SCORE BOARD Jerseys and Bats Reference Guide

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Due to popular demand, here is a mostly complete listing of jerseys, bats and sticks sold by the Score Board, Inc. circa 1990-1992. Scans were taken from actual SB advertisements in hobby publications during those years.

From what I can tell, many, if not most of these items are quite accurate in their sizes, styles, tagging, etc. The Joe Montana 49ers helmet even has an American flag decal on the rear! FYI, two different Nolan Ryan Rangers jerseys were made available -- one tagged 1989, the other 1990.

Retired player equipment (Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Tom Seaver, Rod Carew) is included in the thread, because many of these items have been represented over the years as "spring training" or "coaches" equipment.

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Other items sold by Score Board, but not pictured, are:

John Elway Broncos Helmet
Joe Montana Notre Dame Jersey (green)

Cecil Fielder Bat

Mario Lemieux Stick
Mario Lemieux Jersey
Jaromir Jagr Stick
Grant Fuhr Jersey

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More Score Board info can be found here.

[sox83cubs84]

On many Score Board jerseys, the tags are the right style but not the normal arrangement or information.

For example, the 1989 Giants Mays and Clark jerseys use a 4-digit year in the strip tag (1989) as opposed to the team norm (89)

Bo Jackson's Royals jerseys from 1989 are missing the embroidered T (tapered) box tag normally found on his gamers.

Schmidt's 1989 Phillies example is missing the normal NIC tag.


Also, all jerseys of each specific player carry the exact same tags. Seeing the 1989 notation on the Nolan Ryan strip tag or the "2 90" strip tag on the Cansecos in 1990 are on all of them...seeing one will alert you to all of them.

The old SCD ads were a nostalgic touch. Thanks for the research, Commando.

Dave Miedema

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Thanks, Dave. I am building a library of sports card hobby magazines and reference books from the 1980s, and enjoy reading your articles in them. You were a pioneer of game-used information long before the internet was in every home!

You were and are respected by hobbyists in the game used, autograph, and sports card arenas... And if my sources are correct, you were even an autograph guest at one or two card shows back in the day!

[fredskinz]

I have a scoreboard question for you if you dont mind.

I recently purchased a 1989 Royals Bo Jackson jersey... It has the normal tagging inside, but also has a T tag and velcro in the chest under the flap...

From everything I've read this doesn't seem like a Scoreboard jersey... Any thoughts?

Thanks

Fred King
fredskinz@hotmail.com

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It looks like I forgot to post a copy of the Bo Jackson jersey, so here it is... If your jersey has an autograph in the same spot as the picture, I would be suspicious.

[fredskinz]

My autograph is on the upper left back... I'll get some pics and post them so you can see