First off, I know little or nothing about baseball jerseys...other than what I might pick up on this board.

Someone sent me this link today.

http://www.mearsonline.com/news/newsDetail.asp?id=776

I've read it a few times over and it still makes no sense to me. Is Mr. Grob saying that a patch and a laundry marker 2 was added to a 1975 Rose jersey to make it look like a 1976 Rose jersey?

What would be the point? Didn't the Reds win the Series both years? Does a patch and 2 make it more valuable than the 1975 version? Did Rose have a significantly better statistical season or post season in 1976?