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Originally Posted by simarc
Merkle,
When you say "somehow avoided the Topps photographer", when would those photo shoots typically take place ? Granted the Mets and Yanks were the "home team" for Topps (a NYC based company), but did they have specific dates and times for photo shoots ? Did they go to Shea the first time each team came into town to shoot ? Was curious if they had a typical procedure or if they were just winging it. From my observation it looks like from 1962-the 80's they shot primarily at Shea/Yankee, Spring training and some in the Bay Area. Occasionally I saw some shots from 3 Rivers. Was very curious on how they coordinated their efforts.
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Along those lines, I'm curious if there was a specific time in '67 that players stopped agreeing to be photographed, or if it was a more gradual, case-by-case thing. I'd figured Reniff, for instance, didn't become a Met until after the boycott began, so was surprised to hear Topps got him.
Love learning anything about how Topps operated back then.