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  • tbone90
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2008
    • 424

    New Bat Display Rack

    I just received a very special Christmas present from my father that I wanted to share with everyone. He loves to do wood work and is very exceptional at it and he also knows very well my love for collecting g/u baseball memorabilia. He has already made me several beautiful display cases but this one was a total surprise. He's my best friend and we always have equally great conversations whether it be about wood working or sports (and my "stuff") which makes this piece that much more special to me.

    It is a solid oak, spinning bat rack that holds 12 bats. It stands a little over three feet tall and 20 inches across. Engraved on the top is a picture of League Park where the Cleveland Indians used to play in the early 1900's. The center post is hexagon shaped with the names and dates of past and current Cleveland sports team stadiums.

    I shuffled some of my game used bats to fill the new display rack so it now holds my:

    Prince Fielder C331 '98 Dustin Pedroia S318
    '08 Manny Ramirez Nike '09 Troy Tulowitzki S357
    '09 Mark Reynolds O/H J154 Matt Holiday O/H J143
    '05 Robinson Cano Raw 456B '07 Adam Jones Marucci AJ10
    '03 Vlad Guerrero Sam EM1 Jimmy Rollins Max C4
    (2) '09 Justin Upton O/H J154
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  • SkubeBats
    Banned
    • May 2006
    • 2452

    #2
    Re: New Bat Display Rack

    Nice bat rack, and a nice Fielder bat you got there...

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    • markize
      Senior Member
      • Apr 2008
      • 685

      #3
      Re: New Bat Display Rack

      Tony,

      that's a great looking bat rack, and fine quality craftsmanship! very cool.

      Mark

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      • vdsporty25
        Senior Member
        • Feb 2009
        • 405

        #4
        Re: New Bat Display Rack

        Sweet looking bat rack!!! Looks like you have some awesome bats to display in it as well!
        Thanks a lot
        Josh

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        • NegleyPirate
          Senior Member
          • Nov 2005
          • 579

          #5
          Re: New Bat Display Rack

          Tony,
          the bat rack is amazing looking!!! Does your father sell them??
          Mike
          Michael T. Neville


          My collection of bats,jersey's,ball's,etc.
          http://www.freewebs.com/negleypirate/

          I collect game used stuff of Pittsburgh Pirates,Penguins,Steelers and Michael Jordan cards....


          mtneville@att.net

          4neville4@gmail.com

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          • markfd
            Senior Member
            • Jul 2006
            • 163

            #6
            Re: New Bat Display Rack

            Tony,

            Awesome bat rack looks great with the rest of your display pieces too!

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            • Nnunnari
              Banned
              • Sep 2006
              • 875

              #7
              Re: New Bat Display Rack

              nice collection, I like the glass case on the wall.

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              • tbone90
                Senior Member
                • Nov 2008
                • 424

                #8
                Re: New Bat Display Rack

                Thanks for all the kind words. I couldn't be happier with it. Several people have asked/emailed wanting to know if he sells them or any other cases and unfortunately he does not. I've tried talking him into making an extra case or two just to see how well they'd sell but he refuses. He's been retired for some time and just enjoys playing in the garage. He says if he had to make them to order it would take the enjoyment out of it. Normally what happens is I'll mention in conversation that it would be nice to have a bat case that looks like this or that and several months later it shows up at my house, lol. Since I've noticed a pattern I happened to mention how nice it would be to have some sort of case to display a few of my g/u bases in...I'll let you's know if anything shows up

                Here's a few pics of some of the other cases he's made:
                Attached Files

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                • mwbosoxfan
                  Senior Member
                  • Mar 2006
                  • 184

                  #9
                  Re: New Bat Display Rack

                  The rack and your displays are awesome! How did he do the etching of League Park on the top of the stand up bat rack? Very unique and very cool!

                  John

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