Lon -

Thanks for taking the time to look at these. I am with you on the sizes, yet here is what bothers me. If some of these are authentic, then all are likely game used Red Sox jerseys (though not necessarily used by the player attributed...but not private orders) The Hunts print catalog tells the story of the consignor who had a connection with the pawsox and got all these long ago). They all have the BOSTON stitching over the Pawsox older stitching, and most have some alterations and number replacement. In 1977, the Sox gave the Pawsox a bunch of old (quite possibly the early 70's jerseys here) as recounted in many sources (here from wikipedia):

"As for the name PawSox, the origins are traced back to the first season in which Mondor owned the club. Three weeks before the 1977 season began the team lacked uniforms, despite having been rescued from bankruptcy. Former Boston GM Haywood Sullivan stepped in and sent Pawtucket 48 sets of old home and away uniforms from the parent club. Although the home uniforms were fine for the team to use, the road uniforms had "Boston" stitched across the chest, which was a problem. Then Pawtucket GM Mike Tamburro, who is currently the organization's President, suggested using the moniker "PawSox" across the front, with each unstitched "Boston" letter replaced with one that spelled "PawSox."

Sounds quite plausible if the understiching is really as described. So i will speculate that it is possible these lots from the Mass consigner could be some of those jerseys. They may not be used by the players Hunts lists, but I feel they may be genuine based on the wear, the tagging and the odd assortment of numbers that matches the 73-74 sox.

Still I can't account for why the Sox would take them back and stitch Boston on them.. In any case, I bought one to investigate and will post pics when I get it. Don't worry, I have no intention of reselling. I might even wear it to games at the price I paid.

Matt

Matt