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Merkle923 · 03-13-2017, 07:46 PM

The photo was clearly taken at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, 25 years before there was interleague play, and the uniform has black sleeve piping that Cincinnati did not wear.

The player's physical build is also wrong.

And if Topps had an image of Barton in a Cincinnati uniform, they would have used it on his card in lieu of a shot of Barton from San Diego with a poorly airbrushed Reds' cap.

It depicts Jack Brohamer in the one-season red-helmeted Indians uniform of 1972.

Brohamer's own 1973 card (depicting Belanger's doubleplay partner Bobby Grich) confirms:

03-13-2017, 07:46 PM	#30482
Merkle923 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 2,192	No. The photo was clearly taken at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, 25 years before there was interleague play, and the uniform has black sleeve piping that Cincinnati did not wear. The player's physical build is also wrong. And if Topps had an image of Barton in a Cincinnati uniform, they would have used it on his card in lieu of a shot of Barton from San Diego with a poorly airbrushed Reds' cap. It depicts Jack Brohamer in the one-season red-helmeted Indians uniform of 1972. Brohamer's own 1973 card (depicting Belanger's doubleplay partner Bobby Grich) confirms: Attached Images Last edited by Merkle923; 03-13-2017 at 07:56 PM.