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Originally Posted by Merkle923
You do realize he was a lefthanded batter, right? And his uniform number was 28? So that you're looking at a simple flipped negative?
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do realize he was a left-handed batter (though, to be honest, I have never been very good at distinguishing right from left; even at my advanced age, I have to stop and think about which hand I write with to determine which is which. Dyslexia runs in our family, too, fwiw.). And I did know that his major league number was 28. And I did think he appeared a little older than his early ST days. But... I'd been up for 15 minutes when I saw the image and all I could think was "that's an "8". And, honestly, I don't remember the Mets handing out numbers that high in the 60s and 70s--even in ST. So I just thought it was pretty cool. Reversed negative did not occur to me, since the script isn't visible and the cap looks the same. And I know its a big deal to some, but I rarely waste a thought on what stadium or field someone is in. It's just one of those things that doesn't matter much to me. So.....never mind.