A while back, I bought a lot of Jim Rowe photographs on eBay. No true White Whales, but close to 90 images--mostly unpublished--that did include some of those guys who maybe aren't impossible (or even close), but also not too common. You know...Mike Howard, Rick Sweet, Tim Burke, Greg Harris...those kinda dudes. The more scarce players I posted to Baseball-Birthdays...except for this Larry Bowa.
I am aware of three Larry Bowa Met color images online. The first I ever saw was a small but otherwise nice image of Bowa with the jacket, reaching back to toss. The third was a completely different (no jacket) shot I think was an Uncle Maxie image. Inbetween was the one John posted to
Unedited Images on Baseball-Birthdays. I didn't post this one because of its similarity to the Baseball-Birthdays image.
In retrospect, I think that was a mistake on my part. The difference between the Bowa posted to B-B and the Bowa from my lot is this....my Bowa is smiling.
(I have attempted to clean away the schmutz--dust and scratches--of which there was plenty, though I did so rather hurriedly.)