Show us your Yadi!

[onlyalbert]

2010 road jersey and pants set hammered with use signed on the back, batting gloves, wristband, #41 rookie bat from June 05 order, and 2011 catchers mitt. Guess I need cleats, socks, belt, hat and some catcher's gear. What you got?

[seanbaseball]

Here u go Jason. And stop showing my game worn uniform;)

[seanbaseball]

A sample

[onlyalbert]

Here u go Jason. And stop showing my game worn uniform;)

Ahhh haha the race is on! Keep posting! Maybe we can bring a few things to light!

[onlyalbert]

Hey that bat background doesn't look like your flooring!;)

[seanbaseball]

used jeffs photo.easier:)

[seanbaseball]

caps

[seanbaseball]

2012 GU home and 2013 with postseason patch

[seanbaseball]

photomatched playoff helmet

[seanbaseball]

2013 and 2005 bats. 2003 minor league glove

[flota89]

Love the Yadier stuff!

[seanbaseball]

thanks been fun to collect

[jscott0688]

2010 Road Batting Helmet - Photomatched
2009 Road Shin Guards - Photomatched
2004-05 Era Batting Glove
2006 St. Patricks Day Jersey - MLB Autheticated
2011 1951 TBTC Pants - MLB Authenticated

[jscott0688]

Also forgot to include the 2005 Road cap.

[seanbaseball]

ME need that 2010 road helmet !

[onlyalbert]

2013 Pennant clincher! Picked this up in the stadium auctions the other night. It was on display in a bat tube. The worker said it was not auth and was from 3-29-13. I thought the tar looked awfull thick and fresh to be that old......after I won it and got it home I took it out of the tube to find the 3 on the knob was an 8 and the auth sticker was hidden by the black end cap on the tube. Made the 12 inning loss easier to take!

[onlyalbert]

Here is the match on the other bat I got at the team store. Broken 6-19-14 with MLB auth.

[onlyalbert]

2002 Peoria Chiefs cleats. If you look closely at the left cleat you can see the Molina with the M starting out under the A in AIR. I believe he only had two pairs of cleats for the whole season because the others are well used also and are turf cleats with plastic spikes.

[onlyalbert]

Been looking for one of these for some time now. #41 from 2005 season with team letter. I had the signature removed due to the placement and am going to have him resign in soon. Shows good use and stains. Trying to photomatch it now.

[onlyalbert]

Here's what I have found so far. Career HR #4. I know he had at least one other home jersey as I have a Getty of him going back into the clubhouse after NLCS gm 6 and the name plate is farther away from the numbers. Would not be out of the ordinary for him to only have had 2 home and 2 away being his first full season. The nameplate seems to match perfectly and a few creases as well on the 1 and above the I.

[onlyalbert]

Here are two more. Not so sure about HR #6. It's kind of hard to see the twisted thread in the picture due to the lighting. I think HR#7 seems to be spot on with the creases and the orientation of the numbers on the jersey.

[STLCardinalscollector]

Awesome jersey, would love to have more of his stuff, especially 41.

David

Always looking for Cardinals Game Used and unusual. 2006, and 2011 game used bats.

[onlyalbert]

How bout these? The gear is from the PR Winter League. Haven't nailed down the year yet but has to be 08 or newer due to the GG label on the chest prot. Trying to find some pics of him down there in it. Might be 2013 right before he went to the WBC. 2014 cherry handle Marucci and 09 LS anv with a very small hairline crack near the knob.

[onlyalbert]

So here was one of my highlights of the Winter Warm Up weekend. I had Yadi sign his 2011 WS season catchers mitt. Now for those of you that know him you know this past season he, or his agent or both, have implemented a no game used signing policy. It is also well known that he tries to keep all of his equipment. So I was pretty nervous to say the least as I was having him also sign his 2005 #41 jersey. In the first pic you can see I presented the glove open faced so he could not see the back of it. He finishes signing it in pic two and then turns it over in pic three and sees the gold stitching. This is not available on retail model gloves and only to GG winning players. Once he saw that his eyes lit up, he smiled wide and started asking questions! Where did you find this glove? I said on the internet and bought it for my daughter for her birthday. Although I already knew the answer I asked...is it really one of yours? He said Oh yes, that is definitely one of mine.....someone must've stole it from me.....he was smiling when he said it and turned around to his brother and said something in Spanish. I thanked him several times and wished him luck this season. Glad he was smiling during the whole conversation. Wish I remembered my high school Spanish!

