Many of the jerseys recently auctioned off by Steiner have begun to appear on Ebay. Some of the Ebay listings are providing more insight than Steiner's original and woefully lacking descriptions. As such, new details are emerging about some of these jerseys and some of these have me completely puzzled about the Yankees tagging practices. Most notably,
some of these jerseys reveal that the Yankees (at least in the late 80's/early 90's), would send players out wearing jerseys tagged with an incorrect year or even another players name.
Two examples:
A "1992 Matt Nokes" described has having the 1997 Jackie Robinson patch removed and worn in the 1997 season by Homer Bush or Scott Pose.
To recap: Nokes used this jersey fairly heavily in 1992. As a catcher, the wear would've been relatively heavy. Nokes left the Yankees in 1994. So the Yankees kept his jersey from 1992 for 5 yrs and then decided to send Bush or Pose out to the field in a well-used jersey without re-tagging it?!
the second example:
A "1988-tagged Claudell Washington". This jersey, recently on Ebay with Steiner certs, was tagged as 1988. However, it had the black "1" on the sleeve worn for Billy Martin in 1990. Washington played for the Yankees in 1988, then for the Angels in 1989 and the first part of 1990, and then returned to the Yankees in 1990. So according to the jersey, the Yankees kept his jersey when he left and upon his return they gave him back his old, used jersey from over a year ago and didn't bother to re-tag it?
Has anyone else seen a major-league team issue a player a worn, 5 yr old jersey with another players name in it?
Possible explanations:
1) the Yankees are incredibly cheap. (Was Dave Justice out there playing in Kevin Maas' old jersey?).
2) the Yankees are incredibly lazy. (Bush..Nokes..what's the difference. 92, 97, same thing).
3) there's something fishy about these jerseys.
Anyone have any insight into why all this seems very odd?
Rudy.
some of these jerseys reveal that the Yankees (at least in the late 80's/early 90's), would send players out wearing jerseys tagged with an incorrect year or even another players name.
Two examples:
A "1992 Matt Nokes" described has having the 1997 Jackie Robinson patch removed and worn in the 1997 season by Homer Bush or Scott Pose.
To recap: Nokes used this jersey fairly heavily in 1992. As a catcher, the wear would've been relatively heavy. Nokes left the Yankees in 1994. So the Yankees kept his jersey from 1992 for 5 yrs and then decided to send Bush or Pose out to the field in a well-used jersey without re-tagging it?!
the second example:
A "1988-tagged Claudell Washington". This jersey, recently on Ebay with Steiner certs, was tagged as 1988. However, it had the black "1" on the sleeve worn for Billy Martin in 1990. Washington played for the Yankees in 1988, then for the Angels in 1989 and the first part of 1990, and then returned to the Yankees in 1990. So according to the jersey, the Yankees kept his jersey when he left and upon his return they gave him back his old, used jersey from over a year ago and didn't bother to re-tag it?
Has anyone else seen a major-league team issue a player a worn, 5 yr old jersey with another players name in it?
Possible explanations:
1) the Yankees are incredibly cheap. (Was Dave Justice out there playing in Kevin Maas' old jersey?).
2) the Yankees are incredibly lazy. (Bush..Nokes..what's the difference. 92, 97, same thing).
3) there's something fishy about these jerseys.
Anyone have any insight into why all this seems very odd?
Rudy.
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