by MEARS | Feb 17, 2008 | archived news
In any given article I spend some time talking about reference information and the value it has in my work. Magazines, yearbooks, newspapers and the like are not simply sterile tools, but visual and real reminders to me that I’m a sports fan. Sure I have my favorite...
by MEARS | Feb 17, 2008 | archived news
PATCH NEWS Spring training is producing some unique patches for a few National League teams. The Pittsburgh Pirates are wearing a logo on their spring BP/game jerseys to celebrate their 40th year of training in Bradenton, Florida. Across the country and the Pacific...
by MEARS | Feb 17, 2008 | archived news
My first venture into uniform research and writing involved self-publishing guides on the Cincinnati Reds from the time frame of 1939-1979. I got around to finishing the ones for 1960-1969 and 1970-1979, but left the earlier effort hanging. The reason for that was I...
by MEARS | Feb 13, 2008 | archived news
Are you tired of being duped or mislead by figures from our National Pastime? I am and I’m not talking about the recent hearings on Capital Hill. Growing up as a young baseball fan in the 1970s, I bought the cards and I bought the hype. I bought the Catfish Hunter...
by MEARS | Feb 11, 2008 | archived news
I was reading the Game Used Forum the other day when I came across a thread on detailed letters of opinion. One poster referred to authentication as a “McJob” and went on to say that “Someone needs to tell the MEARS guys to stop blowing their time on those exhausting...
by MEARS | Feb 11, 2008 | archived news
“READY-MADE BUT BOGUS HOF JERSEYS Back in the days before scientific authentication, some of the high-demand items dealt around in a less knowledgeable hobby used to be nothing more than lesser-named jerseys altered with a scissors or thread puller to become...
