Gambo and T_Wil1 Photopack

[brobby05]

Hi,

I was wondering if somebody knows who this Expos player is. His ID is EC726. I looked and searched but I couldn't find anything. The listing says Dennis Blair but it sure don't look like him and his was with the Padres when the Expos donned this uniform.

Thanks,

BRobby05

[DeweyintheHall]

It's Scott Sanderson - actually, it's the very image Topps used on his 1982 card.

[rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com]

New ebay listing 1963 K. C. A's Sammy Esposito

[SDL]

Originally Posted by DeweyintheHall

It's Scott Sanderson - actually, it's the very image Topps used on his 1982 card.

Is 725 Sanderson with a mustache?

[SDL]

The next time the Astros do a "Throwback Night," they need to use the old Colt unis.

[brobby05]

Originally Posted by DeweyintheHall

It's Scott Sanderson - actually, it's the very image Topps used on his 1982 card.

Hey,


Thanks a lot for answering my question. I'm still sorting through my old vault pics. I even have that set, but I really didn't follow the Expos much.


Thanks again...and EVERYBODY have a GREAT Thanksgiving!!!


Brobby05

[rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com]

Happy thanksgiving to everyone

[keonleafs]

Originally Posted by Merkle923

In belated honor of the Astros' World Championship, here's a run of tremendous photos taken for the '62 and '63 Colt 45s by the peripatetic Dallas-based photographer Jim Laughead, which we'll 'release into the wild' here. Laughead did much of Topps' spring training work in Florida and nearly all of it in Arizona into the early '70s (in addition to eleventy billion college football photos).

Not all of these guys technically belong here as most never actually played in the majors but the collection is just too good to be split up. And no, none of them actually played in Houston......

Thanks Merkle for these really rare & great pics of the Colt .45s. Truly appreciated!

[Home Free]

Originally Posted by SDL

Is 725 Sanderson with a mustache?

Yes! It was the photo on his '81 Topps card. That "checklist" is more like a "possibilities" list!

[rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com]

Originally Posted by Merkle923

In belated honor of the Astros' World Championship, here's a run of tremendous photos taken for the '62 and '63 Colt 45s by the peripatetic Dallas-based photographer Jim Laughead, which we'll 'release into the wild' here. Laughead did much of Topps' spring training work in Florida and nearly all of it in Arizona into the early '70s (in addition to eleventy billion college football photos).

Not all of these guys technically belong here as most never actually played in the majors but the collection is just too good to be split up. And no, none of them actually played in Houston.

Grob was a '56 Senator depicted in camp with Houston in '63.

GREAT PHOTOS of some obscure Colt 45's. Awesome finds

[rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com]

New ebay listings 1980 Chicago White Sox Randy Evans

[Cusick]

Originally Posted by rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com

New ebay listings 1980 Chicago White Sox Randy Evans

The pitcher (with surname Evans) who was a non-roster invitee with the White Sox in 1980 is listed in Baseball-reference.com as Ricky Lee Evans. However, I found at least one newspaper transactions article which cited him under the name Randy Evans as having been with the major league Chicago White Sox in their 1980 spring training camp prior to being farmed out to the minor leagues.

The Baseball-reference cite is at:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=evans-005ric

Correction:

The White Sox had two pitchers named Evans in their system in 1980. I was wrong about the above being the cite for Randy Evans. Baseball-reference has a record for Randall Evans at https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=evans-001ran

I can add a couple of info items about Randy Evans which are not in his baseball-reference record. His exact date of birth is 9/14/1957 and his hometown was Phoenix, Arizona, when he was a player.

[Merkle923]

Happy Thanksgiving (belatedly)!

This is one of the great white whales of baseball photography. Though Newcombe went to his last big league stop, Cleveland, on July 29, 1960 and appeared in 24 of the team's last 63 games the only thing anybody had ever seen of him in this uniform was this slightly blurry shot, cropped to just the face and cap.

This is a photo dated August 1, 1960 from the files of my first employer, the late-lamented wire service United Press International and was either taken at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, or old Griffith Stadium in Washington. Enjoy.

[Merkle923]

Obviously that should be "Don Newcombe 1947" or "Don Newcombe IN 1960"

[rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com]

New ebay listing 1969 Seattle Pilots Corky Evans, Corky Evans was a NRI for the 1969 Pilots. was a rule 5 draft from Orioles Dec. of 68. He played in the Orioles system from 1966-68, Played in the Pilots system in 1969 (Vancouver Mounties, Seattle Pilots Arizona Instructional League) and played in the Giants system in 1971.

[SDL]

Originally Posted by rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com

New ebay listing 1969 Seattle Pilots Corky Evans, Corky Evans was a NRI for the 1969 Pilots. was a rule 5 draft from Orioles Dec. of 68. He played in the Orioles system from 1966-68, Played in the Pilots system in 1969 (Vancouver Mounties, Seattle Pilots Arizona Instructional League) and played in the Giants system in 1971.

Corky actually got a mention in Ball Four. I can't print the actual quote of what somebody sent to him, since this is a family website.

Hoping his pics eventually emerge from the Vault....

[bru]

Originally Posted by Merkle923

The “.45s” logo on the cap looks like it’s been transplanted from another image - the shading isn’t quite right. But the Texas flag logo on the sleeve and the traces of “Houston” on the shirt look legit, and the fence in the background sure looks like Colt Stadium. There’s a “Sporting News Collection” hologram sticker on the back, an ink-stamped “1963” in red (if there was supposed to be a month preceding the year, it didn’t register), and as you can see from the quick snapshot of the actual 8 x 10, the thing has been printed identifying Ferrand with the Colts.

Could be from later in calendar 1963, could be from a tryout, could be...who knows what?

Oof. Given that the uni looks so good, I'd be inclined to say that this is a legit cap and that's a shadow/sweat line. It appears to be one of the early .45s hats where the ".45s" is actually on a separate patch of fabric that was sewn on.

Here's an example of the patch (from thompsonian.info).



Thanks for all these great photos Merkle! Definitely a nice add to the collection over here.

[rrb77]

1920 Boston Red Sox...current RMY auction...many Conlon photos I've not seen before.

[rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com]

New ebay listing 1972 Brewers John Felske

[Merkle923]

Two Notes:

Lumpkin - PLEASE - the minor leaguers go in the minor league thread. The premise of posting the Topps eBay images here is to add to the collection of available imagery of major league players, and Topps' nightly posting of 15-30 negatives every night between 10 and 11 PM EST is pretty well known, and accessible to everybody who can see this site.

Re: Corky Evans. That is the Topps Vault image of him. I helped them find it, and I wrote the back of the card.