Calling All Daryl Strawberry Experts

[Barney Fife]

This strip tag looks bogus to me. Does not match exemplars I have seen. Any thoughts?


https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball/1985-darryl-strawberry-game-worn-new-york-mets-jersey/p/50002-80010.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515

[sox83cubs84]

I'm with you. I believe the year should be in the ID. Also there were 2 legit embroidery fonts on '85 Mets gamers. This tries very hard to imitate one of them, but something about it looks off.

Dave Miedema

[sox83cubs84]

I was wrong...I checked my files, and the sequence of uniform #, size, set is correct, yet it still doesn't look quite right.

Dave M.

[Barney Fife]

The sequence isn’t in question. The font is bad....no good IMO.

[Barney Fife]

Here’s the Strawberry....and three other ‘85 Mets gamers from common players. I chose common players to eliminate the need for financial gain via fraud.

[bgakladd]

The Rawlings tag has other needle holes in the upper left corner which is a concern and look at the long zigzag stitching under the strip tag. The others are straight stitched.

[Barney Fife]

The Rawlings tag has other needle holes in the upper left corner which is a concern and look at the long zigzag stitching under the strip tag. The others are straight stitched.

GREAT find by you. That jersey is baddddd.

[Vintagedeputy]

I think that the 4 in the Strawberry jersey is the key. That font is totally different than the other 3 jerseys. Something's amiss for sure.

[Barney Fife]

I think that the 4 in the Strawberry jersey is the key. That font is totally different than the other 3 jerseys. Something's amiss for sure.

Agree 100%....

[piero42]

The Rawlings tag has other needle holes in the upper left corner which is a concern and look at the long zigzag stitching under the strip tag. The others are straight stitched.

I agree that the stitching/needle holes on the Rawlings tag is a red flag. However I don’t think the strip tag “long zigzag” stitching is unusual as I’ve seen this on 85 homes. The other 85 examples shown are all roads, and I think the straight stitching is correct for roads from this year.

The numbers on the back of the jersey look very off as well.

[bgakladd]

Here is another Strawberry jersey for comparison. https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-verizon&biw=320&bih=196&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=RWfCWuW6CqWzjwSaoqqQAQ&q=1985+mets+game+worn+jersey&oq=1985+mets+game+worn+jersey&gs_l=mobile-gws-img.12...8611.9904..10957...0....82.163.2......... .1..mobile-gws-wiz-img.19lhzWT7uzs%3D#imgrc=f4Ix4hZ0hkjfXM:

[Jim65]

I wouldn't touch this jersey, too many red flags

[TNTtoys]

Wow, this is a complete train wreck. There is not much on this jersey that looks accurate. How in God's name could it have passed authentication?

The back numbers are horrific. The only time I have seen back numbers on a Strawberry so malformed and fat have been on Chinese knock-offs.

The front numbers are wrong too. Tell me when you have ever seen such a fat front #1 on a Mets jersey?

The font on back is dead wrong -- it's close to the thicker font that the Mets used for short names (less than 7 letters long). The name Strawberry should be MUCH thinner and much less curved. Google real Strawberry jerseys from 1983-1990 and you will see what I mean.

The strip tag is definitely not factory done.

The Rawlings tag has been sewn on more than once.

Wow...

[Barney Fife]

Wow, this is a complete train wreck. There is not much on this jersey that looks accurate. How in God's name could it have passed authentication?

The back numbers are horrific. The only time I have seen back numbers on a Strawberry so malformed and fat have been on Chinese knock-offs.

The front numbers are wrong too. Tell me when you have ever seen such a fat front #1 on a Mets jersey?

The font on back is dead wrong -- it's close to the thicker font that the Mets used for short names (less than 7 letters long). The name Strawberry should be MUCH thinner and much less curved. Google real Strawberry jerseys from 1983-1990 and you will see what I mean.

The strip tag is definitely not factory done.

The Rawlings tag has been sewn on more than once.

Wow...


Christ in heaven.......

[metsbats]

Did anyone contact heritage? They are a reputable auction house and should do the right thing and pull it.

[bgakladd]

The Strawberry jersey has been pulled from the auction.