Old Baseball Jerseys – Authentic or Replica?

May 22, 2008 - PRLog -- Seeing your favorite baseball team reach the finals is a very exciting phase but are you ready for it? Do you have a baseball jersey that you can wear to the game? Do you prefer old baseball jerseys, authentic or replica?

Of course each year, all teams along with the players and their multitude of fans are really hoping that each season their own team will win the most coveted championship title.

As a baseball fanatic, nothing can really beat the feeling of excitement when you see your baseball team land in the finals. But did you prepare a checklist for this year’s baseball season? Are all those checklists are already completed before the season had started? Or have you not bought any baseball merchandise and realize that the mid season is already finished?

It is advisable that you prepare a checklist that will help you prepare and enjoy this year’s season. The number one baseball merchandise in your checklist should be old baseball jersey or throwback jersey.

In old baseball jersey, you can either buy replica or authentic. What are their differences? Replica jerseys carry printed names and numbers of players while the authentic, the names and numbers are embroidered.

Authentic jerseys often come with double padded shoulders and elbows to survive the rudiments of the game but the replicas do not have that same kind of durability.

Meanwhile, the colors and designs of authentic and replica are also somewhat different because replica do not capture the exact color of the jersey while authentic captures the real color of the jersey as they are fashioned in a way like the actual jerseys used by players in the field.

Old baseball jerseys are the most popular baseball merchandise today for several reasons. Teens and adults alike are really fond of collecting old baseball jerseys. The older the design of the jersey is, the more it is expensive and the more the team or player history is colorful, the higher old baseball jerseys are sold in higher prices.

Replica jerseys are affordable especially for teens as you can already bought a piece of this at around a hundred bucks while authentic jerseys are priced at minimum of two hundred dollars and max of three hundred dollars.

At first glance, you may not actually see the difference as they may look similar but the durability of authentic jerseys are consider to be more reliable than the replica.

Though if you want to support your team and staying on a friendly budget, replica of old baseball jersey is highly recommended as this will also achieve the same goal of publicly showing your support to your team while staying reasonably price.

But if you are a serious collector of old baseball jersey and you really want to make a fashion statement that will surely get attention, authentic old baseball jerseys is the one for you.

It is also important for you to know that authentic old baseball jerseys are can be sold with a higher value particularly if a popular baseball player affix his signature into it.

Written by Robert Riles, owner of http://www.skyfireproducts.com