Gambo and T_Wil1 Photopack

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NY Mets Grover Powell colorized

[Merkle923]

Tough in all uniforms in color, this is from one of "the other" Jeter's two camps with the White Sox, 1973 and 1974.

Today's Topps updates (KC): 41-44 John Jeter; 45-46 Darrell Johnson; 47-50 Frank Johnson; 51-52 Garry Jestadt; 53-54 Joey Jay; 55-56 Paul Jata; 57-60 Jesse Jefferson (all Baltimore and Toronto, will post below for our friend Ian); 61-64 Deron Johnson; 65-66 Cliff Johnson; 67-68 Bart Johnson; 69-72 Alex Johnson; 73-76 Larry Jaster; 77-78 Hal Jeffcoat Jr (Giants system); 79-80 Al Javier

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Per standing request (apologies for separate posts - phone/site mixture allows only one image per upload):

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These are clearly shot at Oakland, my guess would be 1974:

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Spring training, not 1977 - otherwise uncertain but it was when Toronto's camp at Dunedin still looked like it was conducted wherever they could find an open parking spot.

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And there's a charming quality to this one - the runner rounding the bag at first in the background:

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With the Reds for four seasons but only in the last of them did he wear these "modern" Unis - taken at Wrigley Field, late spring 1967:

[FatJack]

Even though Merkle posted the best we're likely to see (even IF the Vault has a few tucked away), images of Wayne Graham as a Met don't grow on trees, so I thought it worth posting this one which is a current offering of Kyles on eBay. Looks like Larry Bearnarth down in the pen.

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Obscure Astro released previously by Topps but in the red "shooting star" uniform he would not have worn in his only major league season. This is the Acid Trip And/Or Van Gogh Paints Baseball style he would've worn in '76:

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Sorry to flood the zone here but not only are there comparatively few color images of this 1966-71 Giants' infielder-outfielder but this is an opportunity to point out that in the pre-metrics days, great defense was entirely anecdotal. It is probably forgotten now but Johnson had one of the truly astounding arms - for strength and accuracy - of the '60s:

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Not a lot of this troubled batting champ, certainly not with the Angels, certainly not in the one-season 1971 "lower case a" style:

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The below was a translation from a Dominican website


SANTO DOMINGO (Dominican Rep.) - He died last night Juan "Tito" Bell, former Major League Baseball player and brother of the MVP of the American League in the 1987 season, George Bell.

Tito, as unveiled in the baseball world, was 48 years old at the time of his death was caused after suffering a pulmonary edema which had been struggling in recent months.

As reported by relatives, Bell died about midnight on Tuesday at the Plaza General Hospital Health. His remains were moved to his native San Pedro de Macoris where he will be buried Thursday.

The youngest of the brothers Bell debuted at Dominican baseball championship in the 1987 season with the Tigres del Licey, equipment which was one of its leaders in the late eighties. He also played for the Toros del Este, foals Cibao (current Giants) and Estrellas Orientales.

Born March 29, 1968, Tito was signed by scout Rafael Avila in 1984 for the Dodgers in Los Angeles at the age of 16 years. He was sent to the Baltimore Orioles in a negotiation where the Dodgers also came off relievers Brian Holton and Ken Howell, in exchange for the then prime Eddie Murray, today Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

The Orioles went up it to the majors in 1989. He went to Philadelphia in a trade in 92. He played with Milwaukee (93), Montreal (94) and Boston (95) where he finished his playing career in the majors.

[hobbs11]

Originally Posted by keonleafs

Use Firefox as your browser, and go get its Save Images add-on (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...images/?src=ss). To install it...https://www.accessfirefox.org/Instal...n_Manually.php.

Then adjust the parameters accordingly to the size of the pic you want. Works real great!!

This worked like a charm but it had to be while using Firefox. You are the man!

[hobbs11]

Originally Posted by cinemaodyssey

If you're trying to grab them from gettyimages, all you need to do is click on the arrows at the center of the picture, right click and select "view image." It will usually allow you to save a preview size image.

Agreed - it usually does. Yet it did not for this series of pics. The advice of switching to Firfefox from keonleafs worked! Thanks all!

[jeffersons34n2]

Originally Posted by Merkle923

These are clearly shot at Oakland, my guess would be 1974:

This field was used for his '75 Orioles card with a different pose..Thank You so much!!

[brobby05]

Hey Merk!


Thanks for another great batch of photos!!! Do you foresee in the near future a few photos of Deron Johnson with the Phillies & A's???


Thanks,


BRobby05

[FatJack]

Originally Posted by SPORTSMEM817

The below was a translation from a Dominican website


SANTO DOMINGO (Dominican Rep.) - He died last night Juan "Tito" Bell, former Major League Baseball player and brother of the MVP of the American League in the 1987 season, George Bell.

Tito, as unveiled in the baseball world, was 48 years old at the time of his death was caused after suffering a pulmonary edema which had been struggling in recent months.

As reported by relatives, Bell died about midnight on Tuesday at the Plaza General Hospital Health. His remains were moved to his native San Pedro de Macoris where he will be buried Thursday.

The youngest of the brothers Bell debuted at Dominican baseball championship in the 1987 season with the Tigres del Licey, equipment which was one of its leaders in the late eighties. He also played for the Toros del Este, foals Cibao (current Giants) and Estrellas Orientales.

