Cal Ripken Sr. Pre-Game Used Model H29 Fungo Bat

[filmmaker]

I recently purchased an estate of a former Baltimore Orioles Scout and I acquired a few interesting pieces.

I have here a Cal Ripken Senior Pre-Game Used Model H29 Louisville Slugger (Hillerich & Bradsby) Fungo Bat. The bat has pine tar mid-way up the bat. This is the exact condition as I found it, but it looks like the barrel of the bat had been wrapped at one time.

It is un-cracked and in excellent condition.

[Leon]

That's pretty cool looking. Back in the day we would use types like that for batting practice. The ball would fly off of them. I assume they are still used today ....

[MacDice]

That's cool as a coach who has done some camps with the Ripken baseball foundation I would have jumps on that fungo