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Originally Posted by Rainmaker
In the name of getting baseball photos posted again, discovered this nice shot of Pee Wee Reese during his final season, 1958, which of course was the Dodgers' first year out West.
Reese lost his regular job the season before and was only a part-time player in 1958 at age 40. He retired at year's end to become a Dodgers coach, passing on a chance to stay active as a player with the Cleveland Indians.
This image appeared in the BA folder. The only non-airbrushed Topps card of Reese in an L.A. cap I've seen was in a 1992 set made for Ziploc! There were a couple of team-issued or regional sets including him made in '58, but were black-and-white or primitive colorization.
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If I hadn't double-checked on baseball-reference, I would still be thinking that Reese retired before The Great Move Westward....