mrgoalie34
12-01-2006, 09:04 PM
Did anyone see this jersey on American Memorabilia Auction..As far as I know Rice played with Pawtucket midway through the 73 season and the 74 season before his call up to Boston during the 74 season..I don`t believe this jersey was ever worn by Rice...Any thoughts..
1971 Jim Rice Game-Worn Minor League Flannel Jersey Also Worn by Joe Lahoud (With Red Sox)
Joe Lahoud grew up in the “Red Sox Nation” suburb of Danbury, Connecticut and played his first four major league seasons for the home team before moving on to Milwaukee, California and Kansas City. He wore this cream home flannel in 1971, which was the penultimate season in flannel for the Bosox. By 1971, the Sox had abandoned the red piping trim on their home flannels in favor of the more streamlined look featuring only “Red Sox” in Old English red-on-navy felt. The verso sports Lahoud’s #14 in similar materials highlighted by the "slash, plain-block" font style. The front tail holds a McAuliffe label sewn in tandem with a ’71 year designator and size 44 identifier, all of which are original, unaltered and intact. Clean as a whistle, it represents the end of the flannel era. With high probability (based on the jersey’s Pawtucket sourcing), it was also worn as a Triple A “hand-me-down” by a young Paw Sox farm hand, Jim Ed Rice, before arriving in Boston in 1974 to start his stellar career.
1971 Jim Rice Game-Worn Minor League Flannel Jersey Also Worn by Joe Lahoud (With Red Sox)
Joe Lahoud grew up in the “Red Sox Nation” suburb of Danbury, Connecticut and played his first four major league seasons for the home team before moving on to Milwaukee, California and Kansas City. He wore this cream home flannel in 1971, which was the penultimate season in flannel for the Bosox. By 1971, the Sox had abandoned the red piping trim on their home flannels in favor of the more streamlined look featuring only “Red Sox” in Old English red-on-navy felt. The verso sports Lahoud’s #14 in similar materials highlighted by the "slash, plain-block" font style. The front tail holds a McAuliffe label sewn in tandem with a ’71 year designator and size 44 identifier, all of which are original, unaltered and intact. Clean as a whistle, it represents the end of the flannel era. With high probability (based on the jersey’s Pawtucket sourcing), it was also worn as a Triple A “hand-me-down” by a young Paw Sox farm hand, Jim Ed Rice, before arriving in Boston in 1974 to start his stellar career.