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This is it for me on ole' Stan for 2023....he may have signed 6/13 and been released on 9//23, but he was only with the big club from 7/21 when Duane Josephson went on the DL until Luis Aparicio came off the DL on 8/4. Otherwise he was getting into 26 games in Louisville.
During this period, when the Sox weren't in Fenway, they played at Yankee Stadium and Tiger Stadium. None of these locations are known for their arboreal splendor.
Best I think we can say is while this photo was not taken during his stint with the Sox before his September release in 1972, it pre-dates his return to the club as Bristol's manager in 1974.
The more I look at the picture, the more it looks as if, although the player in the background is wearing their road grays, he himself may be in the home whites. Was he perhaps a special instructor of some kind during Spring training in 1973? I can't find any references to him in the Globe during that time.
I may go ahead and call this as a good image of him for my own purposes , but the questions will remain, it seems.
Happy New Year!
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