Gambo and T_Wil1 Photopack

[okcochise]

Greetings,

It was more of a labor than any other update I have done; not sure what that means but I guess I am burning out with my card creating. Taking on Baseball, Basketball and Hockey along with a few Football cards has really made this latest update for baseball a chore.

There are 614 new player cards. There are also 4 new manager cards. 6 new ballparks. A note about this update: In all other updates that I have ever done, I have included the new card as well as any other cards that had file name changes to accommodate the new card. That means that the updates usually included about 40% old cards in addition to the new ones. This update and any that come in the future will only include new cards. If you do not download all new season folders, you will need to be careful when pasting the new cards into your existing folders. That will not be the case unless the new card became my default card for that season.

I also found out that I could edit the team abbreviation for Replay Baseball so with that said, I have modified the Team abbreviation for 11 teams over the 18 years. They are as follows:

1957 Giants was NY1; now is NYN
1957 Senators was WSH; now is WAS
1960 Senators was WSH; now is WAS
1961 Senators was WSH; now is WAS
1964 Cardinals was SLN; now is STL
1965 Cardinals was SLN; now is STL
1966 Cardinals was SLN; now is STL
1967 Cardinals was SLN; now is STL
1969 Cardinals was SLN; now is STL
1971 Cardinals was SLN; now is STL
1972 Cardinals was SLN; now is STL

This means that all teams now have the same abbreviations for all seasons. If you are not going to download new season folders, you can replace the cards in your folders by simply go to that folder, do CTL F; search for NY1; WSH and SLN for each of the seasons listed and then delete them. You can also start from your main folder and go to advanced settings to check subfolders and do them all at the same time for each abbreviation. Again, if you are going to replace your folders with my new ones, you won’t have to do this.

The update therefore includes a folder with all 11 teams listed above with the new team abbreviations which will be used going forward.

If you have Replay Baseball, you simply go to options, edit and change the abbreviation. If you have APC, you select the team roster, go to photos, click First_Last and then change suffix to _NYN etc and click default player names. Sorry for the inconvenience. I still hope that one day Replay Baseball will be able to edit player first names so each player will have the same name across all seasons; right now that is not possible so I have to go with the name that Replay baseball uses. EX: Charlie Lau is used for some seasons; Charley Lau for others.

Thanks to Guy for all the great images he named and then sent from Topps Vault; Mark S also provided two fantastic colorizations; be sure to check out Bob Veale and Pedro Gonzalez. Also thanks to Guy, several errors with previous updates were corrected; both in terms of edits for names that I spelled wrong as well as discovering some images that were not of the player the card was created for.

I will be uploading all seasons fully updated later tonight; the stand alone update is uploaded and available now.
Game Front

[Expos 1969-2004]

Tim Laker, Mike Lansing, Pedro Martinez and Carlos Perez.

[Ctrane]

Hugh Critz - 1924 - ca-1933

[Ctrane]

Ethan Allen - 1926 ca-1930

[tnfoto]

Facepack upgrade, pictured with the 1950 Houston Buffaloes.

[Merkle923]

Lovely '75 Topps Rasmussen creation but he was still going by "Harry" at that point. Didn't switch to "Eric" until 1977. That led to two versions of the same Topps card, a proof reading "Harry Rasmussen" and an issued card reading "Eric Rasmussen."

Then as now I could never understand why, if you were a Major League pitcher intent on changing your first name to something entirely new, you'd go for "Eric" rather than Sandy or Christy or Cy.

[okcochise]

That is definitely correct. I was a senior pitcher at the same high school in 1975 that Rasmussen went to and was fortunate enough to meet him the winter of 1974 when he came back to my school for a visit. Duane Kuiper also went to the same high school and I played with Duane's brother Jeff on that team. I dont recall a lot about Harry but I do recall his teaching us how to twirl a baseball if you know what that is.

Originally Posted by Merkle923

Lovely '75 Topps Rasmussen creation but he was still going by "Harry" at that point. Didn't switch to "Eric" until 1977. That led to two versions of the same Topps card, a proof reading "Harry Rasmussen" and an issued card reading "Eric Rasmussen."

Then as now I could never understand why, if you were a Major League pitcher intent on changing your first name to something entirely new, you'd go for "Eric" rather than Sandy or Christy or Cy.

[KenRaffensberger16]

With his reputation from the minors preceding him
and creating a stir among Phillies fans, the Phillies
have high hopes for young, Mr. Ken Giles. In his 2nd
major league appearance, Sunday, 6/15/14 Giles
reached 100MPH on three fastest pitches registering
101, 100 & 100 MPH results.

[tnfoto]

Rest in peace, Mr. Padre.

[FatJack]

Originally Posted by tnfoto

Rest in peace, Mr. Padre.

Indeed.

[Braves70]

I will join in our tribute to a great player and an even greater person in Tony Gwynn. Here are some images of Tony Gwynn and other Padres of the era.


Tony Gwynn (1986 Topps Vault) / Ed Whitson (1987 Topps Vault) / Carlos Baerga (1989 Topps Vault) / Darrin Jackson (1992 Topps Vault) / Benito Santiago (1989 Photo)

[Braves70]

Chicago Cubs of the early 1970s


Brock Davis (1970 Topps Vault) / Ray Newman (1971 Topps Vault) / Ramon Webster (1971 Photo) / Carmen Fanzone (1972 Photo) / Bill North (1972 Topps Vault)

[Merkle923]

With the great Yankee Stadium Public Address Announcer Bob Sheppard before Game One of the 1998 World Series. He said hearing Sheppard introducing him would be one of the greatest thrills of his career:

[Marisfor HOF]

An auction site labeled this as Elmer Bliss - I think it looks more like John Ganzel. Or is it someone else? Thoughts?

[bobb49]

Looks like Ganzel by a nose to me.

[rrb77]

1911 Cleveland Naps

[Braves70]

Philadelphia Phillies 1970-72: I was unaware of Sam Parrilla until I saw the listing on Ebay. He played with the Phils in 1970.

Sam Parrilla (1970 Topps Vault) / Pat Skrable (1971 Topps Vault) / Tim McCarver (1972 Topps Vault) / Mike Ryan (1972 Topps Vault) / Mac Scarce (1972 Topps Vault)

[Braves70]

California Angels of the 1980s: includes an image of Dave W. Smith who pitched for the Angels in 1984 & 1985 (not to be confused with the Dave Smith who pitched for the Astros & Cubs)

Rob Wilfong (1982 Topps Vault) / Reggie Jackson (1982 Topps Vault) / Juan Beniquez (1984 Topps Vault) / Rufino Linares (1985 Photo via Steve's Babseball Photography) / Dave W. Smith (1986 Topps Vault)

[Merkle923]

Alan Wirth of the 1978-80 A's:

[KenRaffensberger16]

Are there any photos out there for pitcher, Dick Manville, who had a brief career with the Boston Braves and Chicago Cubs (1950-52). Manville, 88, is one of the current 100 Oldest living MLB players - according to Wikipedia.