Question about ebay seller 13alexrodriguez

[suave1477]

Re: Question about ebay seller 13alexrodriguez

Also not that i am saying these are real or not but I think some people are missing an important piece to the puzzle that the seller is selling these as Game Issued not used, which can be a reason why your not going to see an exact match.

Just an example:

For all we know these could of been defect gloves that were issued to the player and the player didnt want them / gave them back to whoever because they didn't want them for that reason. Maybe due to wrong color, stitching, etc......

[metsbats]

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"Game used" fielding gloves are rare however the number of gloves a player may receive from the manufacturers are not. This is from the book "The Worse Team Money Can Buy" written by NY sports writers Bob Klapish and John Harper.

"Dwight Gooden has so many factory-fresh gloves and spikes, courtesy of the companies with which he had endorsement deals, that a visit to his locker was like walking into a sportings-goods store. "Need one?" Gooden would casually ask a reporter, producing a glove so new you couldn't help but press the leather to your nose just for that terrific smell."

The numbers are probably the same if not more these days as players knowing the demand for their memorabilia can turn around and sell the extra's for pocket change.

[JETEFAN]

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We were told by one of the administrators on this forum that these gloves were part of a collection belonging to an "executive" with Rawlings. I will not mention the administrator sinse he/she has not responded to this thread. If this is in fact true, I find it very doubtful that these gloves ever got anywhere near the players. I also noticed that almost all the gloves have the same manufacture code date "EKES29" . I always thought the Rawlings manufacture coding consisted of 4 leters (BLACKHORSE) system. These gloves howerver have 4 letters and 2 numbers, could anyone comment......


George

[grenda12]

Re: Question about ebay seller 13alexrodriguez

We were told by one of the administrators on this forum that these gloves were part of a collection belonging to an "executive" with Rawlings. I will not mention the administrator sinse he/she has not responded to this thread. If this is in fact true, I find it very doubtful that these gloves ever got anywhere near the players. I also noticed that almost all the gloves have the same manufacture code date "EKES29" . I always thought the Rawlings manufacture coding consisted of 4 leters (BLACKHORSE) system. These gloves howerver have 4 letters and 2 numbers, could anyone comment......


George

Thats the other thing I was wondering about because the EKES is 05/09 but what is the 29 for and why does this guy have several gloves with this date code on it.

[grenda12]

Re: Question about ebay seller 13alexrodriguez

Thats the other thing I was wondering about because the EKES is 05/09 but what is the 29 for and why does this guy have several gloves with this date code on it.

The guy has at least 10 glove with this date code (EKES29).

[NYCrulesU]

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I simply choose to steer clear of this seller and his items to avoid any future frustration. Nice stuff to look at though.

[cigarman44]

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I asked the guy if the Bernie Williams, Biggio and Edmonds all had the EKES29 stamp. Would seem pretty odd seeing how Biggio and Williams have been retired for a few years and just had gloves made 3 months ago. Edmonds hasn't played this year either. I can't remember seeing a glove with his name on it. Most of his just had his number 15 but I could be wrong.

[cigarman44]

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Looks like the "EKES29" is on the Williams and Edmonds (couldnt tell on my small phone pics) IMHO I'd stay away from these. Probably never in the same building as these players.

[frikativ54]

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Looks like the "EKES29" is on the Williams and Edmonds (couldnt tell on my small phone pics) IMHO I'd stay away from these. Probably never in the same building as these players.

What would you call these gloves, if not game issued? Are they considered game model gloves, special productions, or something else?

Thanks for your help.

[cigarman44]

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I don't know what to call them. I was on their site and you can customize any of their gloves. I emailed them to see if you can put any MLB players name on them. If you can, then for around 250-450 bucks you can have your own "game issued" glove to sell for 1000+

[frikativ54]

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I don't know what to call them. I was on their site and you can customize any of their gloves. I emailed them to see if you can put any MLB players name on them. If you can, then for around 250-450 bucks you can have your own "game issued" glove to sell for 1000+

I don't believe that you can put MLB players' names on gloves. It's strictly prohibited.

[cigarman44]

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I don't believe that you can put MLB players' names on gloves. It's strictly prohibited.

Well with all of them having the same production date, they must have someone on the inside. Unless it's standard for player to be issued glove 2-3 years after retirement.

[spartakid]

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I don't believe that you can put MLB players' names on gloves. It's strictly prohibited.

Can't you just go to an embroidery place and have them do it for you? Due to the fact that there's basically no way to trace who did the embroidery, if it even is prohibited, I can't imagine that you couldn't find someone to do it.

[grenda12]

Re: Question about ebay seller 13alexrodriguez

I don't believe that you can put MLB players' names on gloves. It's strictly prohibited.

I don't know what to call them. I was on their site and you can customize any of their gloves. I emailed them to see if you can put any MLB players name on them. If you can, then for around 250-450 bucks you can have your own "game issued" glove to sell for 1000+

Can't you just go to an embroidery place and have them do it for you? Due to the fact that there's basically no way to trace who did the embroidery, if it even is prohibited, I can't imagine that you couldn't find someone to do it.

You can have custom gloves made to look like the players glove and have them embroidered too. The site that I found is http://www.customglove.com/ but they only specialize in Rawlings, Mizuno, Glovesmith, and SSK.

[frikativ54]

Re: Question about ebay seller 13alexrodriguez

We were told by one of the administrators on this forum that these gloves were part of a collection belonging to an "executive" with Rawlings. I will not mention the administrator sinse he/she has not responded to this thread. If this is in fact true, I find it very doubtful that these gloves ever got anywhere near the players.

If this is substantiated, could the administrator please comment on the thread. Does this executive have special access to these gloves, where he could give his gloves to 13alexrodriguez, make him a deal, and walk away with more "game issued" gloves on the market?