Mazzilli Gamer

[Swoboda4]

I 've been looking for a Mazzilli Met gamer for a while and noticed this item on ebay. Does a size 40 appear to big for Mazzilli in 1979? They did wear things tight back then. 22 inches across the chest I would think is too wide. Any thoughts?

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-York-Mets-JERSEY-Lee-Mazzilli-GAME-WORN-Rawlings-79_W0QQitemZ170399352688QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Men_s_Athletic_Apparel?hash=item27ac97c770

[Swoboda4]

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From reading past posts on game used jerseys in which the size appears off from what the player would normally use,could this be a "saleman's copy"?

Again,not to say that size 40 in 1979 is wrong, but believe he wore things trim fitting then and was thinner.

[sox83cubs84]

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Thirty years ago, a Mazzilli Mets road gamer was let loose in Chicago after the 1979 season, which ended up with me for a short time, and it was a 40...maybe the same item?

Dave M.
Chicago area

[flaco1801]

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tags look good... mazzilli was the poster boy for the tight fit uniform....

[Swoboda4]

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sox83cubs84-,Do the photos look like your former jersey? 1979,sort of early in the G/U hobby. How did you acquire it back then? Why did you move it (if you don't mind)?
If you rather e-mail me, bazil221b@aol.com

[sox83cubs84]

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sox83cubs84-,Do the photos look like your former jersey? 1979,sort of early in the G/U hobby. How did you acquire it back then? Why did you move it (if you don't mind)?
If you rather e-mail me, bazil221b@aol.com

I bought it from a fellow collector who hung out at Wrigley Field. I found out later that year that the three Mets road jerseys that this guy had (Maz, Kranepool and Torre) were heisted by the Cannonball truck (the company that picked up the visiting team's equipment as they were leaving town) in an inside job. By then I had already dealt it away, so there wasn't much I felt I could do. Can't remember just what I got for it at the time, but I've seen all three of these gamers pop up once or twice in the intervening three decades.

Dave M.
Chicago area

[TNTtoys]

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There are some serious games being played with this auction. 33 bids in under a single day, and the item having only been bid up to a grand total of only $52.00? And one bidder who is apparently not an amateur accounting for 30 of them by bumping this by a dollar at a time? Clearly being manipulated, and not giving me a very good feeling.

[sox83cubs84]

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As of 2:45AM Saturday morning (unable to fall asleep so far), there are 35 bids and a $164.04 high bid.

Dave M.
Chicago area

[suave1477]

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Ok don't get me wrong I know Mazilli is a fan favorite / semi star.

But he had 1 all star year and he was a member of the 86 World Series team.

Not a hall of famer by any stretch.

The bidding seems a bit odd 8 days 7 hours left and it's at $405.00

That is just a bit odd to me.

Do you think it's possible this is a New York or Mets fan base bidding this up this high, so soon?

[TNTtoys]

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Ok don't get me wrong I know Mazilli is a fan favorite / semi star.

But he had 1 all star year and he was a member of the 86 World Series team.

Not a hall of famer by any stretch.

The bidding seems a bit odd 8 days 7 hours left and it's at $405.00

That is just a bit odd to me.

Do you think it's possible this is a New York or Mets fan base bidding this up this high, so soon?

I'd have a long answer and a short answer to this question. I'll give you the short answer...

No

As far as I know, the Mets fans here at GUU that I have spoken to about this jersey are not bidding and do not plan to due to the very shady bidding that has already taken place over the first day and a half.

[dcrules01]

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That is the era I collect but it being a Mazzilli gamer I passed because I know Nick has wanted one for the longest time. As far as popularity of the player Andy Fogel had a rookie Mazzilli awhile back for 800 and I thought that was a little high. This auction me personally I would pass just because of the bidding that has taking place. For a jersey that is miscatagorized it is getting a lot of attention. I have not bid and I do not plan to. The jersey looks good but imo at best on the high end it is a 5-600 but then again a Mookie sold for 700 on ebay and a 1000 on Lelands..So you never know.

[Swoboda4]

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I'm not bidding on this jersey for a variety of reasons. If your not comfortable don't bid as we all know. The seller states the chest is 22 inches across(that's 44 all around?). I don't think photos from that year support that much room for his jerseys. I mean it all spray painted on.

[metsbats]

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I have not bid on this jersey either.

[TNTtoys]

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On a related topic...

2 new Mazzilli jerseys just hit ebay today. Both are World Series game used:

http://cgi.ebay.com/MAZZILLI-New-York-Yankees-Game-Used-Jersey-WORLD-SERIES_W0QQitemZ390113130637QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5ad48df88d

http://cgi.ebay.com/MAZZILLI-New-York-Yankees-Game-Used-Jersey-WORLD-SERIES_W0QQitemZ390113133324QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5ad48e030c

Both come with Steiner documentation.

[Swoboda4]

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Could the seller of the two Mazzilli yankee jerseys that Nick refers to be moving them to bid on this Met jersey?