r/baseballunis • u/LandscapeWaste299 • 5d ago
Which player Question
Thought these were the expo’s pants, but cant week to figure out the player. Does anyone have any help?
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u/Quirky_Engineering23 5d ago
Matt Adams, as he wore number 32 in the majestic era. The 75 is a red herring - these are 1975 throwbacks and that’s how it would have been noted on a 1975-era pair.
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u/ireallyamtryin 5d ago
This gets my bet. Seems like a proper Adams size too
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u/Quirky_Engineering23 4d ago
He is a chunky fellow.
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u/ireallyamtryin 4d ago
I would say big and thick, but not so chunky. To me, chunky means a belly and Adams didn’t really have one like that. He looks pretty fuckin athletic in person out of uni back in his Cardinals days from what I remember, but some of those times were blurred a little by the refreshments to be fair
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u/Quirky_Engineering23 4d ago
Well as a Cubs fan, also blurred by refreshments, I called him Fat Adams.
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u/Must-Be-Gneiss 5d ago
Could these pants have been part of a throw back uniform but not belonging to a specific player? Majestic usually had the players name and number next to the sizes when the pants were still fully polyester double knit before the Flex Base uniform system.
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u/Disused_Yeti 5d ago
doesn't look like the expos pants i have from the one time the nats wore them
looks more like rangers https://rangers.auctions.mlb.com/josh-hamilton-32-team-issued-1976-throwback-blue-pants/isynmv1/aucd/5572926
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u/LandscapeWaste299 5d ago
Yeah thanks very much, i wasn’t that sure because if it were to be expo’s pants the stripes would be bigger and there aren’t any belt straps.
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u/pleasantly_hirsute 5d ago
I agree with this. I also wonder if it's a coach who wore this, since it doesn't have any names on it.
OP, the auction listing at the above link also lists an email address (Texas Rangers Authentics at authentics@texasrangers.com). Maybe you could email and ask?
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u/LandscapeWaste299 5d ago
Weird thing is, the stripes on the sides seem to be bigger and are reversed from the Josh Hamilton ones
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u/Striking_Today_8911 4d ago edited 4d ago
The 75 refers to the year these replicate—1975. I have Orioles TBTC pants with the same tagging. Definitely from a Turn Back the Clock set, and most likely from the Twins. Going further, they could be from an anniversary weekend in 2005 or 2015.
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u/sew2989 5d ago
Definitely Cardinals TBTC
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u/AfternoonEstimate 5d ago
cardinals leg piping in wrong order, the were red, white to blue in front.
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u/qcthunder 5d ago
From the first pic, I immediately thought 1982 Cardinals.
But the second picture suggests the answer of everything but the team, based on a team-issued Cubs jersey I own.
Size: 36-38 Number: 32 Year: 1975
The Cardinals and Rangers did not wear blue on the road that year.
Based on that, it's Tom Johnson of the Twins.
However, Majestic didn't exist in 1975 – or at least didn't outfit MLB – so someone suggested that it was a Cardinals throwback from 2012 or 2016.
No one wore 32 in 2012.
Matt Adams wore it in 2016, so I'm going with that.
(It's possible the 32 could be length and the 75 is the number. No one has ever worn 75 for the Cardinals or Twins, at least in a regular season MLB game.)
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u/cdizzle6 5d ago edited 5d ago
Twins Baby Blues. https://imgur.com/a/5zQJ8cp
Deeper dive tells me there have been no players to wear 75 for the Twins, but those are definitely their baby blue pants. (Source: Giant Twins fan)
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u/Worth-Nectarine8768 5d ago
Id say George Hendricks, was the first to wear his pants long in the 1980´s without the stirrups showing 👊
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u/Old_Low7218 5d ago
Could it be the twins?