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Old 03-25-2015, 03:54 PM   #24882
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Butch Hobson 1975

I still am awed by how some posters can keep up with the constant flow of images; I'm well behind on downloading/IDing myself. Now if Topps would provide the names, that would be a different deal, but detective work slows me up, even if it's only an hour's worth, I admit.

Anywho, here's another "baby" picture, Clell Lavern Hobson during his 2-game stint with the 1975 Red Sox. You can tell by the #51 on his back, rather than the more-familiar #4 he switched to the next year.

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As an added bonus, that Detroit #43 in the background of the first pic? Billy Baldwin, future Met. (The throw-in that made the Staub-Lolich deal such a steal! Sigh.)

And a couple of Butch from (I think) the following spring, wearing a more common number:

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(All pictures slightly tweaked for color/brightness, as I tend to do.)
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