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Rant: Stupid MLB!!!

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Ilmater

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So I'm a die-hard Cardinals fan, born and raised, and my favorite player is Red Schoendienst. I finally decided to buy a jersey, but I found out today that the MLB makes it illegal to stitch names of players that have been traded or retired from their team into jerseys. WTF?! How else am I supposed to get a Schoendienst jersey? Does anyone have any idea?
 
Originally posted by: SampSon
Do it anyway and not worry about the legality of it?
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It's not that easy. I'm not going to stitch the freaking thing myself, so I have to buy it somewhere, and nobody is going to sell me one with that stitched to it.
 
Originally posted by: Ilmater
Originally posted by: SampSon
Do it anyway and not worry about the legality of it?
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It's not that easy. I'm not going to stitch the freaking thing myself, so I have to buy it somewhere, and nobody is going to sell me one with that stitched to it.
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Hire a local tailor.
 
Originally posted by: mcvickj
eBay?
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And pay $350 or more for one? That's not an option. It would cost $100 to get a regular customized version, and I'm not going to pay much more (maybe $150) for one. I just don't get why they can't put retired players on there? What does that hurt?
 
Originally posted by: SampSon
Originally posted by: Ilmater
Originally posted by: SampSon
Do it anyway and not worry about the legality of it?
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It's not that easy. I'm not going to stitch the freaking thing myself, so I have to buy it somewhere, and nobody is going to sell me one with that stitched to it.
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Hire a local tailor.
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Hmmmm.... maybe.... I might give that a shot. Still, it's ridiculous that I have to go to those lengths.
 
And pay $350 or more for one? That's not an option. It would cost $100 to get a regular customized version, and I'm not going to pay much more (maybe $150) for one. I just don't get why they can't put retired players on there? What does that hurt?
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The MLB has no rights to the players name after they leave the league usually.
 
Originally posted by: destined
can't you make a custom jersey and just tell them to stitch it?
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No, that's what I'm saying. The disclaimer on every customized jersey site I've been to says that the MLB does not allow retired players' names to be used on customized jerseys.
 
Originally posted by: Ilmater
Originally posted by: destined
can't you make a custom jersey and just tell them to stitch it?
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No, that's what I'm saying. The disclaimer on every customized jersey site I've been to says that the MLB does not allow retired players' names to be used on customized jerseys.
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what the bs? tell them that is your middle name or something. :x
 
Originally posted by: SampSon
And pay $350 or more for one? That's not an option. It would cost $100 to get a regular customized version, and I'm not going to pay much more (maybe $150) for one. I just don't get why they can't put retired players on there? What does that hurt?
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The MLB has no rights to the players name after they leave the league usually.
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From this page:

"The MLB only allows the stitching of current players. No retired or traded players may be stitched on St. Louis Cardinals jerseys."

This site seems to indicate the same thing:

"League player names must match current team rosters and the team for which they currently play"
 
Originally posted by: destined
Originally posted by: Ilmater
Originally posted by: destined
can't you make a custom jersey and just tell them to stitch it?
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No, that's what I'm saying. The disclaimer on every customized jersey site I've been to says that the MLB does not allow retired players' names to be used on customized jerseys.
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what the bs? tell them that is your middle name or something. :x
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Hehe... I thought about that, but they were specific that it couldn't be the name of a retired player. Imagine if your last name was Brock or Musial!
 
Originally posted by: Ilmater
Originally posted by: SampSon
Originally posted by: Ilmater
Originally posted by: SampSon
Do it anyway and not worry about the legality of it?
Click to expand...
It's not that easy. I'm not going to stitch the freaking thing myself, so I have to buy it somewhere, and nobody is going to sell me one with that stitched to it.
Click to expand...
Hire a local tailor.
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Hmmmm.... maybe.... I might give that a shot. Still, it's ridiculous that I have to go to those lengths.
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I think it's even more ridiculous that someone is considering going to all these lengths just for a shirt with someone else's name on it. 😕
 
Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
Originally posted by: Ilmater
Originally posted by: SampSon
Originally posted by: Ilmater
Originally posted by: SampSon
Do it anyway and not worry about the legality of it?
Click to expand...
It's not that easy. I'm not going to stitch the freaking thing myself, so I have to buy it somewhere, and nobody is going to sell me one with that stitched to it.
Click to expand...
Hire a local tailor.
Click to expand...
Hmmmm.... maybe.... I might give that a shot. Still, it's ridiculous that I have to go to those lengths.
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I think it's even more ridiculous that someone is considering going to all these lengths just for a shirt with someone else's name on it. 😕
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Seriously... was it worth your time to thread crap? I mean, I'm not a crazy fanatic-type fan, I would just like a jersey with my favorite player's name on it.

Congratulations, your post count is now 1 higher.
 
Originally posted by: Ilmater

Seriously... was it worth your time to thread crap? I mean, I'm not a crazy fanatic-type fan, I would just like a jersey with my favorite player's name on it.

Congratulations, your post count is now 1 higher.
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Make that 2.
 
Originally posted by: Ilmater
Originally posted by: mcvickj
eBay?
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And pay $350 or more for one? That's not an option. It would cost $100 to get a regular customized version, and I'm not going to pay much more (maybe $150) for one. I just don't get why they can't put retired players on there? What does that hurt?
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I think it has more to do with PA, than MLB. PA is the one that sells the license for players name, and my guess is that once the player retires the general license no longer covers them. The very same reason if you play madden they use fake name for retired players.
 
Buy the damn jersey, take it to a shop. . . or someone you know that can do this sort of thing, and bingo. . . all done, for under $350 dollars.
 
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