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Originally Posted by FatJack
Nope. It's not Aubrey. Closest I could think of--from that expense sheet--was Marc Hoy. And it's not Hoy. But thanks for the pic of Gatewood as a Met. I've been looking for one of those for some time.
Edit: Oh, wait. I'm confused a bit. I thought of Hoy as closest to the lefty--he had a roundish face--but he was a righty and no dimple. Still not Aubrey. A couple of the no-names have a vague similarity to the righty (vague being the operative word)--Dawes Hamilt, Ed Donnelly, even Bill Robinson a bit. But I still think Hook is the closest. And that's not saying a whole lot.
Got any good Pilots pics of Dickie Bates? Just askin'. I've got the Galasso card, the B&W postcard and the tiny color yearbook pic. Was hoping for something better (or at least different).
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Could the photo be related to this story?
From the Complete Armchair Book of Baseball by John Thorne:
page 306 of chapter entitled "Bring Back the Real Mets"
Amid all the optimistic enthusiasm that surrounded the Mets, the seventy-one year old Casey Stengel remained an island of sanity. Oh he staged his little charades, picking two heavy-legged rookies names Dawes Hamilt and Bruce Fitzpatrick to trot out before visiting columnists as brilliant stars of the future. They were not of course, and after the spring were never heard of again. But for one brief moment, Camelot. All over the country.
I do not know what Hamilt or Fitzpatrick looked like but could this photo be of the two supposed stars appearing before visiting columnists?
Followup: I found a You Tube video of the 1962 Mets spring training and it features brief segments on both Hamilt and Fitzpatrick batting. See if you find a match: link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h07-pgPa4P4