Oscar Gamble

[jerseydave.com]

Hello, I'm looking for a game used bat or jersey from any team that Oscar Gamble played for. Please e-mail me with what you have for sale... thanks for your time..

David
Jerseydave@sbcglobal.net

[salukidave]

I'm going to have a Gamble jersey for sale, but I'm guessing you're not going to want this one because it's probably his most desirable and will command a premium from a White Sox colllector. I just won a Mastro lot that contained a home and away Chicago White Sox jersey from 1977. I'm going to pick the best one and sell the other, probably on eBay.

[karamaxjoe]

I gotta admit I was pretty excited to see both those jerseys in the Mastro
auction until I saw the size of both jerseys. It's certainly possible Gamble wore size 38, but not likely. In 2006 Mastro sold a Gamble road jersey from 1977 and that was a size 42. That's the Gamble jersey I'd like to have. It also makes you wonder why would Mastro bunch those two jerseys with that other mixed bag stuff?

Mike

[salukidave]

It also makes you wonder why would Mastro bunch those two jerseys with that other mixed bag stuff?

Mike

It's a shame for the seller and interested buyers that Mastro does this, but they do it for quite a number of lots. A pair of Oscar Gamble jerseys might make some White Sox collectors drool, but to Mastro they're small-time compared to the many high-end items they auction. I guess to them they'd rather just throw stuff in one big lot and not take the time to separate items that could go for hundreds on their own when they sell other items for thousands. It's a shame because there's been many times I really wanted one item like a hat or a bat in a multiple-item lot, but never placed a bid because I had no interest in buying the other items that came with it. In the end, it really hurts the seller.

[karamaxjoe]

Salukidave, can you email me?

mstr@wideopenwest.com

Mike

[salukidave]

There's an Oscar Gamble 1977 away Set 1 White Sox jersey on eBay now. It's a size 38. I have one just like it - a size 38 except without any set tag. There was some discussion in this thread awhile ago whether Gamble could have worn a size 38. As I wrote then, I thought it was possible and this jersey confirms my thinking.

Just wondering, does anyone have a White Sox 1977 jersey with a Set 2 tag? I think I've only seen Set 1s.

[jerseydave.com]

I'm going to have a Gamble jersey for sale, but I'm guessing you're not going to want this one because it's probably his most desirable and will command a premium from a White Sox colllector. I just won a Mastro lot that contained a home and away Chicago White Sox jersey from 1977. I'm going to pick the best one and sell the other, probably on eBay.

Thank you kindly for the offer but I would not be interested in either jersey. I went through some auction catalogs and saw 5 different Gamble game used jerseys... all of them were a size 42. I appreciate the offer but I would have to pass on your jerseys. Thanks for taking the time to respond to my want ad...

David.

[salukidave]

Hmmm. OK. I'll have to take a good look at the jerseys when I receive them. I do know those softball-style jerseys can run small. Remember, those weren't tucked in like other jerseys. They just hung at the waist. I have a Chet Lemon that's a size 40. He's listed at 6-0, 195 pounds on one of his bios. Oscar Gamble is listed at 5-11, 165 pounds.

[suave1477]

SalukieDave, Just to add my 2 cents going on size.

Tucking a shirt in I don't know how that is relevant because the number size goes according to your chest size and even the Chet Lemon I would be concerened a little bit about.

I am 6'2 215 ilbs, yes I know I am bigger then the guys you mentioned but not that much of a difference especially when it would come to chest size and I am a 46 in a suit and a 48 in Jersey.

which tells me your Chet Lemon should be at least a 42 or a 44.

Oscar Gamble was a bit of a husky guy so I would definitely understand him being a size 42. I find it unlikely he would be a 38 But I could be wrong just trying to give you some food for thought in comparing sizes.

[salukidave]

Thanks for the input.

Off the top of my head, I just seem to remember that those jerseys in general seemed smallish when watching the team play at the time. I'm not sure how much this factors into the equation, if at all, but those were the days when Bill Veeck also had no money. He was barely able to scape enough money together to save the White Sox from moving to Seattle. Perhaps it was a case where the team was making due with what it originally ordered, etc.

In any case, I do remember Gamble being a slight-type of guy physically when he played for the Sox that year. He had the corkscrew-like swing that generated his great power that year. (When he returned to the Sox for a brief time late in his career in the mid-80s, he was significantly heavier.)

Of course, in general, too, players were smaller back then before regimented workouts and steriods.

Jumping ahead, I can't believe the sizes some of the players these days wear compared those of the past. Just for a random comparison, remember how big and muscular for his day that Greg Luzinski looked? I have an '83 jersey where he wore a size 48. Now on to the present, I have an '06 Freddy Garcia that's a size 54, and some other Sox jerseys from some currently active players that are in the 50s, too.