Rarest...most photomatched Ken Griffey Jr. Rookie bat!?!

Here is a different photo with Griffey Jr. dressed for what looks like cooler weather. The bat is a Cooper and appears to be without JR. after the name from what I can tell. It even has a similar woodgrain pattern above the 3 color ring and up to the Cooper brand...lol.

[DTM5]

Re: Rarest...most photomatched Ken Griffey Jr. Rookie bat!?!

Wow....that is an interesting pic. The wood grain does appear to join the oval portion of the bat same as my bat and appears no "Jr" No tape looks to be present but maybe he taped it sometime after??? Great find of him using this style cooper in game play regardless. Any additional information with the pic? I'm assuming no, or you would have shared. Thanks again for looking and sharing!!!

[bgakladd]

Re: Rarest...most photomatched Ken Griffey Jr. Rookie bat!?!

Wow....that is an interesting pic. The wood grain does appear to join the oval portion of the bat same as my bat and appears no "Jr" No tape looks to be present but maybe he taped it sometime after??? Great find of him using this style cooper in game play regardless. Any additional information with the pic? I'm assuming no, or you would have shared. Thanks again for looking and sharing!!!

Tough to tell on the tape. Zooming in under the 3 color ring I can see a dark triangular shape on the left side, about an inch under the rings. Is that a tape pattern showing? Yours has a similar shape on the tape.

[sctizzle]

Re: Rarest...most photomatched Ken Griffey Jr. Rookie bat!?!

Thank you for the information.... I should have mentioned I tried calling this number before and it is disconnected.

Looks like Barry is the photographer for the San Jose Giants--maybe someone tbrrr could help you with contact info or ask questions for you.

[DTM5]

Re: Rarest...most photomatched Ken Griffey Jr. Rookie bat!?!

Funny you mention that because I have emailed their two head marketing personnel with no reply. I may just have to pick up the phone and/or send more emails. Again, all the thanks to members helping to brainstorm, search etc to help a fellow member out. This is how a forum like this should be!

[DTM5]

Re: Rarest...most photomatched Ken Griffey Jr. Rookie bat!?!

Funny you mention that because I have emailed their two head marketing personnel with no reply. I may just have to pick up the phone and/or send more emails. Again, all the thanks to members helping to brainstorm, search etc to help a fellow member out. This is how a forum like this should be!

[bgakladd]

Re: Rarest...most photomatched Ken Griffey Jr. Rookie bat!?!

DTM5 contact me at BGAKLADD@AOL.COM if you want. I want to talk to you about the last photo of Griffey Jr. I posted with the Cooper bat.

[DTM5]

Re: Rarest...most photomatched Ken Griffey Jr. Rookie bat!?!

Here is a different photo with Griffey Jr. dressed for what looks like cooler weather. The bat is a Cooper and appears to be without JR. after the name from what I can tell. It even has a similar woodgrain pattern above the 3 color ring and up to the Cooper brand...lol.

Thank you to bgakladd along with Barry Colla for helping me connect the dots with this bat. I was able to connect via email with Mr. Colla and he informed me that the photo shoot for the mothers rookie card took place in July of 1989 at the Kingdome however he did not have record of the exact date.

Expanding my search thanks to bgakladd photo lead I discovered the following picture that matches his exactly. Sorry, once again unable to attach another pic??? If some else is able to please do.

http://www.gettyimages.com/license/72542737

The Mariners played Baltimore and the date would coincide with the photo shoot being in July. Seattle played at Baltimore 7/17/89 - 7/19/89. Look at the two pictures they match up exactly from orange coat with a stripe fan in background...to dugout, along with police officer next to dugout, and Griffey Jr.'s uniform and accessories. You can see in the second pic I provided that the bat is clearly taped. Looking at records of the three game series, Junior had at least one hit in all three games.