by MEARS | Oct 25, 2006 | Uncategorized
NO GO IN GAMES: After recapping three major sports league game jerseys that were discarded after one or two uses, this edition of The Shirt will look at three styles made for team usage but never actually worn in major league games. EXPO NO-NO The year 1980 was a...
by MEARS | Oct 25, 2006 | Uncategorized
NO GO IN GAMES: After recapping three major sports league game jerseys that were discarded after one or two uses, this edition of The Shirt will look at three styles made for team usage but never actually worn in major league games. EXPO NO-NO The year 1980 was a...
by MEARS | Oct 25, 2006 | Uncategorized
The purpose of the “Unable to Authenticate” column is to make collectors aware of items that MEARS has deemed to not be as it was represented. Recently we were asked to supply an opinion on a baseball purported to be a Babe Ruth HR baseball from the 1922 season. Our...
by MEARS | Oct 25, 2006 | Uncategorized
The purpose of the “Unable to Authenticate” column is to make collectors aware of items that MEARS has deemed to not be as it was represented. Recently we were asked to supply an opinion on a baseball purported to be a Babe Ruth HR baseball from the 1922 season. Our...
by MEARS | Oct 22, 2006 | Uncategorized
Some days I can remember 1956 as if it were yesterday; the heart stopping, heart pounding excitement of every single game. We knew it: This is it…this is our year…this is the year we’re going to win it all!!! …and it went…right…down…to …the…very…last…game…!!! In many...
by MEARS | Oct 22, 2006 | Uncategorized
Some days I can remember 1956 as if it were yesterday; the heart stopping, heart pounding excitement of every single game. We knew it: This is it…this is our year…this is the year we’re going to win it all!!! …and it went…right…down…to …the…very…last…game…!!! In many...
by MEARS | Oct 17, 2006 | Uncategorized
GETTING IT RIGHT VIA GETTY IMAGES: As often happens in conjunction with my research duties for MEARS, I peruse auctions, eBay, and other sources for pictures of game-used wearables to incorporate into the ever-growing MEARS database. In scanning for these activities,...
by MEARS | Oct 17, 2006 | Uncategorized
GETTING IT RIGHT VIA GETTY IMAGES: As often happens in conjunction with my research duties for MEARS, I peruse auctions, eBay, and other sources for pictures of game-used wearables to incorporate into the ever-growing MEARS database. In scanning for these activities,...
by MEARS | Oct 17, 2006 | Uncategorized
TWO AND THRU, ONE AND DONE There have been occasions where team-issued, game-worn jerseys have been discarded for various reasons after only one or two uses. The Shirt will study three such don’t-blink-or-you’ll-miss-’em appearances of game garb....
by MEARS | Oct 17, 2006 | Uncategorized
TWO AND THRU, ONE AND DONE There have been occasions where team-issued, game-worn jerseys have been discarded for various reasons after only one or two uses. The Shirt will study three such don’t-blink-or-you’ll-miss-’em appearances of game garb....
