Gambo and T_Wil1 Photopack

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1975

Bill Melton - Bucky Dent - Cecil Upshaw - Rich Hinton - Jerry Moses

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1976

Dave Hamilton - George Enright - Rich Gossage - Jim York - Sam Ewing

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Moose Grimshaw 1905 Boston Americans

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Image published in 1983

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Frosty Malt did a nice job of converting a Davalillo with the Dodgers to the Angels. Since he was in spring training with the Angels in 1969, I am hoping there is a nice photo available from the knees up. Chuck Hinton is another player on that '68 Angels team that could use a good photo.

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This is another photo I took on a perfect afternoon for BB, back in May 1969 at parc Jarry. Ty Cline in a pre-game warm-up..Coco Laboy (L) and Bobby Wine 7 (R) in the background.

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1974 Pittsburgh Pirates

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1971 Pittsburgh Pirates

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'68-'69 Angels

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On May 25 1989, the Expos traded pitchers Randy Johnson, Brian Holman and Gene Harris to the Mariners for a star they thought would bring them a pennant, pitcher Mark Langston and a player to be named later (Mike Campbell). Of course, Randy won 303 games and 5 Cy Young along the rest of his great career. One of the reasons the Expos gave up on the lanky 6'10" lefthander is very well narrated on JockBio.com:

"...The Expos were planning to promote Randy midway through ’88. That plan got sidetracked during a June game when a batter lined a ball of his left wrist. Believing he had suffered a career-threatening break, Randy got so angry that he punched a bat rack on his way to the trainer’s room. When the x-rays came back, they revealed only a bruise on his left wrist—but his right hand was broken. The team, which had always questioned Randy’s maturity, was furious. He didn’t realize it at the time, but in a lot of minds within the Montreal organization now considered him expendable...."

The Expos GM who orchestrated the trade: Dave Dombrowski, actual Detroit Tigers GM!

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Another batch of 1969 Expos photos from Topps Vault

Don Bosch - Ty Cline - Steve Renko - Jack Billingham - Howie Reed

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A few guys from the other expansion team in the NL in 1969, the Padres:

Nate Colbert - Jerry Morales - Ivan Murrell - Ron Davis - Roberto Pena

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One of two expansion teams for the AL in 1969, the Kansas City Royals. All are 1969 Topps Vault offerings:

Pat Kelly - Jim Rooker - Willie Sanders - Fred Rico - Moe Drabowsky

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The final expansion team for the 1969 AL was the Seattle Pilots. These photos are from Topps Vault


John Kennedy - Greg Goosen - Jim O'Toole - Roland Sheldon - Bill Stafford

The last three veterans did not make the team

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In 1970 the Seattle Pilots reported for their 2nd ever spring training and Topps snapped some of these photos of the players. Before the 1970 season got started, however, the Pilots shaky ownership would fold and the team would be moved to Milwaukee to become the 1970 Milwaukee Brewers. Notice that the 1970 Pilots had fancier uniforms and hats with Pilots wings on them.

As a kid who had just started keeping up with baseball, I remember asking who these Pilots were and why did so many of their players end up with the Milwaukee Brewers.

Phil Roof - Greg Goosen - Marty Pattin - John O'Donoghue - Jesse Huggins

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More 1970 Seattle Pilots

Ted Kubiak - Tommy Harper - Pete Koegel - Frank Kimball - Steve Hovley

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ray jarvis boston red sox

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Bob Shaw New York Mets

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Chuck Hartenstein Chicago Cubs

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1975 Pittsburgh Pirates