Gambo and T_Wil1 Photopack

[Rainmaker]

The "homeless" Lou Johnson image on page 1478 of this thread has been matched up with an existing image.

It is DD507, misidentified as Lee Maye. And it's quite an upgrade.

Also, missing from the checklist are CC850-853, all of whom are Darrell Brandon

[cheech411]

anything ?? even home brew 180 x 270 thanks maybe still chg angels logo on hat to st louis

[hobbs11]

Originally Posted by cheech411

anything ?? even home brew 180 x 270 thanksAttachment 481534 maybe still chg angels logo on hat to st louis

Action pics allowed?

From getty....

[FatJack]

Originally Posted by dennis_keith

I'm basing my statement on the fact that people are saying that Ralph Caballero was the last living Phila. Blue Jay. This does not coincide with the fact that there is one player from the 1945 Philadelphia (NL) team that is still alive - Don Hasenmayer. He is not credited as being a Blue Jay - therefore he must be a Phillie. That means that the name Blue Jays no longer applied in 1945 and must have reverted back to the Phillies. I've also read that the Blue Jays name lasted until 1949, but that was only on paper somewhere in Bob Carpenter's office and no one called them that after '44..

Given all of the other evidence, it seems more likely that those who said Caballero was the last living Blue Jay (including me) were wrong about that, rather than that the name was dropped before the '45 season.

[Merkle923]

So this turned up accidentally during a google image search.

I've mentioned here a couple of times that the collection of the Topps Bay Area photographer from 1971 through the '90s, Doug McWilliams, had been donated and screened by the Baseball Hall of Fame Library. Little did I know that a few dozen of these gorgeous images have been posted, cleanly, with the McWilliams/HOF credit but no other restrictions noted, on a HOF blog (these below are from this entry: Rollie Fingers? three days with the Red Sox | Baseball Hall of Fame). The easiest access to these seems to recreate what I did by accident - do a google search for McWilliams and "Baseball Hall of Fame." Most of the images are, naturally, HOF'ers, though I see Herb Washington and a few other obscure guys popping up.

I would assume the HOF would come down like a ton of bricks on anybody who tried to use these commercially but they seem clearly disinterested in private use.

(If you don't know the story of Fingers in a Boston uniform: with mass free agency looming that off-season, he and Joe Rudi were sold to the Red Sox by Oakland owner Charlie Finley on June 15, 1976 - while Boston was in Oakland. Vida Blue was also sold to the Yankees. Fingers suited up for one game for the Sox as Commissioner Bowie Kuhn first froze the sales and then reversed them. Doug McWilliams managed to get his friend Fingers to pose, mid-season, in a uniform he never wore in game action).

So here's the same credit the HOF uses in its blog:

(Doug McWilliams / National Baseball Hall of Fame)

[Merkle923]

Here's the "designated pinch runner" complete with his catalogue number in the credit cut line.

(Card Corner: Pinch Run Herb Washington | Baseball Hall of Fame)

"Hurricane" Herb Washington of the Oakland A's. OA74-120 (Doug McWilliams / National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

[Rainmaker]

Just discovered that #s 838-841 were not list in Folder GJ in the Vault checklist database that is posted in Chop Country.
All four of these are Red Sox pitcher Pete Magrini -- the one and only time (so far) that Magrini has appeared in the Vault. Just an oversight, probably because they were not ID'd right away.
Cochise had these pegged all along, as he had them included in his customs.
Below are BJ839 and 841:

[dennis_keith]

Originally Posted by FatJack

Given all of the other evidence, it seems more likely that those who said Caballero was the last living Blue Jay (including me) were wrong about that, rather than that the name was dropped before the '45 season.

I sent a note to the guy who keeps these age-related lists on another baseball website, such as:
Oldest Currently living player for each franchise.
Last Player who died from a team that no longer exists and has no more living representatives.


We'll see what he says, because he had previously reported that Caballero was the last living Blue Jay. He's a good guy. I'm sure he would admit his mistake if it turns out to be that Don Hasenmayer is really the last living Blue Jay.

[cheech411]

mark bellhorn yankees anything thanks

[hobbs11]

Originally Posted by cheech411

mark bellhorn yankees anything thanks

From getty where google is your friend.

[Merkle923]

I've often mentioned the 'reach in and grab a bunch of negatives' lack-of-thought process behind the Topps Vault sales team, but this is ridiculous. Are these negatives of Avery, Averill, and Don August really going to sell?

Monday's Topps uploads (KE) 61-62 Bob Babcock; 63-66 Benny Ayala; 67-68 Steve Avery; 69-70 Earl Averill (Jr); 71-72 Rick Austin; 73-74 Don August; 75-76 Tony Auferio (Cardinals system; spent one season as major league coach/bullpen catcher); 77-80 Rick Auerbach; 81-100 NFL/WFL

[Amazin69]

We had a couple of newspaper pics of Needham with the Beaneaters, but the only Cubs pics I've seen are the ballpark shots from 1913. This portraiture is most likely from 1910 (due to the hat). Indeed, it quite resembles Needham's 1911 T205 Gold Border card…perhaps from the same session?

I found it in one of the "kfunaki" Lexibell zips, misfiled among a large group of Cincinnati pics, presumably because whoever did the sorting wasn't used to seeing such a thin "C" on a Cubs cap.



Now if we could only find a shot of Needham as a Giant…

[Amazin69]

Originally Posted by Merkle923

I've often mentioned the 'reach in and grab a bunch of negatives' lack-of-thought process behind the Topps Vault sales team, but this is ridiculous. Are these negatives of Avery, Averill, and Don August really going to sell?

Monday's Topps uploads (KE) 61-62 Bob Babcock; 63-66 Benny Ayala; 67-68 Steve Avery; 69-70 Earl Averill (Jr); 71-72 Rick Austin; 73-74 Don August; 75-76 Tony Auferio (Cardinals system; spent one season as major league coach/bullpen catcher); 77-80 Rick Auerbach; 81-100 NFL/WFL

Yeah, but the Babcocks are going make up for it. I can't be the only New Yorker (or ex-) with a touch of bemused affection for the 1980 Rangers, aka "Throw a Mayor's Trophy Game in a Blender, Mix, and Voila!" Someone's bound to bite.

Bud Harrelson, Jon Matlack, Rusty Staub, Doc Medich, Ed Figueroa, Mickey Rivers, Sparky Lyle…so what if they had an average age of 62 or so? You need experience, right?

(And hey, Mickey hit .333. With 20 walks to boost the OBA up to… .353. Never change, Mick.)

[cinemaodyssey]

Looks to be from the 1894 season.

[cinemaodyssey]

Photo shoot from what appears to be 1895.

[cinemaodyssey]

Boyd managed to win 3 games in his career despite posting a 7.02 career ERA. Impressive.

[cinemaodyssey]

From the 1895 season.

[cinemaodyssey]

Brief major league career, but featured in this nice photo in 1895.

[cinemaodyssey]

Looks to be from the 1897 season.

[cinemaodyssey]

Taken around 1898 or 1899.