Trawling Through Trash

Bruce Scapecchi, from Des Moines, spends his weekends looking for unusual things in local yard sales when he stumbled upon this amazing treasure ( of course, he didn’t know about it before he bought it). Visiting local yard sales became his habit and the search for finding something amazing one day kept him busy all these years. Until he found this!  If you are wondering why this guy spends his weekends in local yard sales when he can just relax. But Scapecchi has a good reason for doing all these activities. He makes his living from dealing in antiques and loves his job. He travels from places to places in search of extraordinary items. But this time treasure came to him and it was something he never thought of finding it in this life.

Making Space

Sue McEntee, who organized this particular sale, works as an executive for a nonprofit organization. And she is not like other homeowners who just throw away their unused stuff. She knows that they can be used by the people who can make the most use of this stuff. So, she decided that it was time to part with the stuff and who knew unintentionally she was putting this treasure on sale and Scapecchi will be the lucky guy who will get his hand on it.

Trading More Than Space

The organization Lifespace Communities works for the betterment of the retired people. The organization has spread its branches all over the country. Talking of the donations that the organization has raised goes into aiding the elderly residents who live within the communities’ perimeters, especially on health care. Sue is an expert in her field, but the antiques were never her cup of tea. Because if it would have been then she wouldn’t have sold it to Scapecchi knowingly. He is a lucky guy and became the luckiest after getting his hands on this thing.

History In Their Hands

Looking at the grip of the bat can make you wonder, that it must have something do with the bat being old. Even McEntee thought the same, but Scapecchi explained that there was more to the grip and how it is shaped. He knew that a very famous baseball player had used bats that were wrapped exactly the same way. “That was Jackie Robinson’s style,” he explained to McEntee. She stood there amazed, as Scapecchi explained there was only one way to be sure if this bat is somehow related to Jackie Robinson.

Not Just Any Player

Jackie Robinson is a legend in the history of baseball. At the time of his birth in 1919, baseball leagues were still isolated from each other. Though Robinson is the most famous baseball players in the history of baseball, it is hard to believe that he actually started playing the game in his high school year and that too when he was forced by his older brother who was also an athlete.