Adam LaRoche Mailday of a Lifetime! Scan HEAVY.

jay1065 · Jan 20, 2010

Came home from a long day of work yesterday to an amazing mailday, including a new cornerstone for the LaRoche collection (at the end.) Here are the goods:

2006:

2007:

2008:

2009:

Pair of ticket stubs:

GU/Auto Batting Gloves:

...and the new cornerstone:

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July 29, 2009 Oakland @ Boston GU Cracked Bat (with MLB Authentic Holo and Steiner Holo/COA):

I am super excited to land this bat. Adam played in only 6 games (19 AB!) with the Red Sox in 2009, so I would assume gamers from his days with them are very rare. The bat is loaded with ball marks, pine tar, a couple of cracks, taped knob, and a 25 modified to 23 (Pirates to Sox number change) on the knob.

Thanks for looking, and sorry for the big scans. More pics of the bat can be found in my bucket (link in sig.)

69MetsFan · Jan 20, 2010

Wow, very nice stuff! I was thinking the batting gloves were the center piece until I saw the bat.

Brewer Andy · Jan 20, 2010

Awesome stuff! I actually like the gloves more! Hope he can put it all together this year

AmishDave · Jan 20, 2010

:shock:

That's one outstanding mailday for the ages !!!

Congrats

Sly · Jan 20, 2010

Anytime you can score a Game-Used item of your player, that's a huge win! Love the bat. Congrats.

madbull34 · Jan 20, 2010

Great pickups. That game used bat is sweet.

mikekarlovec · Jan 20, 2010

wow great stuff congrats

scotty21690 · Jan 20, 2010

Impressive!!

That SPX patch/auto is a very sharp looking card but that GU bat takes the cake!! (Nothin beats a GU'ed bat for the collection!)

Very nice mailday, Jay....looking forward to your future LaRoche additions!

mrwhitesox30 · Jan 20, 2010

Now that's a bat with character! I bet it was in his bat bag in Pittsburgh, then brought it with him to Boston. The only way that could be more unique is if you got it signed with a silver sharpie.

HPC · Jan 20, 2010

Awesome stuff!

If he has anything here in Phoenix like that bat or gloves for sale, i'll keep you in mind!

jay1065 · Jan 20, 2010

Thanks for the comments, everyone!

69MetsFan said:
Wow, very nice stuff! I was thinking the batting gloves were the center piece until I saw the bat.

Brewer Andy said:
Awesome stuff! I actually like the gloves more! Hope he can put it all together this year

Its definitely a close race between the two. I purchased the bat one day after the gloves. Before that, I figured the gloves would be #1.

scotty21690 said:
That SPX patch/auto is a very sharp looking card but that GU bat takes the cake!! (Nothin beats a GU'ed bat for the collection!)

Thanks, Scott! With this bat, I know have two (the other is from 2005.) I'd love to find one from his rookie season ('04.)

mrwhitesox30 said:
The only way that could be more unique is if you got it signed with a silver sharpie.

That would be amazing!

HPC said:
If he has anything here in Phoenix like that bat or gloves for sale, i'll keep you in mind!

Thanks, HPC. I appreciate it!

On a side note, I also registered the domain adamlarochecollector.com . Coming soon.

matchpenalty · Jan 20, 2010

That bat is awesome. Love the use on it and all the tar. Have you looked at MLB.TV at his SOX games for possible screen shots from the game, or games before it. Some guys on guu site can do that pretty well. Nothing like a nice game used full piece from a legit source.

jay1065 · Jan 21, 2010

matchpenalty said:
That bat is awesome. Love the use on it and all the tar. Have you looked at MLB.TV at his SOX games for possible screen shots from the game, or games before it. Some guys on guu site can do that pretty well. Nothing like a nice game used full piece from a legit source.

Great idea. I'll take a look today and post pics if I have any luck.

pghbuccos · Jan 21, 2010

very impressive mailday. love the bat and the batting gloves. the tix are pretty cool as well.

LaneyB · Jan 21, 2010

Great looking stuff you got there!

jay1065 · Jan 21, 2010

matchpenalty said:
That bat is awesome. Love the use on it and all the tar. Have you looked at MLB.TV at his SOX games for possible screen shots from the game, or games before it. Some guys on guu site can do that pretty well. Nothing like a nice game used full piece from a legit source.

Found a pic of the bat in use from the exact game stated by the MLB Authentic serial # (image courtesy of gettyimages.com):

July 29, 2009 - Oakland @ Boston:

Pine tar/dirt by the Louisville Slugger logo:

Dirt/tar/ball marks near TPX logo and Logoman:

Heavy tar/dirt at the handle base:

theplasticman · Jan 22, 2010

NICE haul!

thefasterblade · Jan 22, 2010

Just one card of him would be enough for my lifetime.

pujolsjunkie · Jan 22, 2010

Great stuff man!

Brewer Andy · Jan 22, 2010

thefasterblade said:
Just one card of him would be enough for my lifetime.

You just going thread to thread being a ****** today or what?

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