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<B>2001 Barry Bonds Career Home Runs #559 & #560 Game Used Bat.</B></I> Rookie San Diego pitcher Jason Middlebrook was victimized twice by the game's most prolific long ball artist on September 23, 2001 with the bat we present here, wielded by Bonds as he moved within four homers of Mark McGwire's short-lived single season record. Though Bonds has since found himself at the center of one of the game's greatest scandals, we prefer to see that glass as half full, understanding that a Barry Bonds home run bat from 2001 will one day be seen in the same light as Joe Jackson's from the 1919 Series. The fact that the homers came less than two weeks after one of the most significant events in American history further establishes the offering as one for the ages. The bat is uncracked and shows excellent use, with several ball and stitch marks evident on left, right and back barrel. Bonds' preferred manner of taping the handle is also in effect here. Sam Bat's unique style of notating all specs by hand on the barrel's end are in place, reading "34, 31.7 oz, 06 09 01, B2K1, B.B.," to indicate length, weight, manufacturing date, model number and Bonds' initials respectively. The barrel is signed by Bonds in flawless silver sharpie, and notated in his hand, "9-23-01, #559 #560." Bonds' personal holographic authenticating sticker is affixed nearby. The fine use, historical relevance and ironclad provenance result in a perfect GU10 grade. Love him or hate him, Barry Bonds will always be the face of baseball at the start of the new millenium. Smart investors will take this under advisement. <I>LOA from Taube & Malta. LOA from PSA/DNA (autograph). LOA from James Spence Authentication (autograph).</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Bats, Clubs, Sticks, Swords, Rif (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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