[onlyalbert]

Finally got the 41 resigned. If you look back in this thread you will see the original signature that was removed from the left shoulder area. Again, was nervous he wouldn't sign a gamer so I strategically folded the jersey several times so that only the #4 was showing. Worked great and got a great signature! I think this one is complete.

[onlyalbert]

This one is going on the wall.

[PudgeMVP99]

Awesome stuff you guys!!! Love Yadi!

[flota89]

75853Couple Yadi Jerseys...

[flota89]

#2

[joelsabi]

This one is going on the wall.

wow the all star logo transfer is amazing. thanks for sharing.

[joelsabi]

did a negative to see the transfer a little better.

[seanbaseball]

That's cool!

[onlyalbert]

did a negative to see the transfer a little better.

Hey Joel, thanks for that! Very cool. Will screen grab your work for sure. Just got in another Yadi package today. Will post tomorrow.

[onlyalbert]

2014 uncracked Marucci with rare maroon barrel. This bat was used sparingly during the season in May, a couple games in August, and late Sept. Working on a photomatch now. The jersey is from the PR Winter League which he plays in from time to time in the offseason.

[onlyalbert]

Yadi's very first BP jersey from 2001 Johnson City. He wore #57 in his first stint of pro ball playing 44 games at the age of 18. The card pics are of him in the actual uniform. Not sure if they wore only blues or if the blue was away and there was a home white. Not a lot of pics to be found here. If anyone has others please advise.

[onlyalbert]

One more match on the ASG bat. This is an in game shot of one of his ABs. It's a high res so best I can get. Pretty good to go with the other two matches I think.

[onlyalbert]

Here's one on the maroon handle bat. Bat is dated 5-14-14 so he must've grabbed it right out of the rack straight off. Then used it much more after the fact. Lots of cleat marks which are the paint chips.

[onlyalbert]

Very nice 2006 Yadi bat. Great use on the bat. Great repair job by Birdbats. One of the best autographs I've seen Yadi put on a bat. Thanks Seanbaseball for a nice even trade deal. Both parties very happy!

I also came across this pair of his pants that have to be about the earliest out there from when he was #74 in ST of 2003. I may have even found a photomatch on them. Whatchya think?

[TigersCubs84]

That autograph on that L.S. is perfect! Really nice. I really like the looks of that PR winter jersey as well. Top Notch!

[onlyalbert]

Can't be too many of these around. Using his buddy's bat. It appears after this pic was taken he signed Yadi on the knob in silver and crossed out Pujols' weight/length writing. I think I have another match to a June game vs the Yanks where he went 3-4 with 3 runs and you can see the silver. Should I have Yadi sign this one? Might be kind of unique.

[flota89]

I'd get it signed. Sweet bat.

[onlyalbert]

This thread needs some action. Had a few things signed. 2014 playoff jersey. 2002 ST jersey. 2013 NLCS GM 6 jersey with champagne stains...hence the Happy Flight insc. 2001 Johnson City BP jersey. 2013 WS bat and uncracked photomatched 2014 bat.

[onlyalbert]

Thought this bat was interesting. Just wish I had the handle. Randy Flores was with the team from 04-08. I believe the bat to be from a ST and the story goes Randy was throwing to hitters and sawed of this bat. Later he personalized it to his catcher. To my bitch Yadi, You got nothing I own you. Funny.

[onlyalbert]

2002 Peoria Chiefs full set.

[onlyalbert]

Couple HR jerseys. 2012 JRD jersey for HR #58. 2015 Home set 2 used and authenticated to HR #99

[onlyalbert]

Picked up a few things recently.

[Juicyfruit66]

2004 World Series

[Juicyfruit66]

Molina

[onlyalbert]

Molina

Very cool! Where did you find that gem?

[onlyalbert]

Molina

I'd love to get one of his #41 WS jerseys from 04. I know in 06 at the team fanfest they sold 2 home and a road. Probably sitting in the back of someone's closet in the STL area and were bought for very cheap. I've never seen one in public. 06 for that matter either.

