VINTAGE SPORTS GEAR, AND EBBETS FIELD, LIVE AGAIN; THE GOLDEN DAYS OF BASEBALL APPAREL TAKE ANOTHER AT-BAT.

Daily News Record, June, 2005

Byline: Brenda Lloyd

ATLANTA -- Ebbets Field and the Brooklyn Dodgers will live again. Well, almost.

Vintage sports purists can now turn to Ebbets Field Flannels when they want an exact reproduction of an old sports team's jersey, jacket or cap -- be it the Brooklyn Dodgers or other teams from the past.

Jerry Cohen, president and cofounder of Seattle, Wash.-based Ebbets Field Flannels, has relaunched the company and put out its first catalog in a style reminiscent of the old J. Peterman catalogs. Cohen had sold the company's assets to Stall & Dean in late 2001, but he bought back the Ebbets Field Flannels brand name, mailing list and Web site on Jan. 1. He said he disagreed with Stall & Dean's direction into the urban market and away...

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