by MEARS | Jun 16, 2006 | archived news
Chapter 5 1955 Hey!! How’s it going? Have you called Fireman Mike Fuss yet? I’ve heard that at least a couple of you have been to see his museum/shrine already – pretty cool, huh? There’s really no way to sugar-coat this: The BIG news in Bravesland at the dawning of...
by MEARS | Jun 11, 2006 | archived news
June 10, 2006 Overview of F&W Publishing Sports Fest Show held June 9th-11th, Chicago, IL On Friday both Dave Bushing and myself attended the annual Sports Fest Show held in Chicago. As is our new policy, MEARS did not exhibit at the show. The main reason for not...
by MEARS | Jun 8, 2006 | archived news
Larry Walker stepped into the batters box. Staring down at him from sixty feet away was the Seattle Mariners six million dollar man: Randy Johnson. Johnson was half way through a twenty game winning season, but on that warm July evening at Jacobs Field, that was far...
by MEARS | Jun 1, 2006 | archived news
The line between what markings make a pro model bat, those that differentiate such a bat from one made strictly for the retail or store trade, has become somewhat of a blur. Sure, there are some absolutely sure fire ways to determine most pro models from their store...
by MEARS | May 26, 2006 | archived news
May 7, 2006 With the formation of “MEARS-On-Line” on August 22nd, 2005, we launched our webmagazine with some product lines of which you should be familiar. 1. Player bat label index (72 examples ) 2. Jersey tag index (231 examples) 3. Photo reference (139 examples )...
by MEARS | May 18, 2006 | archived news
Hello – my name is Dave Klug and I’m a Milwaukee Braves collector. In the weeks and months to come this column will be 99 and 44/100% devoted to the Milwaukee Braves: their memory, their history, their fans and the unmitigated joy of collecting their memorabilia. No...
