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03-28-2014, 03:54 AM
I picked up this bat last year from the Colorado Rockies and Ryan signed it for me.
Although he just got sent to Colorado Springs (Sky Sox - AAA - PCL), he has been very kind and gifted me a signed pair of used Batting Gloves at Spring Training.
That said, I had never looked up the MLB Cert before (EK 880142), but when I did, I found that it is errant and lists TIM Wheeler (who never got called up last year) instead of Ryan. (I am working on getting that corrected with MLB).
I did look up the date of the use (September 20, 2013) and was fortunate enough to find THREE (3) pictures from the RBI Hit that broke the bat as well as MLB Video of the hit. The 3 photos were all on Getty and hard to see well. I looked up the photographer - he's local to Denver - wrote him and he graciously sent me Hi-Res versions of all 3 photos for FREE. (I am going to make a payment to his PayPal account anyway...)
He also responded to my other inquiry, and any items I have from Rockies home games, he will check to see if he shot those games and will get me Hi-Res pics (if he has them) for my other items as well!
Anyway, here's the Video:
Ryan Wheeler - Broken Bat RBI Single - 9/20/2013 (http://m.mlb.com/video/v30792557)
And here's pictures I put together of the bat and the pics from the at bat. Although there are many specific items that match up, the 'white rectangle' on the tape just below the break is the most easily recognizable feature in the pics.
Enjoy!
-Smitty
Although he just got sent to Colorado Springs (Sky Sox - AAA - PCL), he has been very kind and gifted me a signed pair of used Batting Gloves at Spring Training.
That said, I had never looked up the MLB Cert before (EK 880142), but when I did, I found that it is errant and lists TIM Wheeler (who never got called up last year) instead of Ryan. (I am working on getting that corrected with MLB).
I did look up the date of the use (September 20, 2013) and was fortunate enough to find THREE (3) pictures from the RBI Hit that broke the bat as well as MLB Video of the hit. The 3 photos were all on Getty and hard to see well. I looked up the photographer - he's local to Denver - wrote him and he graciously sent me Hi-Res versions of all 3 photos for FREE. (I am going to make a payment to his PayPal account anyway...)
He also responded to my other inquiry, and any items I have from Rockies home games, he will check to see if he shot those games and will get me Hi-Res pics (if he has them) for my other items as well!
Anyway, here's the Video:
Ryan Wheeler - Broken Bat RBI Single - 9/20/2013 (http://m.mlb.com/video/v30792557)
And here's pictures I put together of the bat and the pics from the at bat. Although there are many specific items that match up, the 'white rectangle' on the tape just below the break is the most easily recognizable feature in the pics.
Enjoy!
-Smitty