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Old 05-28-2015, 10:36 AM   #25345
Merkle923
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1966 Braves' #50. Again.

Ok. I'll do this again. The unidentified Braves player not wearing a cap, in a home uniform, numbered 50, is in an envelope marked "1966" and "Ken Nixon" and "Braves" and "OF." The other images I saw when I examined the envelope show him in an ATLANTA cap.

So let's review, so I don't have to provide these details for a THIRD time.

1. The identification error dates to 1966; it was labeled "Ken Nixon" and included in his file at Topps, even though there was a shoot of the actual Nixon from 1966 in the same file.

2. The other images show him in batting and fly-catching poses.

3. He is shown in an Atlanta cap.

4. All the peripherals - background, sky, uniform tone - match photos we know were taken at Braves' spring training in 1966.

5. The player is wearing uniform 50. All Braves rosters for 1966 show that number assigned to Carl Morton; the player is clearly not Morton, who was a redhead.

6. In case the year is somehow wrong, the player who wore number 50 in the Braves' 1967 camp was Al Cambero. There is a Venezuelan card of him; he looks nothing like this player.

7. Topps did not shoot at the Braves' camp in 1968, and by 1969 they had shed the uniform style shown and were dressed in all-black caps and pinstriped uniforms.

8. Despite some vague similarities in haircut and head shape, there is nothing to support the wild guess that this is former Cubs and Tigers pitcher Bob Anderson, whose professional career ended in 1964 with A's farm teams.
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