The interesting thing with the MEARS grading system is a bat or jersey can get to a number, say 7, for different reasons and taking different evidentiary routes. A bat can be docked points for reason that has nothing to do with game use, one bat can get +2 points for one reason, while another bat gets 0 for that but +2 for a different reason. The MEARS expert may say "It's 100% a game used jersey. It's been photo matched and was purchased directly from the player's family. But it can only get a 9 out of 10." So with that system, you really have to look beyond and into the number.
Obviously, their system is a system of calculating evidence. And I'm sure they've tweaked the system and will in the future.
Someone could write a paper on grading systems.
Last edited by drcy; 09-24-2014 at 03:34 PM.
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