Just got back from Jim Thome's signing near Philly. He signed 4 items for me. An early Indians bat, a 200th HR dugout scorecard, a 500th HR ticket and his actual 484th HR baseball.
The bat was acquired many years ago from a guy who said he got it from Manny. The knob was blacked out with Manny's 24 written in silver over it. But the name says "Tim Tony". For years I didn't understand what it was. Then I noticed the barrell end was cupped and in the cup was written "25 CI13" in silver. 25 is Thome. Tim Tony= Jim Thome! Either misheard in the bat oreder or some sort of joke. I wanted to ask him but they kept us moving pretty fast. But the bat was definitely used by both a righty and a lefty. So I believe this bat was used by both 500 HR Club members.
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