All,
Just a heads up for all of you. There is a smattering of blue Mets batting practice jerseys on ebay this week... all are tagged as '99 and contain the numbers of superstar players such as Mike Piazza, Edgardo Alfonzo and Al Leiter. The trouble with these is that they were not worn by any of these players.
The jerseys are minor league jerseys worn by other Mets teams in their organization, such as the St. Lucie Met, the Kingsport Mets and the Pittsfield Mets.
Major league jerseys of this era (including both BP jerseys and spring training jerseys) would ALL have names on the backs; these do not. Major league jerseys also were not manufactured by AIS (they were done by Majestic). Finally, the Major League jerseys would not have flag patches.
I have written to the sellers and politely explained to them that what they have is not what they appear to be.
Nick
Just a heads up for all of you. There is a smattering of blue Mets batting practice jerseys on ebay this week... all are tagged as '99 and contain the numbers of superstar players such as Mike Piazza, Edgardo Alfonzo and Al Leiter. The trouble with these is that they were not worn by any of these players.
The jerseys are minor league jerseys worn by other Mets teams in their organization, such as the St. Lucie Met, the Kingsport Mets and the Pittsfield Mets.
Major league jerseys of this era (including both BP jerseys and spring training jerseys) would ALL have names on the backs; these do not. Major league jerseys also were not manufactured by AIS (they were done by Majestic). Finally, the Major League jerseys would not have flag patches.
I have written to the sellers and politely explained to them that what they have is not what they appear to be.
Nick
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