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Merkle923 · 01-14-2017, 08:16 PM

We interrupt the Dexters to present one of the great white whales: Gary Moore, three-week outfielder for the 1970 Dodgers.

Thanks to FatJack: those photo prints he noticed offered on eBay (when it says "Make Offer" it means you can negotiate a price, and they were in a hurry to get rid of all they had) include a number of guys in color in uniforms I've never seen before, and this one of Moore is the best. Previously there have been, I believe, only four back and white images of Moore: two thumbnail-sized team-photographed shots used in Dodger yearbooks; one of the "chicken wire" polaroids taken at the old Al Lang Field in St. Petersburg; and a wire photo of him sliding into the plate and his helmet coming loose and covering his face.

Parenthetically, although these look somewhat like the "proofs" that Detroit photographer J.D. McCarthy would make up to show to the players for whom he would produce postcards, seeing them in the flesh convinces me that they're somebody else's work. The poses are all wrong (McCarthy was a technical master, but if he ever photographed a player without having them kneel and put one or both hands over the raised knee, I've yet to see it).

Regardless: Gary Moore, of the University of Texas and the 1970 Dodgers, from spring training 1969:

01-14-2017, 08:16 PM	#30007
Merkle923 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 2,192	Gary Moore 1970 We interrupt the Dexters to present one of the great white whales: Gary Moore, three-week outfielder for the 1970 Dodgers. Thanks to FatJack: those photo prints he noticed offered on eBay (when it says "Make Offer" it means you can negotiate a price, and they were in a hurry to get rid of all they had) include a number of guys in color in uniforms I've never seen before, and this one of Moore is the best. Previously there have been, I believe, only four back and white images of Moore: two thumbnail-sized team-photographed shots used in Dodger yearbooks; one of the "chicken wire" polaroids taken at the old Al Lang Field in St. Petersburg; and a wire photo of him sliding into the plate and his helmet coming loose and covering his face. Parenthetically, although these look somewhat like the "proofs" that Detroit photographer J.D. McCarthy would make up to show to the players for whom he would produce postcards, seeing them in the flesh convinces me that they're somebody else's work. The poses are all wrong (McCarthy was a technical master, but if he ever photographed a player without having them kneel and put one or both hands over the raised knee, I've yet to see it). Regardless: Gary Moore, of the University of Texas and the 1970 Dodgers, from spring training 1969: Last edited by Merkle923; 08-04-2017 at 01:02 AM.