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Merkle923 · 03-08-2015, 08:26 PM

In the three-shot above that's pitching coach Rube Walker on the right and minor league pitching coach Chuck Estrada on the left. Dates the picture to 1970-72 I believe.

As to putting dates on Topps photo shoots and the 1967-68 union boycott, from the files it looks like there was an attempt to shoot each visiting team as they hit New York. Sometimes this would be just once a year, sometimes it would be multiple visits. San Francisco and later SF/Oakland operated ad hoc in the beginning and then grew to the effort to shoot each team at least once each year there.

This resulted in some weirdness with the Mets and Yankees. Topps shot Gerry Arrigo - who only spent about half a year with them in '66 - at least three different times that year.

Shoots in other parks were kind of random. You'll see a lot of Angels at Fenway (1967 shoot) and Cleveland (1966 shoot), some Cubs at home, etc.

As to exactly when the MLBPA boycott began, it was pretty random. For instance, some of the many players called up by the Mets in August and September, 1967 (Joe Grzenda, Billy Connors, Joe Moock) posed, others (Bill Graham, Al Schmelz, Billy Wynne) did not. Tom Seaver didn't pose for Topps after spring training 1967, until the 1969 season. Meanwhile, no Yankee added to their roster after Bob Tillman (August 8) posed for Topps that year.

03-08-2015, 08:26 PM	#24763
Merkle923 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 2,170	Folkers / Topps Timing In the three-shot above that's pitching coach Rube Walker on the right and minor league pitching coach Chuck Estrada on the left. Dates the picture to 1970-72 I believe. As to putting dates on Topps photo shoots and the 1967-68 union boycott, from the files it looks like there was an attempt to shoot each visiting team as they hit New York. Sometimes this would be just once a year, sometimes it would be multiple visits. San Francisco and later SF/Oakland operated ad hoc in the beginning and then grew to the effort to shoot each team at least once each year there. This resulted in some weirdness with the Mets and Yankees. Topps shot Gerry Arrigo - who only spent about half a year with them in '66 - at least three different times that year. Shoots in other parks were kind of random. You'll see a lot of Angels at Fenway (1967 shoot) and Cleveland (1966 shoot), some Cubs at home, etc. As to exactly when the MLBPA boycott began, it was pretty random. For instance, some of the many players called up by the Mets in August and September, 1967 (Joe Grzenda, Billy Connors, Joe Moock) posed, others (Bill Graham, Al Schmelz, Billy Wynne) did not. Tom Seaver didn't pose for Topps after spring training 1967, until the 1969 season. Meanwhile, no Yankee added to their roster after Bob Tillman (August 8) posed for Topps that year.