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Thread: 1988 GU Auto's Straw on Ebay
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10-26-2009, 11:26 PM #1
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1988 GU Auto's Straw on Ebay
For the Mets fans out there, those of us that are left ...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT
Enjoy!!!
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10-26-2009, 11:27 PM #2
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Re: 1988 GU Auto's Straw on Ebay
Not sure I can edit thread titles but should say Auto'd...BOL
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10-26-2009, 11:35 PM #3
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Re: 1988 GU Auto's Straw on Ebay
size 42 for the strawman?
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10-27-2009, 01:07 PM #4
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10-30-2009, 09:37 AM #5
Re: 1988 GU Auto's Straw on Ebay
Dave,
Size looks fine to me, and the autograph is perfect. There are however a few things alarming to me about the jersey --
1. Where is the extra length tag? Strawberry may have been skinny enough to fit into a size 42, but he was so tall he ordered his jerseys with extra length.
2. Why is the set flag tag partially covered in the photo? I have written to the seller asking for a better photo or even a description of what the tag reads. This was at 5 days ago. I have yet to receive a response.
3. The back #1 appears to be much larger than the back #8. Do you see what I mean? Almost like it's got an extra inch. I don't know what to make of this.
All along, I have been very interested in this jersey for my own collection, but I am having second thoughts now.
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10-30-2009, 09:44 AM #6
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Re: 1988 GU Auto's Straw on Ebay
i have straws tides jersey and its a sandknit/mooneys extra large
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10-30-2009, 10:39 AM #7
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Re: 1988 GU Auto's Straw on Ebay
TnT as we have discussed and to help further educate the forum on the question marks with the Jersey.
1) Although it could be possible he wore a size 42, by 1988 he was most likely wearing a 44.
2) To add to this, this Jersey shows a tapered tag which I have never seen on a Strawberry Jersey.
3) Not to say this isn't possible but you add the 2 things together size 42 and Tapered = a very small tight fit Jersey even for Strawberry. Which basically makes it a 41 - 3 Sizes down from where he should be.
4) Strawberry has always had extra length added to his Jersey - which this one is missing.
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11-02-2009, 11:32 AM #8
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Re: 1988 GU Auto's Straw on Ebay
Check out the attached pic from the order for 1989! Straw still shows 42T! Interesting!
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11-02-2009, 01:15 PM #9
Re: 1988 GU Auto's Straw on Ebay
Thanks for the information, it was quite interesting! Despite the information that he ordered 42Ts in 1989, the fact that there is a "T" tag on the 1988 shirt is still an issue. I do not believe that Rawlings was applying such a tag to those shirts at that time; case and point, I have Bil Robinson's 1989 set 1, and his jersey despite being a size 46 tapered does not have a T patch. I can only remember seeing these patches on the 90s and beyond. Where the player had also ordered "extra length" (which was the case with Strawberry), the "T" patch was not present, in light of the extra length tag in the same positioning. All Strawberry jerseys I have seen from this era have had the extra length tag; this one didn't.
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11-02-2009, 01:29 PM #10