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#25681 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 2,185
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More Solaita
These are only the second and third color Solaita images I've ever seen (I believe the other was shot by Louie Requena and is in the Getty archive);
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Minors (Triple A)
Join Date: Jul 2013
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Niemann is now the pitching coach for the Palm Beach Cardinals and I'll be seeing then later this week. Half the fun of getting pics like these signed is seeing the reaction of the young players. "That's coach?????" |
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#25683 |
Minors (Triple A)
Join Date: Jul 2013
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Tony Solaita.
Always felt the hype he got in the New York press aided in his non-descript major league career. I used to live in Ft. Lauderdale. Just seeing the pics of Ft. Lauderdale Stadium in the background brings back memories (I am a Red Sox fan but I'd go to some ST games there all the Winter Haven Red Sox/Ft. Lauderdale Yankees FSL games and in '93 the Sox had their FSL team there for one season; I had a season ticket). Word is they are going to tear it down to make room for a water park. |
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#25684 |
Major Leagues
Join Date: May 2012
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#25685 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Aug 2013
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Fred Cone 1871
Not all of the 1871 Boston Red Stockings in the Mort Rogers Scorecard series had great pasts or great futures. Outfielder Fred Cone played just 19 games and next appears in the minor league International Association in 1878:
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#25686 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Aug 2013
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Cal McVey 1871
Catcher, later outfielder, later first baseman of the Boston Red Stockings, and an alum of the Cincinnati team (his fielding miscue contributed to the end of their unbeaten streak in 1870), Cal McVey might have been a Hall of Famer if he had lasted a little longer and not headed to the West Coast after the 1879 season.
For what it's worth, in his nine years in the NA and NL, McVey was a .346 career hitter with an OPS+ of 152 and 449 RBI in just 530 career games. Last edited by Merkle923; 08-01-2017 at 11:04 PM. |
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#25687 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 2,185
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Harry Wright 1871
Harry Wright was already 36 by the time of his "official" Major League Debut and his appearance on the Rogers scorecards. He had, of course, recruited the Cincinnati Red Stockings, and moved most of them to Boston.
The Hall of Famer continued to contribute in the outfield through the season of 1874, and giving him credit for the unbeaten '69 Cincinnati squad, he managed his teams to pennants in seven of the ten seasons ending in 1878. Last edited by Merkle923; 08-01-2017 at 11:04 PM. |
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#25688 |
Hall Of Famer
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Harry Schafer 1871
Regular third baseman at Boston from the first season of the National Association through the first season of the National League, after being imported from the original Philadelphia Athletics of the NABBP. He died in that city in 1935, at the age of 88.
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#25689 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Aug 2013
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Al Spalding 1871
Hard to believe this amounts to Spalding's "rookie card" - the future team owner and sporting goods mogul was already a star pitcher who had beaten Harry Wright's Cincinnati Red Stockings when Wright recruited him to go to Boston in 1871.
Spalding merely led his league in wins in all six of his full seasons as a professional, and, using statistics he couldn't have imagined, produced a WAR of 52.5 in that same span, and twice led in Fielding-Independent Pitching. He was also a career .313 hitter with an OPS+ of 116 - and he's 20 years old in this photo. Last edited by Merkle923; 08-01-2017 at 11:05 PM. |
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#25690 |
Major Leagues
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: New jersey most of my life; Gulf Coast Florida since 2010.
Posts: 422
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AJ Pierzynski - moving up in ironman ranks
Just before the all-star game break
Atlanta Braves catcher, A.J. Pierzynski passed Lance Parrish to move into 11th place in the all-time MLB ranks of players in Games at Catcher. A.J. now has caught more than 1,820 games. Above: a Pierzynski portrait photo. Below: Photo is from a recent game, with A.J. standing to the right of the Phillies' Andres Blanco. Last edited by KenRaffensberger16; 07-15-2015 at 05:03 PM. |
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#25691 |
Major Leagues
Join Date: Oct 2013
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Ken...that isn't AJ standing next to Blanco
That is Orioles catcher (says Orioles on his left sleeve) |
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#25692 | |
Major Leagues
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: New jersey most of my life; Gulf Coast Florida since 2010.
Posts: 422
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My bad for not checking the photo out more closely, but it's from a Philadelphia Inquirer story. Someone that does photo captioning for that newspaper is pretty bad at their job. Sometime around the 4th of July, Andres Blanco, who is also in that photo, became the shortest person the Phillies have used as a first baseman since 2004 (Shawn Wooten) - (both generously listed at 5'10"). Honestly, who keeps track of stuff like that? |
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#25693 |
All Star Reserve
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: St Louis
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Diego Segui - Mariners - 1977
Good to see these out on the Topps Folders representing his last year in the bigs...
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#25694 |
All Star Reserve
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: St Louis
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Don Stanhouse - Rangers 1972 or 73
I say these two years because by 1974 (his last year with the Rangers) he had a different coif and facial hair as captured by Topps. I think this most recent version from the Topps Folders fills a personal request from way back....maybe it helps you as well.
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#25695 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Aug 2013
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Willie Stargell 1962
I know this properly belongs in the Coaches' thread, but just seeing "Pops" in any uniform other than the Pirates is still too startling to not post.
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#25696 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Aug 2013
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Kevin Stanfield 1979
Three weeks, three games pitched for the 1979 Twins. These might be the first major league color images of him except for a Brace photo.
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#25697 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Aug 2013
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Kevin Stanfield again
Again my apologies for the second post - phone won't let me upload multiple images.
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#25698 |
Hall Of Famer
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Roy Staiger 1975
Not a lot of him from his three-game stint with the 1979 Yankees - all of it, I think, Topps.
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#25699 |
Hall Of Famer
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Tommy Smith 1973
Another original 1977 Mariner:
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#25700 |
Hall Of Famer
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Tommy Smith 1973
Not a lot of him in color with Cleveland, despite annual hype and September recalls, 1973-76
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