Gambo and T_Wil1 Photopack

[Merkle923]

I bought a copy of the Foss from Mary Brace 10+ years ago. There's a vertical color flare at about its midpoint - likely from a manufacturing flaw on the original film. There are also two gray gravel strips surrounding the bullpen rubber and the bullpen plate down the RF line (there wasn't really a Wrigley bullpen mound in the early '60s, just as there often wasn't anything more than a slight rise in most parks with on-field bullpens until late in that decade). Indeed, the very idea of having a pitcher warm-up from a full mound was still a novel enough idea that when the Mets tried it with Galen Cisco, it was a big deal to the Mets' radio broadcasters.

BTW when the Mets ditched Foss he went to the Tigers, not the Braves, for Fernandez.

[RUKen]

Stan Yerkes 1901
Yerkes pitched a few games in 1901 for the Orioles and Cardinals, led the major leagues in losses in 1902 with St. Louis, and then pitched one more game in 1903 before disappearing from the majors forever.

[custard48]

Looks like that strip was still there at least as late as the late 70's.

[BigYaz]

The short list released today (so far):
606-09 Dick Hall
610-11 Mel Harder
612-13 Ron Hansen
614-15 Jim Hannan
616-17 Doug DeCinces (so much for alphabetizing!)
618-21 Larry Haney
622-25 Bill Hands

[FatJack]

Originally Posted by Merkle923

BTW when the Mets ditched Foss he went to the Tigers, not the Braves, for Fernandez.

Nope. It was the Braves. The Mets sent Foss to Milwaukee for Chico who, earlier that same day (according to Baseball-Reference), the Braves had acquired from Detoit for Sweet Lou Johnson. Foss was placed in Denver which, in 1963, was a Braves farm club.

[Merkle923]

Look, no matter how cumbersomely B-R or anybody else put it, then as now, that was simply called "a three-team trade." Fernandez never played for Milwaukee and his contract and services were only theirs technically. He went from Detroit to New York.

[Merkle923]

Not too much of this well-traveled righty who broke in just two months after his 19th birthday, in his original Colt 45 garb, nor the Tiger togs he wore in his next-to-last major league stop in 1972 (sadly, no 1973 Pirates images, still proving elusive).

The second upload of the day from Topps: 626-629 Tom Griffin; 630-631 Cecilio Guante; 632-633 Don Gross; 634-635 Jeff Grose; 636-639 Richie Zisk; 640-643 Chris Zachary; 644-645 Hal McRae

[Cusick]

Originally Posted by RUKen

Louisville Base Ball Team of the Season of 1898

For those who didn't go through the caption on this team composite which RUKen posted, the photo contains a head shot of Honus Wagner in his second year of playing major league baseball. In my view, there were a number of other head shots worth noting, as some of these fellows are not that frequently seen in a Louisville NL uniform.

[keonleafs]

Originally Posted by Merkle923

The second upload of the day from Topps: 626-629 Tom Griffin; 630-631 Cecilio Guante; 632-633; 634-635 Jeff Grose; 636-639 Richie Zisk; 640-643 Chris Zachary; 644-645 Hal McRae

Must have forgotten to write the player's name: Don Gross, Pirates LH 1958-60

[BigYaz]

Originally Posted by Merkle923

...The second upload of the day from Topps: 626-629 Tom Griffin; 630-631 Cecilio Guante; 632-633; 634-635 Jeff Grose; 636-639 Richie Zisk; 640-643 Chris Zachary; 644-645 Hal McRae

I believe 632-3 is lefty Don Gross.

[Oriole1952]

Please excuse me if someone else has pointed this out before me..but I noticed a mistake on GZ283...Clint Courtney. Old Scrap Iron was a left handed hitter and his pic shows him as a righty. Looking at the pic I see the negitive was reversed as all the scoreboard info is backwards.

[doors11]

Does anybody have the id's of the GZ series so far or where i can find a list of them. plus the other series id's . there are some unreal photos of players from my childhood of the 60's players in these series

Thanks
rik

[rico43]

Originally Posted by doors11

Does anybody have the id's of the GZ series so far or where i can find a list of them. plus the other series id's . there are some unreal photos of players from my childhood of the 60's players in these series

Thanks
rik

Complete Folder GZ to date is on page 1372

Saved all Topps Vault IDs at this site:

VAULT

[FatJack]

Joe Durham passed away on Thursday (April 28, 2016) at the age of 84. He was born and raised in Newport News, Virginia, where he learned the game of baseball on the sandlots. Joe graduated from high school in 1952 and drew the attention of scouts thanks to his tantalizing combination of speed and power. Although some sites say that Joe was signed in 1953, following a year in the Negro Leagues, Joe was actually signed by the St. Louis Browns in 1952 and placed with the Negro League's Chicago American Giants because the Brownies had too many players and not enough minor league spots, according to The Baltimore Sun.

