I guess it was easier (??) to use an image of him while still with the Oakland A’s instead of one with the Baltimore Orioles, for whom he suited up the previous year, though I really can’t figure out why.
Nevertheless, it wasn’t such a bad job. I mean, it’s somewhat impressive how they removed all traces of that glorious Oakland Green and Gold to create a faux Yankee pinstripe uni!
Of course, we all know that Reggie was about to go on and become “Mr. October” with the Bronx Bombers, leading them to two straight world championships.
His clinic in hitting against the Dodgers in the 1977 series was the stuff of legend, and at the very least made THIS kid of eight years old in Brooklyn look at him like a GOD!
By the time he hung up the cleats in 1987, he was simply “Reggie”, enough said. All-Time great and icon of the era, carving his name into baseball’s long, rich history.
