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Todd (nolemmings)if they haven't already, and that's examining Mr. Henrich's past. I truly am not here to pick on a 93 year old, especially as I am a Yankees fan who loves reading about those old great teams. Still, has anyone looked at his activities over the past 25 years or so? A streak bat would have been a very hot and valuable commodity for at least that long.
I say this because if Henrich attended card shows, old-timers events and other Yankee re-union functions, it would have been apparent, I would think, that anything Dimaggio-related was highly valuable, and anything streak related even moreso. Just sitting and talking to his old teammates and witnessing the various prices being paid by those in attendance would alert someone that all old Yankee stuff is a gold mine. Now, if he was there at a number of events over so many years (and I'm not saying he was), wouldn't something have sparked in his memory to look into whether he had some old game-used stuff from back in the day? Isn't it odd that so much time passed before this bat surfaces--with the old "I forgot"?
I know it would be hard to prove anything from such an examination, but it is at least relevant and in my view probative.