TNTtoys
09-21-2010, 09:24 AM
All,
Both myself and Steve at Kruk Cards have been puzzling over a jersey for the past few days and I thought I'd open up the discussion to a wider audience, possibly to help us solve this mystery.
This past week, Steve listed an apparent Cincinnati Reds gamer -- it was a home jersey featuring the name and number "Howington" and "30"... it had 2001 year tagging. Since this point, questions have arisen on the jersey, and he has done the right thing by taking down the auction until more is known. A link to the listing is as follows:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130432378166
Ty Howington was one of the top prospects in the Reds organization from 1999 to 2003. No doubt in my mind he was invited to at least one of their Spring Trainings during this span; however, he never made it to the big leagues. If a jersey of his was to be furnished by the Reds organization, it would be a Spring Training jersey... but the big problem here is that #30 could not possibly have been given to him, as it belonged to Ken Griffey Jr. from 2000 to 2005 (1999 was not an option because the jersey is tagged as a 2001). Could anyone here offer a reasonable explanation for this jersey? I'm stumped.
Thanks
Nick
Both myself and Steve at Kruk Cards have been puzzling over a jersey for the past few days and I thought I'd open up the discussion to a wider audience, possibly to help us solve this mystery.
This past week, Steve listed an apparent Cincinnati Reds gamer -- it was a home jersey featuring the name and number "Howington" and "30"... it had 2001 year tagging. Since this point, questions have arisen on the jersey, and he has done the right thing by taking down the auction until more is known. A link to the listing is as follows:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130432378166
Ty Howington was one of the top prospects in the Reds organization from 1999 to 2003. No doubt in my mind he was invited to at least one of their Spring Trainings during this span; however, he never made it to the big leagues. If a jersey of his was to be furnished by the Reds organization, it would be a Spring Training jersey... but the big problem here is that #30 could not possibly have been given to him, as it belonged to Ken Griffey Jr. from 2000 to 2005 (1999 was not an option because the jersey is tagged as a 2001). Could anyone here offer a reasonable explanation for this jersey? I'm stumped.
Thanks
Nick