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Old 09-15-2018, 02:20 PM
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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.
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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.

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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.

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Here is another photo with Heinie and his bottle bat.

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