Possible Boggs photomatch?

[joecoco]

Hi guys-

I recently aquired this great, heavily used 1989 Wade Boggs bat. without getting into too much detail, it was aquired after a Tigers game in 1989, and I think I may have matched it to a photograph taken from the same year. Maybe it is a stetch, but I thought part of the grain matched up along the side of the bat, and at the base of the picture, the pine tar stains and marking seem close.

i just wanted to run this by everyone to see. The great Kyle Hess is on the case as we speak :) (Thanks again Kyle, this board is a better place with you on it.)
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[joecoco]

here are a few more pics of the bat.

[Manram]

Looks like a match to me. The grain and other small marks look to match up perfectly

[Dach0sen0ne]

That's a sick match!

[jppopma]

Great match...no two zebras have the same stripes and no two bats have the exact same grain.

[joecoco]

Thanks guys for the input! I was pretty excited about it. The bat meausres 34inches, not the usual 34.5 inches he normally ordered, but I guess he must have thrown some 34inchers in there sometime.

[schubert1970]

Wow! Fantastic match!

[Nnunnari]

Great bat and nice match!

[joecoco]

Thanks again guys for all the input. I was pretty excited when I found this pic on the MEARS website from their 10/10 auction. Thanks to all and happy collecting!

Joe

[gameused]

Joe,

Great match and really nice use on that bat!

Congrat's, Bobby

[joecoco]

Thanks a lot Bobby, coming from the "king of photomatches" himself :)

I swear this is my last post now about the bat, but I totally forgot to give a big thank you to Steve Jensen at Vintage Authentics for the bat. He was nothing but courteous and prompt with his emails. Great experience with him.

Thanks guys for all the posts. It is always fun to share your excitment with others on this board- I don't think my wife gets how a grown man can get so excited about a bat:)

Joe

[tigerdale]

Joe,
That is AWESOME!!!!