Quick Mets jersey question need answer quick

[dcrules01]

Did the Mets Alt Black home in 1998 what company did them.AIS or Russell or both??? Help

[Swoboda4]

I don't know I'm trying to find out.

[Swoboda4]

This photo is from 1998. The right sleeve company logo doesn't look like Russell. And there is no shoulder patch on the right sleeve for that year on the Mets and your photo I think shows a partial patch.

[TNTtoys]

Swoboda -- your photo is of a BP, not a game jersey. The skyline patch is on the other sleeve, why you wouldn't see it in the photo.

Not sure what we have here, because I am familiar with AIS making this style for the Mets black homes in 98. That said, Russell could have also been a supplier, but I have no evidence to point to whether they did or didn't.

Anyone out there have a 98 Mets home alt black?

[cohibasmoker]

That looks like a Majestic-made jersey.

[cohibasmoker]

There is a Piazza jersey on eBay from the same year. This too looks like a BP jersey. The patch is on the left side. Attached are the scans.

Jim

[dcrules01]

I can not find that Piazza on ebay . I emailed the seller several questions and ask for a closer scan of the Russell tag but they never responded.I my cd that I bout about uniform history all it has is for the Mets 98 jerseys is Russell/AIS.If anybody finds out lmk i'm gonna keep looking...

[dcrules01]

Majestic made the bp's . Ive seen a 1999 Jason Isringhausen which the tagging was made by Rawlings.I'm gonna keep looking around like I said if you guys come up with anything lmk ...

[TNTtoys]

There is a Piazza jersey on eBay from the same year. This too looks like a BP jersey. The patch is on the left side. Attached are the scans.

Jim

Jim,

Yours is a game jersey (though the jury is out as to whether or not it is a real one). The best way to tell the difference between the black home BPs and the black home alt game jerseys (if you can't tell the mesh from the solid polyester in the photos) is that the game jerseys have blue piping, the BPs don't. They both have patches in the same places.

Nick

[cbb5]

That jersey is bogus. The Mets did indeed have AIS manufacture the black home alt. jersey in 1998. Here is a Carlos Baerga example. The Piazza is also a fake. There is even a post somewhere on this board concerning it. No one has ever seen tagging like that on any Mets jersey. Hope this helps!
Chris
PS-It'd also be nice to know which side the R is on. If Russell truly manufactured those jerseys that year, there would be an R on the sleeve. There was no mark for an AIS jersey.