Bo Bichette Buffalo Bison’s game used SSK Pro Maple I13S bat. Photo and video (MiLB TV) matched to 9 games between the period July 7 to July 25, 2019, collecting 13 Hits, 6 singles, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 3 HR’s and 6 RBI.
Bat exhibits heavy use, has been re-gripped and was last used on July 25th, 2019, two games before getting called up. This bat along with his MLB debut bat (which was also used in those last two Bison games) were brought to the big leagues, the bat pictured was likely used and broke during BP at the MLB level. Unusual about this bat is this minor league bat has MLB Authentication as the team ended up with the bat.
Characteristics include: SSK two toned model with a cupped end has a moderate coat of pine tar on the upper handle extending to the center brand. The barrel shows many ball and cleat marks as well as seam impressions on all sides. The handle and knob have been wrapped in a spiral of adhesive tape to enhance the grip and shows evidence of being re-gripped (which occurred on July 19th, 2019).
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Bo Bichette 2021 MLB game used signature model Tucci TL-BO11-M, 33.5 inch/31.5 ounce bat. Photo matched to 6 games between the period May 25 to May 30, 2021, collecting 3 Hits, including 2 HR’s and 5 RBI during this first all-star season. Career HR #26, 27 (first two HRs at Yankee Stadium).
Bat exhibits heavy use and was last used on May 30th, 2021 (Game 2, 3rd AB). The bat has been MLB Authenticated.
Characteristics include: Tucci blonde two-toned model with a gloss finish and a cupped end has a moderate coat of pine tar on the upper handle extending to the center brand. The barrel shows many ball and cleat marks as well as seam impressions on all sides.
The handle and knob have been wrapped in a blue lizard grip (infrequent use of this grip) with a #11 decal affixed to the bottom. This specific bat was first used with his standard grey tape grip, he went no grip (for his 2 HRs), then added this blue lizard grip, which he seldomly uses. He was likely having some issue with grip at this point in the year and tried this blue grip once.
As noted earlier, Bo’s precise and hard contact on the back side of the barrel creates ball marks which are later ‘cleaned’ with repeated additional ball strikes over the same gloss finish area.
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