Uniform Values
This really becomes an issue or problem in earnest by the early mid 1980s. Teams clearly had realization of this as did those who were looking for fake uniforms. It was not has hard as people think to have obtained blank major league quality garments well before the advent of Rawlings, and later Russell becoming the Official Supplier of Uniforms to Major League Baseball… Case in point, this ad from a 1984 Phillies Scorecard Magazine.
This was also around the same time that players began looking to control and profit from their own game worn/used items. In some other cases, (as a function of team), this actually extends back into the 1970s….An example here are the Cincinnati Reds uniforms sold by Koch’s Sporting Goods.
Dave Grob
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