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Pudge Rodriguez 1993 game used Cooper bat
Here is another of my favorite game used modern era bats that I have in my personal collection:
This is a great Pudge Rodriguez (HOF) 1993 game used Cooper bat that has terrific game use. Check out the cleat marks! FYI, Pudge was Nolan Ryan's personal catcher in 1993 when he caught Nolan's final strikeout on 9/17/93 @ Anaheim and final win on 8/15/93 at CLE. I was lucky enough to be sitting directly behind home plate and witnessed Nolan's final strikeout, who for the record, was Greg Myers (C) for the Angels in '93. Pudge signed and inscribed this bat for me & it's part of my collection of Nolan's career milestone catchers. I have signed game bats with inscriptions for these following milestone catchers: John Stephenson- Nolan Ryan's 1st strikeout catcher-1966 Jerry Grote- Nolan Ryan's 1st win catcher-1968 Jeff Torborg- Nolan's 1st no-hitter, 1000th K & ML record 383K catcher-1973 Art Kusnyer- Nolan Ryan's 2nd no-hitter catcher-1973 Tom Egan- Nolan Ryan's 3rd no-hitter- 1974 Ellie Rodriguez- Nolan Ryan's 4th no-hitter and 100th win catcher-1975 Terry Humphrey- Nolan Ryan's 2,000th K-1976 Alan Ashby- Nolan's 5th no-hitter catcher-1981 Luis Pujols- Nolan's 200th win catcher-1982 and 3,000th K catcher-1980 Mark Bailey- Nolan's 4,000th K catcher- 1985 Chad Kreuter- Nolan's 5,000th K catcher 1989 John Russell- Nolan's 6th no-hitter 1990 Geno Petralli- Nolan's 300th win catcher-1990 Mike Stanley- Nolan Ryan's 7th no-hitter catcher Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez (HOF)- Nolan's last win & last strikeout catcher Last edited by Scott Garner; 03-26-2020 at 06:08 PM. |
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Great thread!
Just acquired this...2019 Trout (MVP), photo matched, PSA/DNA GU10. |
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Killer Trout. Love the lizard skin wrap.
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On Father's Day 1995 at Tiger Stadium, Cal Ripken Jr. swung/missed at a pitch and uncharacteristically lost the grip of this bat as it "helicoptered" into the stands. Fortunately, no one was injured and the fan who retrieved it offered to pass it back down to the field to Cal, however Jr. motioned back to him that he could keep it.
Time rolled on and the fan who retrieved that errant bat sadly passes away and his son (who sat next to his dad that Father's Day) reached out to me to see if I had interest in the bat & a deal was quickly struck. When I had Cal sign it, I asked him to add the '1995 Game Used' inscription but most collectors know that Cal won't do that unless he is 110% certain it's true. When I told Cal about the provenance, he fortunately recalled the incident & gladly added the inscription... Adding also that 1995 is somewhat important to the story because less than three months later, he passed Lou Gehrig for the most Consecutive Games Played Record. Last edited by roarfrom34; 03-21-2020 at 02:57 PM. |
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Nice Ripken!
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Thanks Joecoco. It's actually some type of perforated leather wrap (more images below).
Bill, awesome Ripken bat, story, and of course year (95). Last edited by MVSNYC; 03-21-2020 at 05:20 PM. |
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That's a Bobby Tolan Bat, used during his tenure with the Reds. One of those guys who's batting stance we imitated when we were kids. He held the bat way up high, until the pitch was about to come in. Too bad the Reds traded him away just before the Big Red Machine fully took shape. |
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