DeWayne Wise Jersey

[TomTimmerman]

I know this doesn't have the historical significance of some of the other items discussed here, but Wayne Otto is advertising a DeWayne Wise game worn 2002 Blue Jays jersey on eBay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/MLB-Toronto-Blue-Jays-DEWAYNE-WISE-1-Game-Worn-Jersey_W0QQitemZ200152105280QQihZ010QQcategoryZ605 97QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Being perhaps the only Wise collector on the planet, I bought one of these from him several years ago. Eventually I discovered that Wise never wore #1 in a major league game. According to our Blue Jays friend Vince, Wise was issued #1 in 2003 but never appeared in a game. In 2002 (Wayne's advertised year), Wise wore #16 according to Baseball-Almanac and a dated Getty picture.

I emailed Wayne about this some time ago and never received a response. I also emailed him about the current jersey but didn't receive a response. I know he probably just assumed that buying these from the team, they were game worn. But now he knows better and should not advertise the item as game worn.

TT

[Copa]

What's the deal with gamewornuniforms?? Is his stuff good?? I'm pretty new to the game used hobby, but just looking at his items, I've questioned whether they were legit or not. I bought my first game jersey (Dan Gladden Detroit Tigers) from him probably about 7 or 8 years ago, and looking at this thing, I just don't buy for a second it was actually his jersey. There is no tagging, the number has been changed and someone wrote the nubmer 50 on the tag in sharpie. I didn't pay much for it, so I kind of chalked it up as a loss, but if someone could shed some light on this seller, maybe I'd be a bit less skeptical.

[kingjammy24]

copa,

most of the tigers jerseys of that era were recycled to the minors for re-use. this is why most of wayne otto's tigers jerseys have the names stripped off and have numbers in written in marker on them. some have also had number changes. the #50 written on your jersey is likely from minor league use. as well, that's probably why it had a number change. at one point, it's likely that it was a legit gladden gamer or game-issued. it just went to the minors after the tigers were done with it.

most of wayne's otto stock seems legit to me insofar as being genuinely game-worn or game-issued at one point. sometimes he mislabels things, such as this wise jersey, or fails to mention the minor league re-use.
as for his business practices, i have no clue. a couple of years ago, i emailed him 3 or 4 times telling him i wanted to buy some jerseys from him. he never once replied.

rudy.

[TomTimmerman]

I received a "reply" today:

"Everything we sell is game worn from the teams. There is no bogus jerseys.
Thanks
Morgan
www.gamewornuniforms.com"

Well that answers that.

[MikeSimon]

Tom...I saw a couple of "Wise" game-worn jerseys in the Blue Jays Shop @ The Rogers Centre on Monday if you are interested. You could probably call them or e-mail Vince Marra!

[TomTimmerman]

Thanks for the heads up. I'm waiting on a return email from Vince.

Tom