by MEARS | Nov 20, 2008 | archived news
One of my all time heroes is Winston Churchill. If you don’t know much more about him than he was the British Primer Minster during the Second World War, then I highly recommend reading the book “Churchill: Wanted Dead or Alive” by Celia Sandys. What does this have to...
by MEARS | Nov 19, 2008 | archived news
It doesn’t seem that long ago when MEARS was considered by many to be a “Day Laborer” in the employee of the Auction House segment of this hobby/industry. We wanted to do things a certain way because we felt they were in the best long-term interests of both our...
by MEARS | Nov 19, 2008 | archived news
RESEARCHING REQUESTS TO AUGMENT MY OWN I’ve got a couple of things I’m checking out at the moment that possibly Shirt readers can supply input on: First, I noticed a new (old) Rawlings logo on the left sleeve of some 2007-08 Buffalo Bisons Triple-A...
by MEARS | Nov 19, 2008 | archived news
Growing up in Cincinnati and being the grandson of German immigrants, the little guy always seemed just like a member of the family. He bespoke the city’s cultural and sports history for just over a decade spanning the 1950s and 1960s. No, I am not talking about the...
by MEARS | Nov 15, 2008 | archived news
As a nine-year-old, the only pieces of quality sports memorabilia that seemed to surface in my hometown of Marinette, Wis., was at the weekend card shows my friends and I would regularly attend at our local shopping mall and banquet halls. The shows were promoted by...
