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Merkle923 · 11-27-2015, 07:41 PM

As mentioned a few weeks ago, I recently acquired a massive collection of '50s-'60s images which contained a startling number of obscure guys, or somewhat obscure guys in obscure uniforms.

I'll be rolling a few dozen of these between now and the end of the year and we'll start with the veteran relief pitcher (and later longtime college coach) Jack Lamabe, who had the greatest of up-and-down years in 1967. He began it in the bullpen of the White Sox, who would be in the A.L. pennant race. He then went to the last of the truly awful Met teams of the '60s as one of the then-record 27 pitchers they used in '67. But he pitched well against the Cardinals (including spreading five hits and no walks over seven innings in a spot start in July) and they obtained him. He ended up with a World Series ring and the dubious-but-far-better-than-nothing experience of mopping up in each of the Cardinals' three Series losses to Boston.

Images of Lamabe in a Cardinal or Cub (traded there in late April 1968) uniform are few and far between but both were included in the collection.

11-27-2015, 07:41 PM	#26629
Merkle923 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 2,185	Happy Holidays (Jack Lamabe 1962) As mentioned a few weeks ago, I recently acquired a massive collection of '50s-'60s images which contained a startling number of obscure guys, or somewhat obscure guys in obscure uniforms. I'll be rolling a few dozen of these between now and the end of the year and we'll start with the veteran relief pitcher (and later longtime college coach) Jack Lamabe, who had the greatest of up-and-down years in 1967. He began it in the bullpen of the White Sox, who would be in the A.L. pennant race. He then went to the last of the truly awful Met teams of the '60s as one of the then-record 27 pitchers they used in '67. But he pitched well against the Cardinals (including spreading five hits and no walks over seven innings in a spot start in July) and they obtained him. He ended up with a World Series ring and the dubious-but-far-better-than-nothing experience of mopping up in each of the Cardinals' three Series losses to Boston. Images of Lamabe in a Cardinal or Cub (traded there in late April 1968) uniform are few and far between but both were included in the collection. Last edited by Merkle923; 08-02-2017 at 09:16 PM.