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Ok folks, gonna keep this as brief as I can. Please bare with me. I purchased a game used Jorge Posada glove and received it yesterday. This glove was once part of a GUU auction and it supposedly originated from a Posada charity auction. As you can see it is inscribed Game Used 07. Before I purchased the glove I knew it wasn't one of his main gamers in 07 as he had switched to the lighter woven back and this glove was all leather, but the use looked great and the glove was looked legit to me. I just assumed it was a carryover or a practice glove. In any case, the glove arrived and I started searching getty last night. Found nothing in 07 that matched and then just started going backwards year by year. Much to my surprise and delight I believe I have photomatched the glove to the 2nd half of the 01 season all the way through game 3 of the world series. of course I can't match it to each and every game, but I believe this was the glove that he was wearing when Jeter made the famous "flip play" to Posada.
Below are the 2 best pics I could find to match it. The pic of Posada by himself is from Game 5 of the LCS and the pic of him and Pettite is from Game 2 of the LDS
So, I am looking for everyone's thoughts on the match. I think it is a pretty clear match, but I have looked at way too many pictures of catchers mitts the last 24 hours. I would also love to hear any and all opinions on the the inscription. My best guess looking at the glove and seeing that the inscription was added at later time than the signature or at least with a different pen is that he may have signed the glove and had it laying around or in storage and then when he needed one to give to an auction he or one of his people got the glove and had him erroneously inscribe it 07. I suppose he could have used it for practice in 07 after the fact, but that seems like an awful long time to be using that same glove.
Aside from the circled areas, if you notice the seam that runs along the index finger you can see how it turns in and then back out as it gets to the end of the finger. That seems to match perfectly as well. What do you guys think?
Below are the 2 best pics I could find to match it. The pic of Posada by himself is from Game 5 of the LCS and the pic of him and Pettite is from Game 2 of the LDS
So, I am looking for everyone's thoughts on the match. I think it is a pretty clear match, but I have looked at way too many pictures of catchers mitts the last 24 hours. I would also love to hear any and all opinions on the the inscription. My best guess looking at the glove and seeing that the inscription was added at later time than the signature or at least with a different pen is that he may have signed the glove and had it laying around or in storage and then when he needed one to give to an auction he or one of his people got the glove and had him erroneously inscribe it 07. I suppose he could have used it for practice in 07 after the fact, but that seems like an awful long time to be using that same glove.
Aside from the circled areas, if you notice the seam that runs along the index finger you can see how it turns in and then back out as it gets to the end of the finger. That seems to match perfectly as well. What do you guys think?
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Wedding was on Sunday Sept 1 - Labor Day weekend. Cake lady thought it was the following Saturday Sept 7. My mother in law wrote on the check memo, "for 9/1 wedding" or something and even though we told the cake lady several times it was labor day weekend and Sunday the 1st and she said no problem. Nonetheless, when she booked it into her calendar she confused the 1 for a 7 and went to the lake Labor Day weekend.
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