by MEARS | Feb 17, 2008 | archived news
My first venture into uniform research and writing involved self-publishing guides on the Cincinnati Reds from the time frame of 1939-1979. I got around to finishing the ones for 1960-1969 and 1970-1979, but left the earlier effort hanging. The reason for that was I...
by MEARS | Feb 13, 2008 | archived news
Are you tired of being duped or mislead by figures from our National Pastime? I am and I’m not talking about the recent hearings on Capital Hill. Growing up as a young baseball fan in the 1970s, I bought the cards and I bought the hype. I bought the Catfish Hunter...
by MEARS | Feb 11, 2008 | archived news
I was reading the Game Used Forum the other day when I came across a thread on detailed letters of opinion. One poster referred to authentication as a “McJob” and went on to say that “Someone needs to tell the MEARS guys to stop blowing their time on those exhausting...
by MEARS | Feb 11, 2008 | archived news
“READY-MADE BUT BOGUS HOF JERSEYS Back in the days before scientific authentication, some of the high-demand items dealt around in a less knowledgeable hobby used to be nothing more than lesser-named jerseys altered with a scissors or thread puller to become...
by MEARS | Feb 11, 2008 | archived news
MORE MLB TRIBUTES TO THE FALLEN The St. Louis Cardinals wore Kirkwood High School baseball caps to pay tribute to victims of a shooting in another part of the Missouri town back on February 7. The caps, after use, were signed and are now being auctioned on the...
