Good luck finding a bat, I'd love to see it if you locate one. I had a chance to buy a Koenecke store-model glove many years ago but passed it up, and I'm sorry I did. At the time I thought since it's a store glove, there had to be more out there - boy, was I wrong. Never saw one again. It later dawned on me that not too many people would have held on to a glove endorsed by a guy who was beat to death with a fire extinguisher in an airplane.
Len's story always fascinated me, and it's one of the more popular stories/illustrations I have done over the years. Every couple of years I get asked to write the outline or treatment for a screenplay to shop around for a movie on his life/death. Nothing ever comes of it, but it's good to know that Hollywood is still interested in making baseball movies.
HERE'S a link to my story of Len Koenecke for anyone who is unfamiliar with him.
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