Question for the old farts with good memories on this board

[santo=dorf]

Here's the home 1968 jersey Mitchel and Ness is selling from their site (and a few other sites:)

 

Here's one that mlb.com and a couple more sites are selling:

 

Now which is correct? Veeck started putting names on jerseys in 1960, but was it just for the road jerseys?

 

I can't find any pictures and this is all I got from a uniform guide.

 

 

[knightni]

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/pi...n_autograph.jpg

 

That shows a name on the back.

[rangercal]

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/pi...n_autograph.jpg

 

That shows a name on the back.

 

U old fart

[knightni]

U old fart

I like my oatmeal with Mountain Dew.

[knightni]

There's also a 1969 Tommy John card where you can barely see the top of the "J" on the back of his jersey.

 

They use pics and stats of 1968 on 1969 cards.

[quickman]

Here's the home 1968 jersey Mitchel and Ness is selling from their site (and a few other sites:)

 

Here's one that mlb.com and a couple more sites are selling:

 

Now which is correct? Veeck started putting names on jerseys in 1960, but was it just for the road jerseys?

 

I can't find any pictures and this is all I got from a uniform guide.

 

 

The 68 authentic Home jersey that I have does not have the name on it. The road jerseys did. Now I am 47, I was a kid in 68 and I do not remember the sox having names on there home jerseys, just like the cubs back then.

[knightni]

The 68 authentic Home jersey that I have does not have the name on it. The road jerseys did. Now I am 47, I was a kid in 68 and I do not remember the sox having names on there home jerseys, just like the cubs back then.

 

 

I trust baseball historical pictures more that quickman's old swiss cheese brain.

[Drew]

I've always found this a little peculiar.

 

Obviously these aren't the ’68 jerseys in question, but some M&N jerseys are shown with lettering:

 

 

while others are shown without:

 

 

In other cases, they show numbering which is completely inauthentic:

 

 

However, the last is not an M&N jersey as I'd originally recalled, but a replica made by Majestic. Why they wouldn't go with the true-to-form navy block numbers and lettering is beyond me.

Edited December 6, 2008 by Drew

[Drew]

 

Granted, I wasn't alive when the White Sox were wearing these, but based on the photos I've seen in this era, this lettering/numbering looks most authentic to me.

 

Not only does the M&N jersey shown on their site. not have lettering, the numbering isn't right—the authentic numbering had much thinner strokes and serifs. The lettering and numbering proportions used on these jerseys you can see back through the 50s and the Go-Go Sox unis.

 

I don't understand how a company who has built their reputation on being authentic down to the last stitch would have such discrepancies in what they're showing. Either they're misrepesenting what they're selling or someone isn't doing their homework.

 

[santo=dorf]

Yeah, eastbay screwed up mine 5 years ago with some red lettering instead of the blue one like they showed in the picture.

 

The whole 1983/1985 jerseys are so screwy.

 

So apparently in 1983 they had names on the unis, but not the 1985 ones?

 

MLB is advertising replicas of the 1983 White Sox unis from last year (they're on clearance B1G1, $134 for Dye, Thome, Swisher and Jenks) but they put the MLB tag on the back and did not include a tag.

Edited December 6, 2008 by santo=dorf

[Drew]

Yeah, eastbay screwed up mine 5 years ago with some red lettering instead of the blue one like they showed in the picture. <_>

 

The whole 1983/1985 jerseys are so screwy.

 

So apparently in 1983 they had names on the unis, but not the 1985 ones?

 

MLB is advertising replicas of the 1983 White Sox unis from last year (they're on clearance B1G1, $134 for Dye, Thome, Swisher and Jenks) but they put the MLB tag on the back and did not include a tag.

 

'85 had names, that's why it's screwy. One of the reasons why I remember this is because my childhood friend who was a Cub fan liked the fact that the White Sox' jerseys had names and the Cubs' didn't.

 

The mid-70s red jerseys didn't have names, IIRC from the photos I've seen from this era. The collared white and navy unis had names as well. The pullover striped jerseys of the early-mid 80s had names.

 

The late 80s/early 90s lowercase 'e' Sox jerseys didn't have names on either home or road until the last couple of seasons they were worn. In 1990 they had names on both home and road. The silver and black jerseys, starting at the unveiling late in the 1990 season and through at least the first full season they were worn, did not have names on the home pinstripes.