Griffey Should Pay More Attention To Detail....

[hblakewolf]

Forum Readers-
AS I've discussed here many times, Griffey Jr. realized the huge opportunity to order extra equipment, strictly for the purpose of reselling it to card shops and collectors. He even had other players using his C271 bats during BP and then selling them as if he had used them.

Currently on Ebay is a 1994 home jersey. Maybe Griffey should have told Russell to supply his "extra" shirts with the correct 125th Anniversary patch AND the standard Mariners patches on the sleeves....

http://cgi.ebay.com/1994-KEN-GRIFFEY-JR-GAME-USED-HOME-JERSEY-AUTOGRAPHED_W0QQitemZ200099788951QQihZ010QQcategoryZ60597QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Howard Wolf
hblakewolf@patmedia.net

[LHG39]

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I do not understand why someone making over $10million a year would feel the need to dupe fans for a few extra $$$.

[cjmedina1]

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If thats the case no HOF for him.
Carlie Mednia III
carliemedinaiii@sbcglobal.net

[eGameUsed]

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Howard and others,

I do not own any Mariners jerseys this early, but is it possible this jersey is not the right one for the COA? It looks like a good replica, but is the 1994 year tag correct. I thought thwy used more of the paper tag. I had someone try and sell me a Frank Thomas HR bat with a Mill Creek COA but was a forged inscription. Just a thought!

[kingjammy24]

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now i'm really curious.. does anyone have any photos of the 1994 mariners, at home, showing the right sleeve?

i'm wondering if they wore the 125 patch on their home jerseys?
i know they wore them on the road and alt jerseys but i can't find any pics at all of the 1994 mariners at home, which is a little strange.

i've found a few that i think are from 1994 but can't be positive. the ones i've found don't show a 125 patch.

at any rate, if ward received the jersey from griffey, i imagine it was likely one of those situations where griffey ordered mass quantities solely for the purpose of giving out to players, vips, charities, etc. how many players were asking griffey for a jersey in the early 90s? dozens at least.

rudy.

[Rboitano]

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Chris could you send me those photos of the Vlad bat?
Rboitano@charter.net

[kingjammy24]

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alex rodriguez made his major league debut in 1994. immediately prior to appearing in the big leagues, he played for the appleton foxes.

here are 4 cards that came out in 1994. since arod didn't play for the mariners in 1993, these pics can't be from 1993. since these cards came out in 1994, they can't have pics from 1995. so the pics must therefore be from 1994 right?



rudy.

[centerfieldsports.com]

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[Kid4hof03]

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So did Griffey not get it wrong?

Abe

[kingjammy24]

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hello abe,

for me, the jury is still out but the evidence seems to point to the idea that the 1994 mariners did not have the 125 patch on their home jerseys.
i know they had them on their road and teal jerseys. if anyone can add to this, please feel free.

to be honest, what troubles me about the griffey jersey isn't the lack of a 125 patch but rather the lack of any of griffey's usual jersey customizations (extra length, etc). i think the provenance is good but, given that griffey was one of baseball's biggest superstars in 1994, i think he just handed out boilerplate jerseys to other players and vips. jeff "birdbats" scott once posted a great article about how players intentionally order extra jerseys solely to trade them amongst each other. the article seemed to imply these jerseys were never worn. they were just ordered and traded. as such, these jerseys may not be completely up to spec.

rudy.

[kingjammy24]

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here is a 1994 griffey home jersey, apparently with a letter from griffey himself. note the extra length:

http://www.americanmemorabilia.com/Auction_Item.asp?Auction_ID=9795

i'm unsure whether the strip tag should be cloth or paper.

rudy.

[CollectGU]

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I would like to hear Howard's thoughts on the above....

Regards,
Dave

[centerfieldsports.com]

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Mariners used both style year tags in 1994.

[kingjammy24]

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I would like to hear Howard's thoughts on the above....

Regards,
Dave

the AMI description states that their jersey has the 125 patch. can anyone find a photo of the 1994 mariners at home showing the right sleeve? mears? don't you guys have like 15 million photos of the 1994 mariners alone?

i can't see how my arod pics are wrong? they can't be minor league pics because he spent much of 1994 playing for the appleton foxes, jacksonville suns, and calgary cannons. none of those teams are called the "mariners" and he's pictured in a "mariners" jersey. he made his major league debut on 07/08/1994. those baseball cards were released in 1994. they couldn't have had pics from 1995. ?!?

2 mariners magazines from 1994:


honestly, i'm lost. either they didn't wear the 125 patch which means all of my images are right and the ami jersey is wrong or the ami jersey is right and all of these images are from 1993. i'd like someone to explain to me how arod was photographed playing in a mariners uniform in 1993 though.

as well it seems griffey gave duane ward a 1994 home jersey without a 125 patch and also wrote a letter on the ami 1994 home jersey that has a 125 patch.

rudy.

[kingjammy24]

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*** in the first magazine shot below, amongst the group of 4 players is eric anthony. anthony's ONLY year with the mariners was 1994. he wasn't with them in 1993.

now either the ami jersey is rubbish. or in 1994, the mariners wore their game jerseys (not bp jerseys) in spring training without the 125 patch and had the patch sewn on when the regular season begun?

rudy.