[Merkle923]

For years, I have been convinced that I have images - mediocre, distant, but clear and recognizable - of two of the Moby-Dick figures of New York baseball photography.

I got a color shot of Dave Kingman with the Yankees in '77 and can find neither the print nor the negative.

I'm also certain I got a shot of Mike Marshall with the Mets in '81 - same thing.

But look not at the slightly rare shot of now-Pirates' pitching coach Ray Searage with the '81 Mets. Look at the foreground. Number 28, with his back to us…is Mike Marshall!