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Old 02-13-2018, 09:26 AM
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Default From Ashes To Diamonds - Hanna Manufacturing Company (Bats) - George T. Counter

This is being posted in the main section because it seems appropriate, has to do with Pre-War players and is written by one of our esteemed members. He asked for some assistance in posting it, which I am always happy to do for members.





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This is being posted in the main section because it seems appropriate, has to do with Pre-War players and is written by one of our esteemed members. He asked for some assistance in posting it, which I am always happy to do for members.







great article, and great american company, lost to time....
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Very cool. My wife is from Athens and we still get back there as often as we can. I'm sure I've gone by the old factory location.
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Very interesting article, thanks for posting.
I've also been to Athens several times, working and with my son while he was at UGa.
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Very interesting!
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This was a great read, thank you for sharing!
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I live a few minutes outside of Athens. My father in law is a retired fireman who actually helped fight the fire that destroyed the old factory. I have a couple of old bats also.
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Great article also! I really enjoyed it.
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Very interesting read...........thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for sharing this article! I used to live in Athens, GA ... and my family still does. We talk about the Hanna bat company every Summer when I go down there to visit (my whole family are baseball fans!). I used to drive by the old Hanna factory site every day when I went to work at UGA. Unfortunately ... I never did find a Hanna bat. Maybe THIS Summer :-) Anyway ... thanks again for posting this article!
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Thank all of you for the kind words. I appreciate it. I have been researching this company for 30+ years. Any more help or leads you could give me, I would appreciate it. I also have some older catalogs that I can look Hanna bat styles if you have any.
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