It's a darn shame: Part 327

[Vintagedeputy]

Game used cards are a scam, plain and simple.

[ryan4fregosi]

The other person's point was basically jersey cards benefit more people because more people will be able to own a piece of history versus one person locking it up in their collection.

How very socialist of them.

I still say the logical endgame of this "craze" is the Player Card...literally, deceased ballplayers dismembered and distributed on the hobby's ultimate chase cards.

Get UD on the phone: Trade ya two of Joe Niekro's toes for some cremated Kirby Puckett?

[Birdbats]

Here's one even more worse. It's from the November 2005 issue of Beckett Baseball showing pieces leftovers of cut-up uniforms

Here's an interesting tidbit. According to the Cardinals, the jersey style attributed to Dizzy Dean (pictured above) wasn't used until after Dean left the team. Through 1935, the piping on Cardinals jerseys stopped at the bat and didn't extend down through the team name. The piping did extend to the belt line in 1936 and 1937, but it was two-colored (red and blue on home jerseys, red and white on road jerseys). Dean's last year with the Cards was 1937. The team didn't switch to solid red piping until Dean was pitching for the Cubs.

[Birdbats]

Here's a photo of Dean wearing a 1936-37 home jersey with the red/blue piping. It's in black and white, but you can still tell it's two colors.



Here's a photo of Dean in a 1936-37 road jersey with the red/white piping.

[Birdbats]

For reference, here's a shot of Dean taken sometime after 1940 -- you can tell because of the zipper, the solid piping down the front and the piping on the shoulder. The Cardinals, I'm told, hosted reunion games and other events where players would appear on the field in jerseys. My hunch is that the Dean jersey sacrificed by Upper Deck was one of these post-career jerseys.