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Posted By: Jodi Birkholm

I'll start this off by stating that I really love vintage uniforms/caps, etc. I've never owned any game-used memorabilia outside of a few balls, but one thing has always bugged me about this area of collecting. Why does the big-name stuff always seem to show up? Ruth, Gehrig, Clemente, Mantle, etc. Where are all the Frenchy Bordagarays? Do they all have their jersey numbers torn off and replaced with the numbers 3, 5, 7, etc.? It's always troubled me. I've certainly heard my share of troubling stories over the years in this regard. Keep in mind that I don't say this to point fingers at any specific individual, and certainly trust my friends at Hunt--that's not my point. It just seems to me that we should see an equal proportion of lesser-name players' vintage uniforms more often than we do.