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Collecting Game-used: When the marks seem to make sense
This month's Collecting Game-used item isn't from deep in my stash or some treasure I had to research after finding it on the secondary market -- this one's ironclad but the condition here offers up some interesting questions.
It's a ball taken from the field of play just 20 days ago and you can see the precise pitch and its big-league moment after the jump. For me, this was a first -- my first Bo Bichette game-used item -- and I landed it on the cheap via the home team when the Blue Jays came to town. But, as you can see here, that's a pretty interesting mark where you can literally perhaps see the physics involved after a round ball hit a round bat spinning at a smooth (and documented) 2,046 revolutions per minute. And, if you view the video of it, it's not hard to imagine how those marks perhaps came to be.
You can keep reading to see the details ... and the ball in action.
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This entry was posted in Baseball, Collecting Game-used and tagged game-used memorabilia, Minnesota Twins, MLB, Toronto Blue Jays, Bo Bichette, MLB Authentication, game-used baseballs, MLB Film Room, Bailey Ober on October 13, 2021 by BlowoutBuzz.

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