December Pick Ups

[GrayGhost]

My Beat up Topps Gordie w a small cut. Another great job by Dave's framer. Thanks MR. Presale.

For some reason, its still sideways here, tho on my picture page in computer, its right way..ha.

[UnVme7]

Early 90's Ivan Rodriguez game used bat

[UnVme7]

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[Scott Garner]

Hi Nate,
FYI, this is exactly the same model of bat that "Pudge" Rodriguez swung in the game that Nolan Ryan recorded his final career K (Strikeout 5,714) on Sept. 17, 1993 @ Anaheim.
Pudge was his catcher in this game.

[UnVme7]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Hi Nate,
FYI, this is exactly the same model of bat that "Pudge" Rodriguez swung in the game that Nolan Ryan recorded his final career K (Strikeout 5,714) on Sept. 17, 1993 @ Anaheim.
Pudge was his catcher in this game.

Correcto! He was a huge user of Cooper bats in the early to mid 90's, along with Rawlings. He then switched over to LS full time(for the most part) the rest of the 90's.

He is one player that ordered tons and tons of bats, and used almost every brand, so there are a lot of his bats out there. I still like collecting him though. Juiced or not, he's still one of the best catchers of all time.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by UnVme7

Correcto! He was a huge user of Cooper bats in the early to mid 90's, along with Rawlings. He then switched over to LS full time(for the most part) the rest of the 90's.

He is one player that ordered tons and tons of bats, and used almost every brand, so there are a lot of his bats out there. I still like collecting him though. Juiced or not, he's still one of the best catchers of all time.

Nate,
No doubt that Pudge is one of the greatest catchers of all-time!
I whole heartedly agree.

Here is my Pudge Rodriguez bat from 1993. Check out the heavy use, tape job on the handle, cleat marks on the barrel and inscription- "Nolan Ryan's last win & strikeout catcher". I love this bat!

[UnVme7]

Thats a great bat