by MEARS | Jan 26, 2009 | archived news
If I was about ten years older, I know I would have had to had one. By the time I was old enough for some serious leather, they had already gone the way the Brontosaurus. I’m talking about that “six finger” glove design by Rawlings know as the TRAPEZE or the Spalding...
by MEARS | Jan 19, 2009 | archived news
FIVE (ACTUALLY 7) RETROS I LIKE While I will save the comments, pro and con, for next time, I will take this opportunity to list my 1 through 5 (in no particular order) Turn Back The Clock MLB uniform designs. Two of the entries will be pairings from the same...
by MEARS | Jan 18, 2009 | archived news
One of the things I enjoy most about performing evaluations is that is forces me to look at issues in detail. At any given time, I have more topics I would like to devote time to than I have the time to give them. In spending hours and hours on a single item or issue,...
by MEARS | Jan 18, 2009 | archived news
TURN BACK THE CLOCK Since 1990, an increasing number of teams have, each year, worn uniform designs of earlier years as a game promotion, resulting for a collecting bonus for those of us who collect game-used items. Some of the Turn Back the Clock unies have been...
by MEARS | Jan 17, 2009 | archived news
My most recent trip to Cooperstown was the first one where I had spent any real time looking at bat related issues. In previous years I had been focused almost exclusively either on uniforms or specific players I was interested in. Practically without exception I head...
