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Old 02-24-2011, 10:19 AM
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Team index bats were player model bats ordered by the team for general use. A team index bat could have been used by various players. They often were in different size and weight than what the actual player ordered so can be differentiated from, say, Mickey Mantle's personally ordered bats. Team index bats can definitely be MLB game used, but not necceesarilly by the player who's named on the bat. With a team index bat, there can be a debate about who actually used it.
Thanks for the explanation. I didn't know they did bats like that with players names. The only one I have has the team name. (Cubs, and was supposedly Damon Berryhills.)

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