currently up for auction: http://www.greyflannelauctions.com/L...px?lotid=21632

"Lot #102: 1989 Sammy Sosa Rookie Texas Rangers Game-Used Road Jersey"

here we go:

1) sosa made his MLB debut on june 16, 1989. by july 29, he was already traded to the white sox. he played in a total of 25 games for the rangers in '89.

2) the strip tag has a "1" sewn on it. it should have the uniform number. in this case "17". shown below is a 1989 rangers gamer. it has the uniform number on the strip tag. see pic below.

3) in may 2002, lelands auctioned off a 1989 texas rangers road sosa gamer here: http://www.lelands.com/Auction.aspx/...s-Jersey/page1

it has the uniform number on the strip tag.

4) the GFC sosa has a 1990/91 rawlings tag. coincidentally enough in 1991 some guy named gary green wore #1 for the rangers.

5) coincidentally enough, the GFC sosa has the rawlings tag opened up and re-sewn right where the set/year flag tag is. GFC tag is shown in the lower right. note the 2 examples below left with perfectly clean stitches on all 4 sides. i'm aware that some rawlings tags were oversewn at the factory but the GFC tag is not oversewn. its been cut open and resewn.



rudy.