O'Neill Tagging Grey Flannel?

[Eric]

Hello everyone

I was looking at the 1997 Paul O'Neill game used jersey in the current Grey Flannel auction. I noticed the lettering on the tag reading O'Neill 97 was different than the ones in my collection. Notice the spacing, and things like the font of the letter "I"

Is this common?

Grey Flannel O'Neill

1997 Paul O'Neill New York Yankees Game-Used Home Pinstripe Jersey
My 1997 O'Neill #1 Home

My 1997 O'Neill #2 Road

[hblakewolf]

Eric-
I had a 1998 O'Neill and have also sold several other Yankees pants/jerseys from this time frame. The style of I on your 2 shirts match my I's perfectly. I've never seen the screening on an O'Neill or other I's in the same fashion as the Grey Flannel version.

Below is a photo from a common pair of 1997 Yankees home pants-it too has the "familiar" style I with the top and bottom lines.



Howard Wolf
hblakewolf@patmedia.net

[kingjammy24]

after quickly perusing some photos, here are some cursory observations:

- russell began using these paper/computer ink-printed tags on mlb jerseys in 1994. in 1992 and 1993, they used cloth tags with "plastic" text.

- although the specific format of what was printed on the tags varied according to the team, the fonts used on the tags were identical. for the most part, the letters were sans-serif except for the "i" which had a serif.

- they seemed to use the same font from 1994-1998. in 1999, they began using a new font.

this gfc o'neill font isn't quite the 94-98 font nor the 99+ font. i'd appreciate any insight into fonts on russell tags from others.



rudy.

[Yankwood]

The other 97's have the 97 below the name rather than on the same line.

[kingjammy24]

more russell paper tags:



it seems that a change occurred in 1999 to a smoother, less blocky font.

makes me wonder about this little gem; a "2000 griffey" from gfc (note the 1999 reds tag shown above):



rudy.

[suave1477]

KingJammy is that your Strawberry 1996 Jersey???????

[norman nuss]

The tagging on my 1997 O'Neill is exactly the same as shown on the Grey Flannel jersey. Not sure if that's good news or not now.

[Eric]

Norman-
What's the source of your jersey? Can you post a pic of the tagging?

[norman nuss]

Eric

Please send me your email address. Trouble getting the pix attached here.

[Eric]

send em to me at ecky3@aol.com
where did u get the jersey?
Eric