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Originally Posted by icollectDCsports
With respect to bats, my understanding is that there are so few we can confidently say are game used largely because only a small percentage of bats used in the Negro League were stamped with anything linking them to a player, team, or the league itself. At least that’s what I’ve been told.
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And those that do exist generally only have Block lettering due to companies not being willing to make custom bats for the Negro Leaguers (with their signatures). Sad, actually. I have more than 10 bats and only 4 of then even have the block lettering. The PSA Letters on most of these bats are really interesting reads as well. Side-writing and factory records are key for these items.
All three of the bats that I have at Cooperstown (Gibson, Pete Hill and Martin DiHigo) all have block letters.
Al