EARLY CAL RIPKEN SIGNED ROOKIE BAT, M159 LOUISVILLE SLUGGER 1980 OR 1981

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EARLY CAL RIPKEN SIGNED/AUTOGRAPHED ROOKIE BAT, M159 LOUISVILLE SLUGGER; QUITE POSSIBLY PART OF THE ORIGINAL ORDER THAT WAS ORDERED AND SENT TO CAL IN BALTIMORE ON 09-2-1981. NOTICE THAT THE STAMPED SIGNATURE ON THE END OF THE BAT FROM LOUISVILLE SLUGGER CAME WITHOUT, "JR." ON WHICH COULD BE AN ERROR BAT IN THE ORGINAL SHIPMENT OF 12, M159 BATS SENT TO CAL.
THIS BAT WAS GIVEN TO MY DAD, WHO WAS A MLB SCOUT FOR THE ORIOLES, DODGERS, AND ROYALS, IN THE MID-ATLANTIC FIVE STATE AREA, AND ACCUMULATED A VAST COLLECTION OF ITEMS THROUGHOUT HIS YEARS AS A SCOUT FROM 1978-1997. THIS BAT WAS GIVEN TO HIM FROM THE CAL RIPKEN PERSONAL COLLECTION, DURING HIS EARLY YEARS IN SCOUTING.
THE BAT IS A LOUISVILLE SLUGGER M159, WHICH MEASURES (34.5oz and 34 3/4 inches), SIGNED IN "GOLD" SHARPIE, AND IS IN "PRISTINE" ORIGINAL "MINT" CONDITION. THIS BAT IS A SPECTACULAR SIGNATURE MODEL LOUISVILLE
SLUGGER  M159 WHICH DATES BACK TO THE EARLIEST SEASONS OF THE IRON MAN'S HALL OF FAME CAREER.
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