I worked with a guy in the late 80's who did signings with some of the older players (Slaughter, Drysdale, Hunter, etc) and he would order new LS player model bats from the factory for the signings. The only condition was that the player had to write a letter (or maybe sign a form) to allow H&B to manufacture their personal model bats.
That could be the case with this one.
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Working Sets:
Baseball-
T206 SLers - Virginia League (-2)
1952 Topps - low numbers (-1)
1954 Bowman (-5)
1964 Topps Giants auto'd (-2)
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