by MEARS | May 9, 2007 | archived news
Recently, MEARS examined a 1969-70 New York Knicks home jersey of team legend Willis Reed. While conducting the evaluation, I called upon the assistance of our head researcher Dave Miedema to help, as I knew he had much experience with vintage basketball uniforms....
by MEARS | May 7, 2007 | archived news
For me, one of the more enjoyable things about looking at an item and offering an opinion comes in the research required to date an item when obvious dating is not present. This was part of the process on an early 1930’s Lou Gerhig jersey I looked at some months back...
by MEARS | May 3, 2007 | archived news
JACKIE NOT THE FIRST: The MLB tribute this past April 15th in honor of civil rights pioneer/Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson was one-of-a-kind in its nature and scope, and was well-deserved. It was NOT, however, the first time a retired uniform number in a major sports...
by MEARS | Apr 29, 2007 | archived news
There are few topics as of late within the “bat collecting” community that draw the passionate responses as that of the Team Index Bat (TIB). By and large my collecting and writing interests have focused on uniforms because, well…I just like them more than bats. For...
by MEARS | Apr 29, 2007 | archived news
Cal Ripken Jr. signed his new signature contract with Louisville Slugger on 10-30-1978 on which date, they shipped their first bats specifically to him. This first order consisted of two ash bats to be finished Natural, model M110’s, measuring 34.5” and weighing 32...
by MEARS | Apr 29, 2007 | archived news
In recent months I have written about early 20th Century bats. What both the Spalding article and the one on player endorsements had in common was my take that the early pre-1920s may not have been dominated by Hillerich and Bradsby as some might want to believe. In...
