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Hello...Newman
Ray Newman got himself on a Topps card in 1972 after pitching in 30 games for the '71 Cubs. He also saw a handful of games with the Brewers in 1972 and 1973. I know of him because of what happened inbetween--traded from Chicago to Milwaukee in exchange for Floyd Weaver and Odis McCowan. And I know that because McCowan was a Seattle Pilots minor leaguer in 1969 and a pair of McCowan Pilots images had escaped from the Vault, which made me want to find out all about my man Odis. Odis never played for the Cubs or, indeed, within their system. There were substance abuse issues later, but I'm not sure how far back those went.
Anyway, the other guy from the deal...the one guy who actually did log some time in the majors--as Cub and Brewer from the most recent Vault release.
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