Griffey Jr. 1994 Pepsi Gu Auto Uniform?

[al3xmac10]

Any opinions on this piece?
Does anyone have pics of Griffey wearing this uniform?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=150633875219

[Lokee]

this was discussed about a year ago now. I had a chance to buy it locally for around 500.00 but I passed.

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_f...=Griffey+pepsi

[Lokee]

I did spend a lot of time doing research on it as well.

[al3xmac10]

May I know why you passed on it?

[Lokee]

I was not comfortable not knowing 100% when and where if at all it was worn.

In all my leg work the only plausible game it could have been worn in was a celeb softball game. That really does not fit my collecting genre.

[jefe86]

Hi Guys,

The Griffey uniform being discussed is mine. And you are right, it is not from the All Star Game they play in July.

Here is a link to the article about the game he played in:

http://articles.philly.com/1994-01-2...mitch-williams

They used to play it every year right before spring training starts, it used to be held in Palm Springs (The stadium where the Palm Springs Power plays now I believe, it was the old Angels stadium I think). It's not the All Star game they play in the Summer but it was an annual charity softball game that all of the big name guys played it. The red striped pants are what the American League team wore that year in the game. A photomatch will be tough, but not impossible I haven't tried all that hard. The game was televised on NBC so I am sure a screenshot could be had from someone. The COA that Jr. signed was from the company he sold his game used stuff from when he was still here in Seattle.

It's a cool signed uniform if you're looking for a unique Griffey item.

[justinwc80]

The COA is legit and like he said from the company JR used for his GU stuff in the Mariners era.

[ironmanfan]

That charity softball game started in the mid to late 1980's (I have a couple of their game programs; first corporate sponsor was Pizza Hut). Here is a picture of Cal Ripken Jr. & Wade Boggs from the 1988 game I believe:

[jefe86]

I would be very interested if someone could help me with a photomatch on the Griffey Jersey, I would even give someone $50 if they could get me a good image. I know the exact date the game was played (Feb 5, 1994) in Palm Springs, and I know that NBC aired the game on Feb 19th 1994. I had someone purchase the jersey recently but just relisted it as they had a change of mind on making the payment for it, so I am still interested in selling if anyone here thinks it's something they might like.

[ferro39]

I was just researching this topic because I recently got my hands on one from the 1990 game.