BMH -- Mike Calise

[Birdbats]

Brian, would you have the shipping information for a career minor leaguer named Mike Calise? Mike was in the Cardinals organization for a number of years. My buddy has a bat of his from the 80-83 label period and the center brand is a full 5" wide -- a half inch larger than most bats from that "large label" era. It's a B267, 34" long and current weight of 33 oz.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w232/birdbats/5inch8083label.jpg

Do you know anything about an extra large 80-83 label? This is the first one I've seen. Knowing when this particular bat was made might shed some light on when that center brand was used. Thanks!

[BMH]

It wouldn't be on the shipping records about the brand size. I do know we experimented with different sizes. We finally settled on the larger oval but not that large one that you have since it would not brand into all our models.