October Pick Ups

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by yanks12025

Miguel Montero game used bat from 2011, I photo matched him using it to hit two home-runs.

Brock,
While I would agree that the barrel appears to be a match, the handle shows a much different amount of pine tar applied. The in-use photo shows minimal pine tar, wheras your bat has what I would call extensive application of pine tar.

I would tend to attribute this this to Montero using this bat over an extended period of time before he cracked it. He might have even hit more homers with it than you think, given its use. Food for thought....

[yanks12025]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Brock,
While I would agree that the barrel appears to be a match, the handle shows a much different amount of pine tar applied. The in-use photo shows minimal pine tar, wheras your bat has what I would call extensive application of pine tar.

I would tend to attribute this this to Montero using this bat over an extended period of time before he cracked it. He might have even hit more homers with it than you think, given its use. Food for thought....

Scott,
I understand what you mean by the pinetar, but I think it's just the photo. Because if you look closely at the handle in the game photo you can see that it's built up more then it looks. Included a better photo of the same at bat.

But I think Montero may have used the bat on and off from mid April till he broke it on May 31st. Also photo matched it to several Singles and Doubles and maybe a third homerun but need to find better photos.

[scooter729]

A few items from Heritage for my Red Sox collection...

1915 team photo
1913 ticket album (made out to John F. Kennedy! No, not THAT one)
Tris Speaker supplement

[39special]

Originally Posted by scooter729

A few items from Heritage for my Red Sox collection...

1915 team photo
1913 ticket album (made out to John F. Kennedy! No, not THAT one)
Tris Speaker supplement

Nice stuff Scott !!

[bcbgcbrcb]

Scott:

I liked the 1915 Red Sox photo too but couldn't really explain the linen-type paper that the photo was printed on.

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Scott- Does the Red Sox team photo have any info on the back? It appears to be taken on the bleachers at Majestic Field on Hot Springs, Arkansas? I have never seen that exact photo before.

[scooter729]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Scott:

I liked the 1915 Red Sox photo too but couldn't really explain the linen-type paper that the photo was printed on.

Hi Phil,

I agree - I hope to have the photo checked out by others who might be able to confirm the paper does indeed date to 1915. I was happy with the price, assuming it is of the right vintage.

If anyone else knows any more about this than I do, please let me know - thanks!!


Mike - my assumption was that it might be a Hot Springs picture, based on the mixture of home and away uniforms, so your belief and knowledge of how the bleachers should appear would back that up!

[thxforthebp]

Picked up a pretty rare signature for under $10. It is on the whole minor league scorecard but I just cropped out the Tomas De La Cruz for photo purposes. He played only one season (1944) with the Reds and died very young at 46 in Havana Cuba in the 50s. Cant be too many of these around....