[Juicyfruit66]

There's a thread on GUU about it. Bought it on eBay in 2014 for about 6$ off a guy who didn't know anything about jerseys. Never looked at the tag back then cause I wasn't into game used stuff yet (just focused on collecting old russell and rawlings jerseys of every team). I was thinking it woukd look cool under my red sox jerseys. After joining forum and going through my stuff I decided to check the tagging and was shocked out of my mind. I emailed the seller , found out he buys stuff off shops in Florida which is where the Cards spring training is so that was a good sign. He wore this style jersey in game one. I'm still trying to figure out how to photo match it or confirm the number was written by him or clubhouse uniform guy. At least I know I didn't buy it as a fake cause buddy had no clue and I paid almost nothing :)

[coophallmonitor]

Picked up a few things recently.

Unbelievable!!! That is impressive! 👍👍

[TigersCubs84]

Picked up a few things recently.

Yadi hoarder! I'd like to preside over the intervention if it ever happens.

[onlyalbert]

Did a little photomatch work today. Picked this up at the WWU couple weeks ago. Has some good use as you can see the wear on the back. Lots of loose threads made it easy to match. Haven't checked the other playoff games yet.

[onlyalbert]

So I tried my first major bat repair. Bat was shattered pretty good, and then he broke the handle off completely in frustration heading back to the dugout. Thanks to Jeff Scott of Birdbats for the help and supplies list. I'm no pro but pretty happy with the result. Thoughts?

On another interesting note, the jersey I posted below is also matched to this pic as well based on the loose threads. Bonus.

[GoCrazyFolks76]

Pretty great repair job IMO.

[Batboy55]

Looks great to me . Good job

[TigersCubs84]

Great repair. How did you match the color? Ihadto do a repair on the Heyward I got. I'm going to post on it, but I forgot to take before repair pics. makes me mad. I'm always interested in repair details.

[onlyalbert]

Great repair. How did you match the color? Ihadto do a repair on the Heyward I got. I'm going to post on it, but I forgot to take before repair pics. makes me mad. I'm always interested in repair details.

Here is your complete repair kit for do it yourselfers. Elmers Wood Glue, Elmers Wood Filler...comes in various colors. I got lucky as this one was a very close match. It's almost like drywall mud so you can work it with a wet finger. 150 grit sandpaper for the heavy work then work down to a 220. I found this little 220 sponge tool. Then 0000 steel wool for the fine work. Rawlings pine tar is a common one used and matched mine well. There is also the very red colored stuff called Tiger Stick. I use the 20 gauge needle to get the wood in the tiny cracks. You can put some in the needle or just dip it in the wood glue and insert the tip. Some various C-clamps 2 inch and 2.5 inch and a cheapo dremmel set. Also a wet rag to wipe off the excess when you clamp it down tight. The Molina repair was less than 2 hours work spread over 3 days. Not bad for a rookie and I know one pro repair guy would charge at least $200 for this bat. His work is flawless but I have about $20 in supplies here and can do dozens of bats with nothing else to buy.

[TigersCubs84]

Thanks for the repair details. Kit looks similar to mine. I didn't know the wood filler came in different colors.

[Nickkaszer18]

My MA32 Moline bat from 2015. Got both the World Series balls signed. The game used ball was Yadi's 1,189th hit. It was a double on Opening Day in 2014 and was career RBIs 550, 551, and 552. Not bad for just starting to collect him a little under a year ago.

[Nickkaszer18]

2014 Yadier Molina. MLB authenticated and photomatched.

[Nickkaszer18]

My Yadi collection. 2014 game used bat photomatched for a few htis. 2016 game used jersey photomatched to a grand slam. A 3 rbi double from Opening Day 2014. A Memorial Day ball that was in the dirt and he blocked. A regular signed ball. 2006 and 2011 signed World Series ball.

[grandeleague]

Wonderful thread of Yadi stuff. Does the Carddinals pump out alot of Yadi jerseys the way alot of teams do with tbeir star players? There is a jersey from Yadi's 1500th career hit on ebay for 4500.

[JKD1991]

Cards get a few of Yadi's stuff but he takes a lot of his things home with him and stores them away. He has a signing contract with a company named Atomic Sports and has gave em, catchers mitts, jerseys, bats, batting gloves, and cleats here over the past calender year.

[JKD1991]

2016 Molina Jersey - Auth to 2 games.

2015 Molina Bats - 1 photo matched to 5 RBI's and the other to a possibly career HR #97