Comments on Albert Pujols hat up for auction?

[yankees506]

True, but the "game used" insc is in Albert's hand so you can draw a conclusion from that.

[xpress34]

My 'observations' are as follows:

Every Pujols hat I have seen (I own two - a 2001 Rookie Gamer and his 2003 Big League Challenge cap) are Sz 7 1/4. This hat is a 7 3/8 another 1/4 larger size... ?

The auto looks like a later AU and I can't say that I have ever seen Albert put GAME USED on any of his items except a few bats.

Being that the AU looks later, where is the usual WWJD by his 5 under the bill?

It does have an MLB hologram under the bill, but I can't read the number on the Pujols Foundation sticker on the hat oron the Pujols Family cert. MLB ONLY certs the Auto:

Hologram number FJ870492 was located in the MLB Authentication Database under AUTOGRAPHED CAP.
Session Product Description: RED NEW ERA ST. LOUIS CARDINAL CAP
Session Name: ALBERT PUJOLS SIGNING - STEINER SPORTS
Session Date: November 17, 2011
Autographer: ALBERT PUJOLS
Authenticator: AUTHENTICATORS, INC.

That's all I can provide.

- Smitty

[slam]

There always the 8D auction one, if you would feel more comfortable with that loa

[ChrisCavalier]

There always the 8D auction one, if you would feel more comfortable with that loa

I think that is a wonderful suggestion .

Btw, here is a link to the item if it helps:

http://8dauctions.com/LotDetail.aspx...Foundation-LOA)

Regards,
Chris

[spartanservitto]

The hand writing is alberts, as is the 5 under the brim. This hat is likely from 2010.

-Tony

[spartanservitto]

The hat is also sourced from Albert, see the post Jeff Scott posted last year about the Albert signing in December of 2010.

-Tony

[frikativ54]

The hand writing is alberts, as is the 5 under the brim. This hat is likely from 2010.

-Tony

"GAME USED" is Pujols's handwriting too? Can you explain why the certification is only for the autograph and not for the hat's being game used? Also, can you give reasons for why it is a 2010 gamer? I am not an expert on Albert's items, so I am interested in a possible explanation.

[spartanservitto]

"GAME USED" is Pujols's handwriting too? Can you explain why the certification is only for the autograph and not for the hat's being game used? Also, can you give reasons for why it is a 2010 gamer? I am not an expert on Albert's items, so I am interested in a possible explanation.

Albert, wrote "Game" on the bottom of his bats in the early days, hence the 2002 gamer owned by a fellow forum member. He also wrote the like you see on the brim of that hat on numerous sam bat/ old hickory bat knobs that he used ( those were the easiest to tell the similarity), but as Jeff Scott and many other Pujols collectors have noted, Albert never had continuity in his bat knobs until Marucci. Here is an example of Albert's handwriting: (I took this picture from a fellow forum member who I consider to be friends with).

-Tony

[rangersfan1214]

Also Spartanservitto, do you think the hat being a size 7 3/8 is no reason to worry? Just curious because most hats I have seen were size 7 1/2 or 7 1/4.

[frikativ54]

I think that is a wonderful suggestion .

Btw, here is a link to the item if it helps:

http://8dauctions.com/LotDetail.aspx...Foundation-LOA)

Regards,
Chris

I would trust the 8D Auctions hat much more than that of the seller 13alexrodriguez. A well known glove authenticator once told me that the eBay seller had a very shady history with "game-used" gloves. For that reason, I don't buy anything from 13alexrodriguez.