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Synopsis
The complete collectors' guidebook on CD for Major League Baseball jerseys, 1970-2009. Over 1700 on-screen pages, 10,000 color photos.
This compilation can prevent the reader from making a expensive mistakes buying counterfieted jerseys, or simply provide hours of browsing fun for any fan.
Chapter 1: Introduction : Covers the basics of the hobby, explaining significant milestones in the marketing of game worn and non-game worn Authentics from 1970 to 2009, gives an overview of lettering sewing styles and methods, coverage of Jackie Robinson Day chronology and events.
Chapter 2: Counterfeit Authentics: An explosion of counterfeit merchandise has hit from foreign shores, making every garment at nearly every outlet suspect. Learn what to look for to avoid being taken by a bargain that might be too good to be true.
Chapter 3: Is it Game Worn? A thoughtful analysis to help collectors determine whether jerseys advertised as Game Worn or Team Issued actually are.
Chapter 4: Manufacturer Tagging: The tags sewn by the manufacturer into the jersey offer a wealth of clues to the knowlegeable searcher. Tiny year to year changes in tagging that would be unnoticed by nearly anyone else are cataloged here. This information can help pinpoint the year of manufacture of a jersey, and help determine if it can possibly be game worn for the player it is claimed to belong to.
Chapters 5 through 36: 31 Team Chapters Each team chapter ranges from 25 to 65 pages and contains the following:
* Overview of the Era- A comprehensive table broken down by year, showing the specific styles of jerseys used by the team, information on player number style, player name on Back presence and style, team patches and commemorative patches and armbands used in each year, as well as the specific team-sourced manufacturer or each year s on-field jerseys.
* Individual pages for each style of jersey used in this near-four decade period, including home, road, alternate and batting jersey styles.
* Individual pages for Turn Back the Clock game jerseys listed by date of on-field use. * Pages for prototypes, oddball and special events jerseys for each team (like special jerseys worn on St. Patrick s day, a those worn for a team s Hispanic Heritage Day) or for on-field jerseys that have significant differences from normal, either intended by the team or not (aka: screw ups!).
* A chronological listing and pictures of all commemorative patches used by the team, which sleeve each was sewn upon, and what date each appeared for use.
Chapter 37: MLB and League Commemorative Patches: A complete photo guide to all the patches worn in All-Star Game and post-season play, as well as special commemorative patches worn by multiple teams in every year.
Chapter 38: Overview of Team Player Name/Number Fonts: provided as a sample of the different fonts and variations in player name and number lettering over this period, as a guide to determine if collector jerseys are original and properly lettered.
Chapter 39: Game Worn Exam: 45 test questions challenge you to examine jerseys and determine if you think they are real or counterfeit, with a chance to explain why. Great to test the skill of anyone from novice to expert. Answers are provided and scoring is optional.
Chapter 40: Reader Questions and Answers: A selection of questions I am frequently asked and their answers. Examples are, What s the best way to judge the value of a jersey in my collection? Should I get insurance? Who can I get to letter my jerseys?
Chapter 41: Bibliography and Research Summary: Explains how this reference guide was researched, and how each type of research was used, including baseball cards, news photos, collector contributions acknowledgements, web research and team publication
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About the Author
William F. (Bill) Henderson
Bill has been studying, researching and collecting Major League Baseball jerseys since the late 1970s. His fascination grew witnessing the rapid transition that MLB went through in the early 1970s, abandoning crew cuts, stodgy wool flannels and a traditional image and plunging headlong into a new world of bright colors and mod designs.
In the 1970s and for most of the 1980s, game jerseys were not marketed to the public and had little cachet to anyone off the ball field. Original jerseys made for the teams and players were the only jerseys made during this time. Authentic replica jerseys had no market among consumers up until the late 1980s when Rawlings began limited marketing of game-spec apparel to fans. Prior to then The idea that anyone would want to wear a baseball jersey as an item of clothing seemed absurd to most.
In attempting to research and restore original jerseys of the 1970s and 1980s, Henderson was surprised to find that the original patterns for most teams' jersey lettering were unknown and seemingly lost forever. Shops that advertised authentic lettering often did not even know what colors the numbers were supposed to be, let alone whether player names were used and what font they may have been rendered in. His research started as a personal project to find out how to properly restore old and well-worn jerseys he had acquired in his collection.
Today, this research has grown into a 1500-plus page volume chronicling every nuance and change in every team's game jerseys from the start of the Double Knit era in 1970 to the present. Separately, Henderson has also recreated the original player name and number font patterns for nearly every team from this era. In recent years, his detailed artwork has been used by MLB and its official suppliers in properly recreating on-field versions of period uniforms worn by the players for Turn Back the Clock contests. His body of research has been reviewed by USA Today Sports Weekly and by ESPN.com, who listed MLB Game Worn Jerseys of the Double Knit Era among its top holiday gifts for sports enthusiasts in 2008.
A baseball researcher and author by hobby, Bill is also an executive with a global medical assistance company, and resides with his family in the Philadelphia area. He graduated Drexel University with a degree in Marketing in 1984 and has spent twenty five years invested in the professions of Sales and Marketing in several industries, including Information Technology, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Services. He is a member of SABR, the Society for American Baseball Research
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