Yankees Year Tags?

[Eric]

Hey gang-

Here's a specific and odd question.

What years (in recent history- last 10 years or so) did the Yankees use year tags on the home and away jerseys?

The reason I ask is- I got a Yankees jersey which is said to be from 2002? The other Yankese shirts in my collection from 2002 have a year tag. Does this make sense? Could some players have them and others don't? Or is this from a different year?
Here's a crappy pic of the tagging

Can anyone help?
Eric

[suave1477]

Re: Yankees Year Tags?

Hello Eric, I have seen many Yankees Jerseys but I never seen one with out the Year tag. I am not saying its not real and by judging by your picture it looks like it has a Steiner hologram, so indeed I am sure it is a real Yankees Jersey, I would say its possible that it's a manufaturers error, but as we all know in this hobby anything is possible.

[sportscentury]

Re: Yankees Year Tags?

Eric,

In 2002 and 2004, some real Yankees jerseys had year tags and some did not. I have been told that the majority of Yankee 2002 shirts actually did not have a year tag.

At one time, Ron Fukushima (California Sports Investments) had a nice photo on his website of AROD from 2004 with the front shirt-tail out, showing the tagging (no year tag was on the shirt).

Best,
Reid

[sportscentury]

Re: Yankees Year Tags?

Eric,

Also, I would suggest contacting Keith Vari at Lelands. He has always been very friendly and helpful to collectors and will likely be happy to answer your question. I don't know of anyone who knows modern Yankees uniforms and equipment better than Keith.

Reid

[suave1477]

Re: Yankees Year Tags?

Eric well what did Steiner say when you called them?

[Eric]

Re: Yankees Year Tags?

Reid

Thanks. Do you have an email for Mr. Vari?
Eric

[Eric]

Re: Yankees Year Tags?

Eric well what did Steiner say when you called them?

Jason-

I have an email in to them, asking if some of their other 2002 road jerseys don't have year tags.

If you're suggesting that I should have called them before posting on the site- please re-read my question. The question asked fellow users if they knew about Yankees year tags. I never called the item or Steiner into question. I didn't even mention who the jersey was from.

Eric

[suave1477]

Re: Yankees Year Tags?

Jason-

I have an email in to them, asking if some of their other 2002 road jerseys don't have year tags.

If you're suggesting that I should have called them before posting on the site- please re-read my question. The question asked fellow users if they knew about Yankees year tags. I never called the item or Steiner into question. I didn't even mention who the jersey was from.

Eric

Eric I know you never called the item, but you questioned the tagging correct? So my point is why not just ask the source directly? As far as you not mention who it is from, its pretty obivious we call see the hologram in the picture.

[Eric]

Re: Yankees Year Tags?

Jason-

If you really would like me to justify whyI asked the question, I'll take you through it.

1) I have seen many Yankees jerseys myself, but didn't want to make any assumptions about the tagging. Perhaps it was well known to others that some 2002 jerseys have year tags and some don't

2) I thought others might be able to benefit from this information

Eric

[JETEFAN]

Re: Yankees Year Tags?

Eric,

As Reid suggested I would contact Keith Vari. As I have stated in recent posts, Steiner does not have a clue as to product information. They couldn't tell you if something was used by Mickey Mantle or Mickey Mouse !! We are just suppose to believe that if it comes from them, it is what they tell you...NOT!!!!!!

George

[sportscentury]

Re: Yankees Year Tags?

Reid

Thanks. Do you have an email for Mr. Vari?
Eric

Eric,

I will contact Keith and ask him if it is all right for me to pass his email along to you (I'm sure he'll say yes). If it were his Lelands email address (which I don't have, but I think used to be Keith@lelands.com before he went to Grey Flannel), then it would be no problem. But I have his private email and I always check with a person before giving away any private contact info.

Reid

[sportscentury]

Re: Yankees Year Tags?

Eric,

As Reid suggested I would contact Keith Vari. As I have stated in recent posts, Steiner does not have a clue as to product information. They couldn't tell you if something was used by Mickey Mantle or Mickey Mouse !! We are just suppose to believe that if it comes from them, it is what they tell you...NOT!!!!!!

George

I have to agree with George about this. I don't think it would hurt to call them, but you need to ask someone who has real knowledge, like Keith.

Reid

[sportscentury]

Re: Yankees Year Tags?

Jason-

If you really would like me to justify whyI asked the question, I'll take you through it.

1) I have seen many Yankees jerseys myself, but didn't want to make any assumptions about the tagging. Perhaps it was well known to others that some 2002 jerseys have year tags and some don't

2) I thought others might be able to benefit from this information

Eric

Eric,


You are an endlessly patient and polite man. Hats off to you - I really don't know how you do it.

Reid

[suave1477]

Re: Yankees Year Tags?

Some people here are so funny!!! Amazing!!

Eric the point being made is I understand the question that you asking. I am just saying Steiner is a very reliable source since they deal with the Yankees Game Used items directly so why not ask them? I am not saying they are the end all be all but they are a good place to start!!!

[Eric]

Re: Yankees Year Tags?

Some people here are so funny!!! Amazing!!

Eric the point being made is I understand the question that you asking. I am just saying Steiner is a very reliable source since they deal with the Yankees Game Used items directly so why not ask them? I am not saying they are the end all be all but they are a good place to start!!!

I did ask them. Considering I opened the package on sunday night and today is a holiday, it's likely i won't get a response until tomorrow, which is totally fine.

In the meantime I figured I'd tap into the resources here,

Eric