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Old 06-23-2016, 06:51 PM   #28280
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Originally Posted by Merkle923 View Post
Tough Bravo reliever.

To answer the Cruz question: what you see is what they've got. One of the most startling revelations of looking through the Topps photo files was that nearly everything (except action photos) before the '90s was shot "camera-edit." In other words, this image of Mike Davey below would have been used in only one of two ways. It would have been used, full-size, as the image on a card. No blowing up to make it a headshot, no reduction to make it fit a smaller space. Or, it would be cut to fit on a rookie or leader card.
As always, your detailed insight is greatly appreciated Merkle!
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