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Julie Vognarthe Ichiro bat fiasco. I remember a friend at the time showing me the two-page spread with the exalted words of description on them. What a --DRAG! It soon became common knowledge that Ichiro had brought a year's supply of Mizuno bats with him...
Every time I see a "game used" bat--espcially one that is supposed to have been used in a PARTICULAR game-- or ball-- from Babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig, or Wayne Tewilliger, I always think, "Yeah? How the hell would you know?"
It does seem strange that Bushing is taking all the heat. I'm sure there's plenty of blame to go around, and plenty of auction houses. If an auction house can't verify the "chain of custody"--O.K. provenance-- they just make up the little bits where their knowledge fails, and then ADVERTISE!
"Whrere is Bushy? Where is Green"? "Re-Defeat Bush" "A bird in the hand..."
