Players using others players bats or other equipment

[sox83cubs84]

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I just recalled this...when my wife and I went to Cooperstown back in 1999, one of the items on display that we saw was the bat that Tony Cloninger used to hit 2 grand slams in one game with Atlanta in 1966. The bat was an H&B Denis Menke signature model. To further the coincidence, Topps printed a card in their 1967 set titled "Atlanta Aces". The 2 players shown on the card? Menke and Cloninger!

Dave Miedema

[MiLe HigH]

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Picked up a Don Baylor R161 bat Used by Clint Barmes MLB authenticated from last month. Added that to the Don Baylor bat used by Andres Galarragga that I already had. Baylor loves to give his bats to slumping batters.

[cigarman44]

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Rick Ankiel using a Brian McCann Louisville Sugger for his first hit and 2 rbis in his Braves home debut last night. I want it.

[suave1477]

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Here an interesting one I came across,

Don Zimmer wore #23

Check out the knob on the bat!!!

[kylehess10]

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This one is WEIRD!

Omar Infante swinging a Jorge Posada Marucci bat????

Posada doesn't even use Marucci's. Where could this bat have come from? And how did Omar get it?

[lakeerie92]

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It is a Melky Cabrera MC53 Custom Cut. The tape job on the handle has matched a couple of bats that Melky and Omar have been using this year. Melky must have brought them with him like the Cano SSK he used and was sold earlier this year. Jorge might have had some samples given to him that he gave away. NICE PHOTO!

[kylehess10]

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Rick Ankiel 8/8/10 - Swinging a Wilson Betemit Kansas City Royals bat

[kylehess10]

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Troy Glaus 8/8/10 - Swinging a Martin Prado SAM bat

[lakeerie92]

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I saw Glaus hit the 2 RBI single with a SAM BAT yesterday, now I know it was a Prado I really want it. These are all great photos

[lakeerie92]

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This one is WEIRD!

Omar Infante swinging a Jorge Posada Marucci bat????

Posada doesn't even use Marucci's. Where could this bat have come from? And how did Omar get it?

I didn't even think about it last night, but Posada was using a Marucci bat last night vs the Red Sox.

[jbsportstuff]

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Mickey Mantle used Joe Pepitones bat for his 565 foot homer and its in the hall of fame

Actually when Mantle used Pepitone's bat, it was Mantle's 500th homerun.

[jbsportstuff]

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I also have an Aaron Boone bat that was used by Barry larkin. Compliments of AWE

[suave1477]

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Kylehess, Posada started using Maruccis for Batting Practice I believe in 2009

This one is WEIRD!

Omar Infante swinging a Jorge Posada Marucci bat????

Posada doesn't even use Marucci's. Where could this bat have come from? And how did Omar get it?

[sox83cubs84]

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You can add a whole new dimension to this thread by considering the jerseys that were recycled from a given season to the next year's spring training. One example to start: 1981 Cubs home and road #23 Jim Tracy, size 42 at the time. Leave the home intact, change the NOB on the back of the road, and the results are Ryne Sandberg's first Cubs jerseys (1982 ST). Sandberg can be seen wearing the road jersey on his 1983 Fleer and Donruss cards.

Dave Miedema

[Dach0sen0ne]

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Tonight Austin Jackson is using a Brandon Inge Marucci bat.