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July 06, 2007
Finding Buried Treasure
I was cleaning out some very old clothes today - getting ready for a Goodwill donation - and I found the above shirt. It was a shock find - but a good one. I had no idea that I still had this shirt.
It's a Yankees replica batting practice jersey - circa 1984-85. (I know the year because I remember getting it as a gift from some friends in the summer of 1985.)
And, it's in great condition - since I haven't touched it in about 20 years. You just can't find polyester shirts like that any more!
Ah, the days of Mike Pagliarulo, Bob Meacham, Joe Cowley, Dennis Rasmussen, Omar Moreno, Ron Hassey and Bob Shirley...why do I miss them so?
Anywho, this is probably the oldest piece of Yankees garb that I own. How about you?
Posted by Steve Lombardi at July 6, 2007 12:20 PM
Comments
I've got a "Billy's Back" T-shirt from the #4? #5? rehiring. Too small now.
Posted by: rbj ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.waswatching.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at July 6, 2007 12:46 PM
I had one of those BP jerseys too! But I got mine in the early 90's. I loved the way it just felt right.
You hadn't touched that shirt in 20 years? Jeez, some fan you are... ;)
So, how well does it fit?
Posted by: Raf at July 6, 2007 12:56 PM
rbj,
No way! I have the same T-shirt (somewhere). Mine's gray with an animated version of Billy kicking dirt. Yours too?
Posted by: brockdc at July 6, 2007 01:22 PM
brockdc, Mine's white (or at least it originally was white) It's been sitting at the bottom of my trunk for many years now (decades even, gulp). I got it as a promo gift they were handing out at the stadium.
Posted by: rbj at July 6, 2007 01:52 PM
The lineups are posted over on Pete Abe's blog. Damon's in LF today with Mats at DH. Nice move by Torre.
Posted by: brockdc at July 6, 2007 04:36 PM
Steve, don't forget Henry Cotto, Butch Wynegar, Dan Pasqua, and Ed "Javier Vazquez" Whitson.
My oldest piece of Yankee attire is a mesh ballcap that my dad bought for me in the parking lot en route to our first game together, May 17, 1986 (vs. Seattle). That thing still exists somewhere but it's got Wetteland-like rings of filth from entire summers worth of playing stickball in the playground. Besides that, there's a really ratty Don Mattingly t-shirt that I got back in 1993. I still wear it though, and will until it literally disintegrates in the washing machine.
Posted by: MJ at July 6, 2007 04:48 PM
A Thurman Munson autograph pin that my mom gave me a few years ago.
Posted by: B(rent) at July 6, 2007 08:30 PM
MJ - I was a Henry Cotto groupie...sorta. I just liked the guy.
B - that's a good pin to have.
Raf - it fits great, now. (Not something I could have said a year ago!)
Posted by: Steve Lombardi at July 6, 2007 10:55 PM
I stole an old pennant from my Dad when I was a kid, He got it from the Stadium back in the 70's. It's older than me!
Posted by: Joe Pells at July 7, 2007 08:31 AM