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03-12-2020, 10:52 PM
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03-13-2020, 06:31 AM
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Early 90's, from new HOF'er Larry Walker
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03-13-2020, 07:56 AM
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Virgil "Fire" Trucks circa 1952 era game used Adirondack bat
Hi Mike,
Great idea for a new thread! I'm thrilled to have recently picked up this circa 1952 vintage game used Adirondack bat of Detroit Tigers fastball pitcher Virgil "Fire" Trucks. In 1952 Virgil Trucks joined Johnny "Double No-Hit" Vander Meer (1938) and Allie Reynolds (1951) as the only 3 pitchers to accomplish the feat of hurling two no-hitters in a single season. It's important to note that since 1952, only three pitchers have joined this list: Nolan Ryan (1973) and Roy Halladay (2010) and Max Scherzer (2015) making this one of the most exclusive clubs in ML history. Sadly, 4 of these 6 pitchers are now deceased. Pitchers bats are rare. Finding a vintage, game used bat with tons of use, that was actually signed by Trucks made this an unbelievable pickup for my advanced no-hitter collection. Last edited by Scott Garner; 03-15-2020 at 04:54 PM.
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03-15-2020, 12:15 PM
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Scott, Max Scherzer of the Wash. Nationals became the 6th pitcher to accomplish this feat in 2015. He no-hit the Pirates on 6/20/15, just missing a perfect game by hitting a Pirates batter with 2 outs in the 9th. My wife and I were most fortunate to have attended this game. Scherzer also no-hit the Mets on 10/3/15.
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Seeking very scarce/rare cards for my Sam Rice master collection, e.g., E210 York Caramel Type 2 (upgrade), 1931 W502, W504 (upgrade), W572 sepia, W573, 1922 Haffner's Bread, 1922 Keating Candy, 1922 Witmor Candy Type 2 (vertical back), 1926 Sports Co. of Am. with ad & blank backs. Also 1917 Merchants Bakery & Weil Baking cards of WaJo. Also E222 A.W.H. Caramel cards of Revelle & Ryan. Last edited by ValKehl; 03-15-2020 at 12:17 PM.
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03-15-2020, 03:34 PM
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Joe Dugan 1928-1930 Gamer
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My signed 1934 Goudey set(in progress). https://flic.kr/s/aHsjFuyogy Other interests/sets/collectibles. https://www.flickr.com/photos/96571220@N08/albums My for sale or trade photobucket album https://flic.kr/s/aHsk7c1SRL
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03-15-2020, 04:35 PM
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Beautiful Dugan bat. Amazing Jeter. They represent the Yankees' first and last WS winners. It would be interesting to have them side by side for comparison.
In keeping with theme of Yankee infielders, here is one from their first pennant winning team. Who else has some?
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I always assumed the tape was applied to fix a crack or some damage. Its exciting to see that it actually could have been placed there by him. Thanks for sharing it. Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk
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03-26-2020, 08:22 PM
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This was the bat that really got me started collecting game used equipment. I had a few bats and I was activly looking for a Bonds Gamer. I picked up a Sosa bat that was cracked. I had slways avoided cracked bats but seeing and holding it the game use just jumped out at me. The crack was just a part of what happens when a player like Sammy swings a bat a good number of times.
Then I saw this in an auction not my favorite bat manufacturer but I had not seen another Bonds bat with this level of use offerd for sale in the 2 years I had been looking. Like others have mentioned the deep stich marks are an instant reminder of who was swinging this bat. PSA gave this a 9.
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03-27-2020, 11:30 AM
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Arrived today in the mail after some delay due to a shipping problem....could not be happier...took a shot because there were no backside pics or barrel end pics available...bat was mailed from Georgia....68-70 game used Hank Aaron 302 Adirondack 63 A model....35 inches...33.9 oz...lots of use with ball marks/cleat marks and a nice faded 44 on the barrel end as well as the knob end. Will have this bat for a long time.
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11-17-2020, 09:30 PM
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how to start?
Hi. Welcome to this side of the hobby. To my mind, collecting game used or pro model bats, caps, gloves, etc. takes the baseball collector much closer to the actual game.
If I were starting out, I would spend some time searching for bats on old Heritage Auctions, MEARS auctions, Robert Edward Auctions, Hunt Auctions sites.... they all have archives. This should give you a rough picture of what is/was out there and, in the case of very old bats, how often (rarely) they are available. If you have a favorite team, that can help you search. There a number of books, booklets, and a few articles that are useful if you become hooked.
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12-22-2021, 06:10 PM
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Love this thread and very educational
At some point I might start looking to get one but a lot depends where I can display it. I want to be able to enjoy it once I get it
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Thanks all Jeff Kuhr https://www.flickr.com/photos/144250058@N05/ Looking for 1920 Heading Home Ruth Cards 1920s Advertising Card Babe Ruth/Carl Mays All Stars Throwing Pose 1917-20 Felix Mendelssohn Babe Ruth 1921 Frederick Foto Ruth Rare early Ruth Cards and Postcards Rare early Joe Jackson Cards and Postcards 1910 Old Mills Joe Jackson 1914 Boston Garter Joe Jackson 1911 Pinkerton Joe Jackson
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12-26-2021, 06:39 PM
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Great bats fellas
Galarraga from his time with the Braves  1998 R205 Galarraga by Greg Martin, on Flickr.
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06-07-2023, 03:51 PM
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Bill White Gamer
I went outside my comfort zone because growing up I so enjoyed Bill White when he was Was paired up with Phil Rizzuto calling Yankee games on TV. In the late 60's early 70's we had a Black and white Zenith TV that we would watch games on while sorting cards on our game table.
Added to that He was an 8x All Star And was President of the National League!!. Thats a lifetime full of Baseball. Anyway my oldest gamer PSA gave it a 9 despite the crack on the Handle. So they must have seen alot of characteristics they liked on the bat. I know I like it.
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03-31-2025, 10:12 PM
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The Yankees Torpedo Bat Genius brings wooden bats to the forefront!
As Cinderalla’s and mid-majors are over, professional Bats has been elevated to the next level…. Congrats on the wooden history within this thread….
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04-01-2025, 09:34 PM
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Torpedo
Here is a cert for my torpedo bat. LOL
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03-15-2020, 04:52 PM
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Thank you for correcting me & I didn't mean to short change Mad Max. I should have known this.  Duly noted & correction has been made.
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03-15-2020, 07:37 PM
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Beautiful bats! Here's a Harvey Hendrick side written bat with part of the original shipping label and a newly acquired Frank Crosetti Spalding bat.
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