Tom Seaver 1969 WS Jersey

[Doodles]

Re: Tom Seaver 1969 WS Jersey

Seaver only started game 4 at Shea. It'll be extremely difficult to find Game 3 or Game 5 photos of him not wearing his jacket I would think.

Metsbats,

My photo of Seaver with his jersey open IS Game 5...a famous scene when he went onto a destroyed field after the celebration. Game 5 is the same jersey as Game 4 and is the museum jersey. Still need game 3 photo. That would likely need to be a pre-game pose, as he wore his jacket during the game.

[metsbats]

Re: Tom Seaver 1969 WS Jersey

Metsbats,

My photo of Seaver with his jersey open IS Game 5...a famous scene when he went onto a destroyed field after the celebration. Game 5 is the same jersey as Game 4 and is the museum jersey. Still need game 3 photo. That would likely need to be a pre-game pose, as he wore his jacket during the game.

That's great! So game 3 it is.

We had a similar situation with a proported Gary Carter 86 Game used jersey which was at the Mets HOF. It was proven that Carter wore the same jersey for each of the home games at Shea and the HOF jersey was not it.

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=45980&highlight=gary+carter+world+series

I would be really surprised if a second jersey was worn for game 3 of the 69 WS but you never know.

It's funny the Mets thought they were displaying Gary Carter's game worn 86 jersey and all along they had Seaver's 69 game worn jersey right under their noses.

[Doodles]

Re: Tom Seaver 1969 WS Jersey

I would be really surprised if a second jersey was worn for game 3 of the 69 WS but you never know.

It's funny the Mets thought they were displaying Gary Carter's game worn 86 jersey and all along they had Seaver's 69 game worn jersey right under their noses.

I totally agree...with all the patch moving necessary, why would they do all that to have a second WS jersey for every player?

[metsbats]

Re: Tom Seaver 1969 WS Jersey

Update: Upon further photographic analysis, the jersey does not appear to match the jersey worn by Seaver in Game Four of the World Series. However, the jersey is matched to the NLCS clinching game and the sleeve patches do assure it was prepared for World Series use in which it was likely worn in the dugout.


Here's the update Joel received from Heritage. They have conceded that the jersey was not worn in game 4 but are indicating a match to the NLCS clinching game. I've not seen any photo matching from that game produced yet. Additionally they have come up with the theory that the auction jersey was most likely used in the dugout (for one game nind you) to justify it being a WS jersey.

[Doodles]

Re: Tom Seaver 1969 WS Jersey

Update: Upon further photographic analysis, the jersey does not appear to match the jersey worn by Seaver in Game Four of the World Series. However, the jersey is matched to the NLCS clinching game and the sleeve patches do assure it was prepared for World Series use in which it was likely worn in the dugout.


Here's the update Joel received from Heritage. They have conceded that the jersey was not worn in game 4 but are indicating a match to the NLCS clinching game. I've not seen any photo matching from that game produced yet. Additionally they have come up with the theory that the auction jersey was most likely used in the dugout (for one game nind you) to justify it being a WS jersey.

It does look like a match to the Seaver picture from 1969...so it is a likely a historic jersey, even if not worn in the WS. If I needed to own a Seaver WS jersey, even if I believed Heritage's story, that jersey was not the one Tom pitched in...so why pay the premium?

I still see no scenario where the Mets would want to take every jersey and move the MLB patch and add the logo patch for one game. It is patently absurd actually.