Just purchased 17 game worn baseball uniforms!
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I have to tell someone, the wife just doesn't understand or care. I just bought 17 game worn, Ebbets Field flannel uniforms with jersey and pants. They are Negro League replicas, used by the Lowell Spinners, the Red Sox Class "A" team in 2000. They are beautiful, almost all are different, they include:
1935 Homestead Grays (3)
1920 Gilkerson Union Giants
1946 Newark Eagles
1940 Atlanta Black Crackers (ABC)
1942 Newark Eagles (2)
1935 Detroit Cubs
1948 Birmingham Black Barons (2)
1945 Baltimore Elite Giants
1949 Baltimore Elite Giants
1935 Pittsburgh Crawford(s)
1935 Brooklyn Eagles
1924 Atlantic City Bacharach Giants
1931 House of David
Some have cool patches on the sleeves, they are all #'ed and lettered in felt!
The only downside is that the team doesn't know who wore each jersey, I have to do some research but it may be fun. There have to be some pictures somehwere from the game. A promotion like that had to have some publicity with it. Hopefully I'll have some pictures to post tomorrow or this weekend. Thanks for listening, STEVE.
Edited: I've added some thumbnails here, bigger pictures a few posts below.
1935 Homestead Grays (3)
1920 Gilkerson Union Giants
1946 Newark Eagles
1940 Atlanta Black Crackers (ABC)
1942 Newark Eagles (2)
1935 Detroit Cubs
1948 Birmingham Black Barons (2)
1945 Baltimore Elite Giants
1949 Baltimore Elite Giants
1935 Pittsburgh Crawford(s)
1935 Brooklyn Eagles
1924 Atlantic City Bacharach Giants
1931 House of David
Some have cool patches on the sleeves, they are all #'ed and lettered in felt!
The only downside is that the team doesn't know who wore each jersey, I have to do some research but it may be fun. There have to be some pictures somehwere from the game. A promotion like that had to have some publicity with it. Hopefully I'll have some pictures to post tomorrow or this weekend. Thanks for listening, STEVE.
Edited: I've added some thumbnails here, bigger pictures a few posts below.
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Will be a fun project researching who wore them all though
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<< <i>Are you sure these are actually game worn? I assume they're replica jerseys, as opposed to actual jerseys worn by players fifty years ago, right? >>
They were worn 8 years ago as stated in the OP. Used in a minor league game saluting the Negro Leagues.
Anyway, very cool that they also included the House of David team as they were important to the Negro Leagues and Barnstorming promotions. Funny to see pics of these whiter than white guys with long hair and beards taking on a Negro team.
The House of David has a feature at the Negro League Baseball Museum as well.