Different perspective
Let's say the pieces are real and that Panini is honest. In Gehrig's day players had warm-up sweaters. Could the Gehrig be a swatch from a sweater that he wore in spring training or during the season? It's not really "game used", but certainly might have been worn in the dugout during a game or during warm-ups.
Baseball sometimes causes me to live in a dream world. As a kid growing up I did not notice if a guy was black, white or Hispanic. If he played for my team and could produce he was wonderful. I'm having one of those moments now, thinking that not all memorabilia dealers are crooks, maybe there are some reputable ones out there. I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt, that's known in some circles as "innocent until proven guilty."
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