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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 9841492, member: 76316"]Jack (John R.) played for the Lincoln Nebraska Tigers as a pitcher, circa 1914. This bat can't be anywhere near contemporary to his time, an' I notice that many listed older mini-bats are only 14" long; this one is 16"; for that difference I suspect it to be either <i>older</i> than the 14" ones (less wood, for economy?) or <i>newer</i> (to differentiate them from the 14" originals?).</p><p>But I'm majorly ignorant about things Baseball, so am hoping some of y'all will be able to offer wisdom about this beauty. It looks like it was made yesterday; the finish is flawless, the gold is embossed, not surface-printed, an' is also without blemish. The bat was turned from perfectly straight-grained wood, of a specie unknown to me. A display-gem, which I'm gonna list on eBay.</p><p>Thanks for lookin'!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]492121[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]492122[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]492123[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]492124[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]492125[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]492126[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]492127[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 9841492, member: 76316"]Jack (John R.) played for the Lincoln Nebraska Tigers as a pitcher, circa 1914. This bat can't be anywhere near contemporary to his time, an' I notice that many listed older mini-bats are only 14" long; this one is 16"; for that difference I suspect it to be either [I]older[/I] than the 14" ones (less wood, for economy?) or [I]newer[/I] (to differentiate them from the 14" originals?). But I'm majorly ignorant about things Baseball, so am hoping some of y'all will be able to offer wisdom about this beauty. It looks like it was made yesterday; the finish is flawless, the gold is embossed, not surface-printed, an' is also without blemish. The bat was turned from perfectly straight-grained wood, of a specie unknown to me. A display-gem, which I'm gonna list on eBay. Thanks for lookin'! [ATTACH=full]492121[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]492122[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]492123[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]492124[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]492125[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]492126[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]492127[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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