It sat there, upright and pristine and crisp in a display case, looking like a sacred garment attire worn by royalty.
Which, in a sense, it was. The 1906 baseball season accounted for 22 of the 373 wins in the Hall of Fame career of Christy Mathewson. And, as he mowed down batter after batter for the New York Giants, he was clad in this thick, off-white, woolen jersey.
