First of a 5 part series. Â Here’s Brian:
I loved Terrence’s posts about customizing his authentic jersey, because I’ve been through the process a bunch myself. Sometimes, you go for the new young gun who you think has the potential to be a star, like I did in the summer of 2003 with Jose Reyes. That one panned out pretty well. But then…there are other times. Times you get caught up in the seemingly big signing or a huge month of June that catapults our team into first. These are those kinds of jerseys. Here’s my best of the worst. All authentic, all expensive…all mistakes.
Alomar
This one was a shocker. I still can’t believe Alomar was as big of a New York bust as he was. 2002 was my senior year of high school and when my buddy bust into our classroom breathless with a print out from ESPN.com that the Mets had acquired Alomar, I had disillusions of the Canyon of Heroes. I immediately ran out to snag this futute Hall of Famers jersey. Little did I know Flushing would be one of the last stops (and one of the few disappointing ones) on his farewell tour to the game.
I’m not even sure I can handle having a dud t-shirt that well, no less a 2 bill authentic. The only t-shirt I will no longer wear is Glavine…otherwise I have Piazza, Leiter, Olerud, and now Ike.
I, for the first time ever, just went for it with a road authentic…but went with my name/#. It is very exciting to see your name on the back of the real thing… and the Cool Base material is actually much more comfy and solidly constructed than I expected.