Finally Installed My Grip!

sheepherder · 01-28-2015, 08:38 PM

Bought the new grip some time ago; made a few halfhearted attempts to install it, after removing (and saving) the old grip...

Watching the Australian Open tennis matches finally motivated me enough to get the old bat out and, with determination, I got the new grip on by sheer brute force! (I don't have a cone).

Now if only it wasn't the middle of Winter...

nukem556 · 01-28-2015, 09:56 PM

My grade school principal had one of those things, but it had holes drilled in it.

TheRomanhistorian · 01-28-2015, 10:06 PM

'Play up! play up! and play the game'.

http://exhibits.lib.byu.edu/wwi/influences/vitai.html

sheepherder · 01-28-2015, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nukem556

My grade school principal had one of those things, but it had holes drilled in it.

My old junior-high vice-principle had a paddle, too - I only caught it once. That VP went on to become a mayor of Niagara Falls NY.

No, this is a different 'paddle' (as Michael has observed)...I have another, of which I am proud - a Warsop-Hendren.

(A good bat runs somewhere between $200 to $700...)

TheRomanhistorian · 01-29-2015, 12:23 AM

Rich, now I can't wait for the Ashes! I was having a curry at a local restaurant once and the owner, a Pakistani fellow, commented 'You're not a Yank, you're watching cricket!' He had a match on at the time and we both reminisced about living in London.

Makes me want to find a local group!

sheepherder · 01-29-2015, 10:43 AM

Yes, it's interesting that Rugby has 'caught on' with the yuppies here but Cricket is virtually unknown...In fact, growing up in mostly-Italian Niagara Falls in the 50's/60's, the local city park had more Bocce courts than any other sport...

The Hunts County 'Vision' has never been knocked in ...I'm pretty sure the Warsop has...I've seen pics of some American baseball players 'boning' their bats; I wonder why it's not more popular...

Here's a closeup of the Hendren Autograph model bat...Given to me many years ago by a relative across the river in Guelph Ontario...

01-28-2015, 08:38 PM	#1
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01-28-2015, 10:06 PM	#3
TheRomanhistorian User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 301 Thanks: 170 Thanked 88 Times in 64 Posts	'Play up! play up! and play the game'. http://exhibits.lib.byu.edu/wwi/influences/vitai.html __________________ Michael Nos morituri te salutant - Supposed saying of the gladiators to the emperor ('We, who are about to die, salute you.') 'We are the lantern bearers, my friend; for us to keep something burning, to carry what light we can forward into the darkness and the wind' - From Rosemary Sutcliff's The Lantern Bearers

01-29-2015, 12:23 AM	#5
TheRomanhistorian User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 301 Thanks: 170 Thanked 88 Times in 64 Posts	Rich, now I can't wait for the Ashes! I was having a curry at a local restaurant once and the owner, a Pakistani fellow, commented 'You're not a Yank, you're watching cricket!' He had a match on at the time and we both reminisced about living in London. Makes me want to find a local group! __________________ Michael Nos morituri te salutant - Supposed saying of the gladiators to the emperor ('We, who are about to die, salute you.') 'We are the lantern bearers, my friend; for us to keep something burning, to carry what light we can forward into the darkness and the wind' - From Rosemary Sutcliff's The Lantern Bearers

01-29-2015, 10:43 AM	#6
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,183 Thanks: 1,400 Thanked 4,442 Times in 2,330 Posts	Yes, it's interesting that Rugby has 'caught on' with the yuppies here but Cricket is virtually unknown...In fact, growing up in mostly-Italian Niagara Falls in the 50's/60's, the local city park had more Bocce courts than any other sport... The Hunts County 'Vision' has never been knocked in ...I'm pretty sure the Warsop has...I've seen pics of some American baseball players 'boning' their bats; I wonder why it's not more popular... Here's a closeup of the Hendren Autograph model bat...Given to me many years ago by a relative across the river in Guelph Ontario... Attached Thumbnails __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

01-28-2015, 09:56 PM	#2
nukem556 User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Irmo, SC Posts: 625 Thanks: 35 Thanked 168 Times in 107 Posts	My grade school principal had one of those things, but it had holes drilled in it.