Existing comment:
Bat handmade by Leopoldo and Howard Martinez, La Puente, California, 1978
The "Peace Keeper" bat was so named because whoever held the bat had the final say in any disagreements on the field.
Look Closely
Notice the markings on the bat?
Young Howard Martinez and his father, Leopoldo, carefully blow-torched darkened patterns on the bat to make a tortoise-shell design. When it broke, Howard and his brothers hammered and glued it back together again. |