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Mystery Topps Vault Dodger Lefty - Part Two
All Dodger Topps images pre-1966 have "spoiled" (turned brown). The 1966's show them in road unis with "Los Angeles" - but on a bright sunny day. 1967's are all in home whites. No shooting in 1968. 1970's are home uniforms. 1971's are road, but all in front of or around a chain-link fence. 1972's have the blue stripes on the shoulders.
That should leave 1969.
So which lefties were in camp with the Dodgers in 1969? On the roster, veterans Jim Brewer and Claude Osteen (we can be certain he's not them), and youngster Dennis James. There were five non-roster southpaws: Walter Adey, Bruce Ellingsen (later swapped straight up for Pedro Guerrero), Mike Price, Larry Staab, and Jim Strickland.
The first image is our mystery LHP. Then James (B&W, "3" visible), then Price (wearing number 59), then Staab (a clean-cut portrait from 1966), then Strickland (from 1971, when he finally made the majors with the Twins).
I don't think he looks anything like these four guys - so we've eliminated six of the eight possibilities.
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