photo match opinions on a Yankees jersey.

[yankees24]

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I received a response back from MLB Authentication:

Thank you for your e-mail. The Authenticators can only state what they witness. In this case, the item was only witnessed as being presented by the clubhouse. Team Issued is a designation by an independent third party authenticator who attests that the item was issued by the Club to its clubhouse. This designation is not intended to determine use of the item in any capacity.

[yankees24]

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I would definitely say that you have a match. I mean, even if they did make two Martinez jerseys, what would be the chances that the pinstripe patterns would be practically identical?

thanks jscott, and for providing the great close up that might be the most distinguishing area for a photo match. I wonder which collector has the pants and cap, it would have been wonderful to own the entire uniform.

[jscott0688]

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I would definitely say that you have a match. I mean, even if they did make two Martinez jerseys, what would be the chances that the pinstripe patterns would be practically identical?

[yankees24]

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thank you Rob, fellow member jscott graciously sent another photo with great resolution of Tino in the dugout and I was taking a look at it and noticed what appears to be a photo match with the white thread stitching overlapping the outter pinstripe, also the second button looks to have some more of the white stitching above it. your thoughts?

[Rob L]

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here is a photo of the back of the jersey, can't really tell myself but what do you all think?

It appears to match. I was a little concerned by the pinstripe and the right bottom of the "2" but the game photo doesn't have enough resolution to show the slight gap. All others line up well including the stripe running through the MLB logo.

[yankees24]

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hope everyone had a safe and great holiday weekend!

just out of curiosity, do any of you know if it is possible to obtain or purchase a digital image from Reuters? it would be great to get a higher larger resolution photo of the Tino photo I made in the first post. if so, can you give me a contact to speak to for this? thank you!

[yankees24]

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It's not perfect, but you can still spot out pinstripes to match up. Good luck!

here is a photo of the back of the jersey, can't really tell myself but what do you all think?

[ereyes]

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Efrain, I'm sorry I don't have your e-mail address or I would send this to you in private but I just wanted to know for the Steiner holograms on both the jersey and LOA, they look somewhat worn out and internally broken as I can't see the company's logo on either of them and "Game Issued". does Steiner offer a replacement hologram sets or I would just have to leave it as is, I received the jersey yesterday and didn't touch any of the holograms. thank you.

Call me at 888-265-9298 email me at ereyes@steinersports.com

[yankees24]

Re: photo match opinions on a Yankees jersey.

Efrain, I'm sorry I don't have your e-mail address or I would send this to you in private but I just wanted to know for the Steiner holograms on both the jersey and LOA, they look somewhat worn out and internally broken as I can't see the company's logo on either of them and "Game Issued". does Steiner offer a replacement hologram sets or I would just have to leave it as is, I received the jersey yesterday and didn't touch any of the holograms. thank you.

[yankees24]

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We only received the jersey. As to Ferro's point about MLB, its really not that the authenticator wasn't available, it's that Yogi is not a player so how can it be called a game used jersey. If Yogi wears a jersey to throw out the first pitch on Opening Day should that jersey be considered Game Used?

understood, thanks Efrain is Steiner working with the Yankees to obtain the hats or pants as I would be interested in these too if they become available.

I'm on my way home and sorry to hear about this ferro. maybe if I can show MLB Authenticated that Tino did wear the jersey they might revise them to say game worn, or event worn as some pointed out on another thread I made. I would still have kept it, not trying to sound negative but you don't know how many more Berra related game jerseys will be available considering his age now. the only other time he probably wears a jersey is Old Timer's Day and who knows if those might ever become available.

[ferro39]

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We only received the jersey. As to Ferro's point about MLB, its really not that the authenticator wasn't available, it's that Yogi is not a player so how can it be called a game used jersey. If Yogi wears a jersey to throw out the first pitch on Opening Day should that jersey be considered Game Used?

it's a matter of semantics, i guess.

worn is worn. is it "game worn," though? probably not

i would have LOVED to have kept it. i just foresaw a problem if i ever had to sell it down the line because the first thing anyone will do is run to check the MLB#

[ereyes]

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Hello Efrain, thanks for coming here to clarify. did Steiner only receive the jerseys from the former players, or the complete uniform set (pants, hat, cleats, etc.).

We only received the jersey. As to Ferro's point about MLB, its really not that the authenticator wasn't available, it's that Yogi is not a player so how can it be called a game used jersey. If Yogi wears a jersey to throw out the first pitch on Opening Day should that jersey be considered Game Used?

[ferro39]

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and just on a whim, i checked the mlb # (which i should have done anyway) and they have it listed as "game issued"

steiner said the jersey was worn at some point, but that the authenticators werent physically at the ballpark when we did wear it (which likely means it wasnt on under his jacket). they said he probably wore it for pictures or during BP

as much as id love to have it, it's just too much to drop on a jersey that's registered as issued. steiner was cool enough to cancel the order without a problem

so if anyone is interested, it's back in play

[yankees24]

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Great pickup on both ends, I believe the issue is that since they are not players they would not label them game used. It happened with the Gossage, Nettles, Berra, Jackson and Martinez jerseys.

Hello Efrain, thanks for coming here to clarify. did Steiner only receive the jerseys from the former players, or the complete uniform set (pants, hat, cleats, etc.).

[yankees24]

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no, it was definitely listed as "game used"

if it wasn't, i wouldn't have touched it

that's the good thing, at least you'll have a Steiner LOA with an accurate description.