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Originally Posted by Braves70
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: Bruce Fitzpatrick 1962 Mets - YouTube |
Hey, that was cool! I hadn't seen that before. I've got some pretty good pictures of Fitzpatrick on my other computer. I'll give 'em a look-see, though I don't recall him having that chin. Dawes Hamilt was a goofy looking guy. You almost never see pictures of
him but, like I said before, he very vaguely resembles the righty. I could buy him as Dawes. But I definitely want to look at my pictures of Fitzpatrick before I commit to anything.
Both Bruce and Dawes were righties, fwiw, though Bruce was a switch hitter. The height difference fits. Dawes was an inch taller than Bruce.
Again, thanks for the vid.