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Originally Posted by Steven Tyler
In 1965 and 1966 those heavy nylon jerseys weren't even in existence. Flannel perhaps, but not nylon. Players didn't start wearing those until into the early seventies. Why, because they weren't manufactured until then. They didn't even have the technology to heat press logos and numbers until the seventies.
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I don't think you were there to say what we wore. They may not have been nylon (possibly Rayon), but they were certainly a synthetic fabric of some sort, not flannel. They were a shiny, rough, satiny fabric, very thick, and very warm. The team sponsor, always a local merchant, was iron-on patched on the front in a rectangle. Our numbers were iron-on as well. They were definitely not normal jerseys. I remember making Majors and loving the soft flannel jerseys and pants. They made us feel like real ball players finally.