Born March 29, 1968, Tito was signed by scout Rafael Avila in 1984 for the Dodgers in Los Angeles at the age of 16 years. He was sent to the Baltimore Orioles in a negotiation where the Dodgers also came off relievers Brian Holton and Ken Howell, in exchange for the then prime Eddie Murray, today Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

The Orioles went up it to the majors in 1989. He went to Philadelphia in a trade in 92. He played with Milwaukee (93), Montreal (94) and Boston (95) where he finished his playing career in the majors.

Thecatspajamas has a nice Phillies Juan Bell up on eBay right now.

[Merkle923]

Starter of one game for the '69 Cubs, and in camp with them in '70. Still nothing on him from the Expos, but Cubbie images are scarce enough as it is.

To answer the question about Deron Johnson and the White Sox: Start with the idea that the process is random. I believe the negatives are all still (1) in their original packets/envelopes as submitted to Topps by the photographers, (2) with all of a given player's packets contained in an olive green hanging file, (3) stored in one of a couple of dozen large office filing cabinets. Thus the appearance of any Deron Johnson images means somebody reached into the Johnson folder and grabbed...one packet of his negatives? Two? Twenty?

There's no further rhyme or reason to the process. The recent run of guys named Johnson suggests somebody reached into each folder and pulled out one or two packets. Could we see Deron pop up with the White Sox? Sure. But the odds are no greater than of seeing him in the next year with the Yankees, KC A's, Oakland A's, Brewers, Red Sox - or as a coach with the Angels or Mets. Odds of seeing him with the Phillies and Reds - again - would be highest because we know for sure they happened to grab those packets.

There's also the chance Topps will never get back to him again, ever. It's still remarkably random.

Today's Topps uploads (KC): 81-82 Randy Johnson; 83-84 Mike Johnson; 85-86 Manly Johnston (White Sox system); 87-88 Larry Doby Johnson; 89-90 Lamar Johnson; 91-94 Ken Johnson; 95-96 Joe Johnson; 97-100 Jerry Johnson; 101 Jim Hunter; 102 Gene Hiser; 103 Billy Hitchcock; 104 Chuck Hinton; 105 Vern Geishert; 106 John Gelnar; 107 Gary Gentry(Jacksonville, Int'l League, 1968); 108 Jake Gibbs; 109-110 Joe Gibbon; 111 Joel Gibson; 112 Hal Gilson; 113-114 Russ Gibson; 115 Garry Hill; 116 Herman Hill; 117 Marc Hill; 118-119 John Hiller; 120 Jerry Hinsley; 121-122 Gordon Jones; 123-124 Bob Jones; 125-128 Jay Johnstone; 129-130 Greg Johnston; 131-132 Tom Johnson; 133-134 Tim Johnson; 135-136 Owen Johnson (Red Sox system); 137-138 Jose Canseco; 139-140 Brett Butler.

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Not likely to be in huge demand, but not a lot of this obscure outfielder in a Giants uniform, and in fact though he's on three "rookie" cards, one shows him in a black and white shot from the PCL, and another in a badly retouched and possibly colorized head shot of unknown origin.

[FatJack]

Bryan Clutterbuck, who pitched for the Brewers in 1986 and 1989, died of colon cancer on August 23, 2016. He was 56.

Bryan was drafted out of Eastern Michigan by the Brewers in the 7th round in 1981. He got the call in July 1986 and pitched the rest of the season out of the Milwaukee pen. But then his arm troubles began. It took major surgery and three years for Bryan to get back to the major leagues, but he made it. This time, he was used mostly as a starter. It looked like it was all worth it when, on April 25, Bryan notched his first major league win against the Twins. It was said that he was throwing harder than ever. In his next start, he blanked the Royals for 8 innings, though he didn't get the win as the Brewers hadn't scored either. He got a loss against the Angels, though he'd given up only 2 runs, then picked up his second win against the A's on May 25. He faced the Angels again on May 30 and, again, took the loss after allowing just 2 runs. And then....

It all started to unravel. He was suddenly ineffective. By the end of June, he hit the DL and stayed there. He did not pitch again for the Brewers that season. They signed him again in the off-season, but it was a minor league deal with a spring invite. It didn't matter. He didn't pitch in the majors or minors in 1990. He did not resurface again until 1994, when he pitched for the Brainerd Bears in the independent North Central League. Obviously the level of competition played into it, but he acquitted himself nicely, going 7-3 with a 2.09 ERA. If only there were a way to make it all the way back.

Late that year, the major league players went on strike. Come the spring of 1995, Bryan was in camp with the Detroit Tigers, hopeful of being a replacement player. “Damn right I am here to try and make the Tigers’ roster,” he said.

The strike ended and, with it, Bryan's comeback dreams. He pitched some more independent ball that year but didn't fare as well and that was all she wrote.

For the rest of his life, Bryan spent a great deal of time coaching Little League and even more time coaching the kids too old for Little League who thought they might like to shoot for a baseball scholarship or try for a career in the game. By all accounts he was a wonderful husband and father, was always encouraging to those he coached, and was always ready, willing, and able to work for any charitable cause that asked him.