Bobby Bonds Cardinals jersey on ebay

[mook03005]

Wanted to get your opinions on this bonds jersey...Does everything seem legit about it?

Is it common to see a jersey in the Cards organization from this era being recycled like this ? The tag says 1978 however I do know that during the 79-80 seasons (when bobby arrived wearing #26,00) the only thing that changed was the numbers on the sleeve.

[mook03005]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/St-Louis-Car...item4ab9578e62

[sox83cubs84]

Back in the era, the Cardinals did recycle jerseys...I've seen more than a few 1978 jerseys with the 1979-80 sleeve numbers and 1979-80 gamers with the post-1980 front numbers. I'm not automatically giving the Bonds a thumbs up, but I am saying that the year tag/year of usage diffrential is not unheard of.

Dave Miedema

[mook03005]

Thanks dave

[Birdbats]

I wrote about this jersey on my blog a couple weeks ago. Hope this helps.

June 25, 2012. Last Friday, Uni-Watch published a short piece about players who wore numbers 0 and 00. The Cardinals have three representatives in this group, Kerry Robinson (#0), Bobby Bonds and Omar Olivares (both #00, though Olivares says those weren't zeros, they were his initials). I pulled out my 1980 Cardinals yearbook to see if there was a story about why Bonds chose #00. No luck, but I did see photos of him wearing #26. According to Cardinals Journal, Bonds wanted #25, but George Hendrick had that number. Apparently, Bonds chose #26 during spring training, but by opening day, he was wearing #00. Now, look what shows up on eBay -- a Bonds #26 jersey. The seller says "O'Brien" was removed from the back and replaced with "Bonds." Makes sense -- Dan O'Brien wore #26 in 1979. But, the seller also suggests Bonds wore #26 during the regular season, referencing Baseball Almanac. Problem is, BA does not include #26 as a number for Bonds in 1980. BA is accurate -- Bonds wore only #00 during the regular season; #26 was his spring training number.

[mook03005]

Thanks for all the research fellas...I actually have a bat of his from 1980 with #00 on the handle, so I knew for the most part he wore these digits through the '80 season, albeit I didnt know the specific dates he wore #26. Anyhow this is a tough call, might have to pass this one up, sucks a cards bonds gamer is my grail

[mchmaj]

i am the seller...
thanks for clearing it up ...
so i am guessing the spring training jersey is lesser value than the gamers ?
or this jersey has a value because its only bonds cardinals out there since cardinals did recycled their jerseys ?
let me know
thanks
marcus

[Birdbats]

i am the seller...
thanks for clearing it up ...
so i am guessing the spring training jersey is lesser value than the gamers ?
or this jersey has a value because its only bonds cardinals out there since cardinals did recycled their jerseys ?
let me know
thanks
marcus

We know it's a spring training jersey... we're simply speculating it could be the "only" Cardinals Bonds jersey. The regular-season jerseys (home/road, sets 1/2) could be out there somewhere. Now that you know what you have and that you have a potential buyer, I hope you guys can work something out that makes you both happy.

[mchmaj]

great
many thanks for all help
thats why i love this forum !
marcus

[snoodles]

There is at least one Bonds Cardinals road jerseys out there...It's tagged Rawlings 1980 set 1 in the tail...

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