I'd go with that. I have an early Manny Ramirez game bat that I bought. the name engraved in the barrel was Tim Tony. The guy said Manny handed him the bat from the dugout in the 90's. I was like, who is Tim Tony? The end of the knob was blacked out with marker and a silver "24" written over it for Manny. Then I noticed the barrel end had been cupped and a "25" was written in there. Holy cow, Tim Tony is supposed to be Jim Thome! I guess the Cooper bat company mis-heard the name. It's not like anyone knew who Jim Thome was back then.
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