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Old 06-23-2015, 04:32 PM   #25537
rico43
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Sometimes you find a Friend

Topps Folder BL is one of the smaller batches that have emerged from the Vault, only 87 total images, but it was one of the bigger treats so far as part of the ID process. Not only did I find a TV image of Bob Friend with the Mets that is superior to anything else I've seen, I came across a photo of Bob Lemon in the spring camp of the Braves(!) in 1973 or 1974. Never knew Lemon helped, but he lived (and died) in West Palm Beach when he actually retired.

It also has a great Phil Niekro gallery and a painfully young set of Greg Maddux images. Stuff like this is why I love Merkle's insights with every new batch that sees the light of day. Makes me wonder if, one day just for the hell of it, Topps will dump about 1,000 on us at one time.

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Bob Friend, 1966 Mets

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Bob Lemon, 1973 or 74 Braves (a minor league catcher wore 58 in 1972, when the Braves intoduced these unis).
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