by MEARS | Feb 12, 2010 | archived news
Frank Thomas announced his retirement from baseball last week. The “Big Hurt” leaves the game sitting atop 521 round trippers and a pair of league Most Valuable Player Awards (1993 & 1994). In years past, this would typically call for someone to begin the...
by MEARS | Feb 11, 2010 | archived news
Not much in the way of text for this article, but it touches on a couple of my favorite topics; flannel uniforms and variations. This was prompted by an e-mail that read: “Dear David, I read your article on World Series patches and was wondering if you help me out. I...
by MEARS | Feb 11, 2010 | archived news
It amazes me how the bat collecting community appears to have by large, written off Spalding products once Hillerich and Bradsby came on the scene in the early part of the 20th Century. Back in March of 2007, I wrote and article titled “Pre-1920 Spalding Bats.” I...
by MEARS | Feb 10, 2010 | archived news
I have long preached about the value of building a solid reference library. Today I am pleased to share an interview recently conducted with one of my personal research heroes, Mark Stang. Mark is an award-winning author of eight books on Major League baseball and...
by MEARS | Feb 10, 2010 | archived news
All of this began with an e-mail from a bat collector/dealer who had been offered a 1940s flannel. He had some questions about the rather unique and odd patch that been sewn over the team logo. I told what I knew and didn’t know about it as well as a possible retail...
by MEARS | Feb 5, 2010 | archived news
Packages from the January auction on out and on their way to collectors. Packages have also been heading my way to look over for the February auction. A box of knits came earlier this week and I thought I would share some images and impressions about some of the items...
