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Originally Posted by Braves70
Thank You to Merkle for showing us the real John Lamb after all these years of Jim McKee posing as Lamb! The real John Lamb has now stood up.
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YES, thanks Merkle, that's a *great* shot of Lamb.
Back story: There has been a single photo circulating for a few years now, supposedly of John Lamb, but after discussions in a couple areas here at OOTP, it was determined that the photo was actually Jim McKee.
The misidentification probably started with Brace Photo. I (and surely a few others) ordered a John Lamb photo from Brace, here's what I received:
(At the bottom of this message, the front and relevant portion of the reverse of the photo I received from Brace.)
I mailed the pic to Lamb, of course assuming it was him, requesting an autograph. And he signed it! It must be Lamb!
A couple years ago, he appeared at a baseball card show in Pittsburgh, and that same photo was the one he was signing all day. It must be Lamb!
Despite Lamb signing that photo (which I now find incredibly strange), others brought to my attention that:
1. The photo looks only kinda like Lamb, but it definitely resembles McKee. Ok, it's *spot on* McKee.
2. That's McKee's unif # on his back, not Lamb's.
Ok, yinz convinced me. It's McKee.
Not so fast. Apparently not completely convinced, I wrote Lamb again, here's the entire letter. Lamb believes it's him.