With Class B York in 1953, Joe hit .308 with 14 home runs. The Piedmont League had several teams in the south and, although Jackie Robinson had broken the major league color barrier six years earlier, Joe experienced firsthand the racism that was still prevalent in certain towns. But Joe's affable manner in response helped make it easier for those who followed.

Joe was with Double-A San Antonio in 1954. There he matched his home run total for York, chipping in 108 RBIs. His batting average actually went up 10 points. That earned him a September call up from the now Baltimore Orioles, making him just the second African-American to play for the franchise and the first position player. In his first game with the big club, Joe beat out a slow roller in the ninth, scoring the winning run on a hit from Cal Abrams. In fact, Joe had at least one hit in each of his first five games for the Birds. One of those hits was a September 12 home run--the first hit by an African-American in franchise history.

Even before he took the field for Baltimore, Joe knew he would not be back in 1955. That was because his induction into the military was scheduled for October. When Joe returned in 1957, the team sent him back to San Antonio. Joe was hitting .391 when the Orioles recalled him in June.

But the ride was a little bumpier this time around. The Os manager was now Paul Richards. To begin with, Joe felt he should have been called up sooner. Furthermore, he thought Richards was a racist because, among other things, Richards wouldn't speak to him directly. According to Joe, even if they were sitting next to each other in the dugout, Richards would tell a coach whatever it was he wanted to tell Joe and then the coach would deliver the message. But, to Joe, the worst may have been Richards' "rope trick". Richards didn't like Joe's swing, believing that Joe was lunging too much. So he took a rope and tied it around Joe in the batting cage and pulled it, as Joe started his swing, in order to keep Joe's shoulders level. Durham didn't find this the least bit helpful and blamed Richards for his poor batting average that year. And why not? Durham had been hitting .391 before his recall, swinging the way he always had. But, when Richards was done messing around with Joe's swing, he couldn't hit a lick.

Joe spent all of 1958 in the minors and was then selected by the Cardinals in the Rule V draft. Joe lasted just a month with St. Louis. He got just 5 at bats and ho hits. And that was the last time Joe saw major league action, though he continued playing in the minors through 1964. He finished his minor league career with a .289 batting average.

Joe had settled in Baltimore and baseball was just too much a part of his life to leave it behind. He became Baltimore's batting practice pitcher for many years. He scouted for a while. In the eighties, Joe was named Community Coordinator for Baseball Operations and, in the 90s, he began a long stretch as a minor league coach.

The first picture below is from The Baltimore Afro American from the day after Joe's major league debut. The other is one of the many gorgeous images posted by John to the late lamented Baseball-Birthdays.

[RUKen]

Curt Bernard 1900
Bernard was an outfielder for the Giants from September 1900 through June 1901, and continued in the minor leagues through 1912.

[Cusick]

Originally Posted by rico43

Complete Folder GZ to date is on page 1372

Saved all Topps Vault IDs at this site:

VAULT

Rico, thanks for all the work you have done to create this list of Vault ID's (assisted by Merkle and others).

I have begun to go through your list and have found some photos I'd like to review, but they lie in folders which are not among those in the current website TV image pointer at:

Index of /images/13076

Those additional Topps Vault folders I've thus far identified to be of interest are AM, BJ, and BT. There likely will be more as I get further through your list of players. How do I find these other folders?

[dennis_keith]

Does anyone have any photos of Jerry Goff? He is the father of Jared Goff, the first overall pick of this year's NFL draft (quarterback - U. of California - drafted by "the new Los Angeles Rams").
Jerry, 52, played for Montreal, Pittsburgh and Houston (1990-1996).

[baseball-birthdays.com]

Does anyone have any photos of Jerry Goff? He is the father of Jared Goff, the first overall pick of this year's NFL draft (quarterback - U. of California - drafted by "the new Los Angeles Rams").
Jerry, 52, played for Montreal, Pittsburgh and Houston (1990-1996).

Jerry Goff, 1993 Pittsburgh Pirates, this is a scan of one of a set of twelve Goff slides I'm offering on eBay

[Merkle923]

Nothing particularly scarce about this Mariner lefty, it's just that he appears to be trying to squeeze his 6'8" frame into the image.

Limited upload from Topps this morning and all over the alphabetical place: 646-649 Mario Guerrero; 650-651 Bob Grossman; 652-653 Doug Griffin; 654-655 Grover Resinger; 656-657 Lee Guetterman; 658-661 Rick Monday; 662-665 Bob Boone; 666-669 Gene Michael; 670-671 Jerry Grote; 672-673 Dick Green; 674-675 Fred Green; 676-679 Ken Griffey (Sr.); 680-681 Bobby Bonilla; 682-685 Bobby Bonds.

[Merkle923]

You don't see these every day. The veteran Yankee shortstop made the opening day roster of the 1976 Red Sox, but was cut without playing and by season's end was back in New York as a coach.