How trimmed can a card be and still be graded Near Mint?

[Luke]

Yikes.

[bigfish]

Is there ANY chance it’s factory cut?

[brianp-beme]

Knowing how horribly cut the E220 cards are, yes. But it seems like it would then not meet minimum size requirements for grading.

Brian

[swarmee]

Ancient flip number. Graded at least 10 years ago. PSA says the set should be 2” x 3-1/4”.
https://www.psacard.com/cardfacts/ba...amel-e220/1945

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

I own and have owned a bunch of E220's I'd say almost no chance that's a funky factory cut. Plus the cuts look slightly concave to me resulting in "bat-ear" corners.

[ronniehatesjazz]

What in the world is Heinie Groh holding? Is that some type of old school fungo bat?

[riggs336]

Originally Posted by ronniehatesjazz

What in the world is Heinie Groh holding? Is that some type of old school fungo bat?

We used to call those "bottle bats", but we were young and not very smart.

[brianp-beme]

That was the style of bat that Heinie Groh used and is one of his claims to fame, and like was mentioned it was referred to as a 'bottle' bat. His E220 card has a great image of it.

Brian

[trdcrdkid]

Originally Posted by ronniehatesjazz

What in the world is Heinie Groh holding? Is that some type of old school fungo bat?

It’s a bottle bat. Groh was well known for using them.

[Rookiemonster]

There use to be a guy at the local card show that had a binder full of theses . I bought two. All were trimmed to complete borderless cards. Just the bottom remained with the name and team.

Also never seen a bottle bat. Is it still legal ? If not when and why was it taken away.