Mark McGwire game used 1998 bat

[Brendan]

Hi, I just bought a 1998 McGwire gamer from the infamous hr season!  It has all the markings of a real gamer, though it could be a practise bat... any comments on it would be greatly appreciated...
www.ebay.com/itm/171346926991?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

It was sold on MEARS a while back and they authenticated it...
sports.mearsonlineauctions.com/LotDetail.aspx?inventoryid=74151

Can someone tell me if this is the real deal???

Thanks!
Brendan

[valsky1]

You are on the right site.  Check out Jeff's info on Mac gamers and look at the tar. It could be the lighting but the tar looks too dark for Mac bats. He also has info on batch numbers.

[Brendan]

Thanks for the reply...ya, it's not quite that dark (pine tar) in real life..but there is quite a bit...the batch info number says its a 1998 gamer from hr 62 and on...ya, not sure what to think, I sent it off to PSA to get authenticated...

[Birdbats]

Brendan, I don't like the looks of this bat. The tar is too dark and not in the correct places. What really scares me, though, is that the barrel font used for McGwire's name is different than the font used on the bat from batch 909 that's in Cooperstown. The font on your bat was used earlier in '98, but the font changed mid-year.