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Originally Posted by Merkle923
Yes, Topps would rather us not post images from its storage website (as in, Don't). No, they don't care if we post images from its offerings once they reach eBay. We can even clean them up a little.
And these are humdingers. This is peripatetic utility infielder Ron Clark, photographed just before or just after the last at bat of his big league career, a strikeout as a pinch-hitter in the 10th inning against the Mets' Jerry Koosman in the second game of a twi-night doubleheader in New York on Friday, September 26, 1975.
George Brace got Clark in Chicago (the Phillies were at Wrigley on September 13 and 14) but these shots of him are striking because that pinch-hitting job was Clark's only game appearance in Philly garb.
Clark started with the Twins and then went to the Pilots, the A's for two tours, the Brewers, and the one-AB swan song with the Phils. I recall checking Clark's file to see if he had been captured with Seattle (and he had) but I do not remember seeing him in a Philly uni.
(As an aside to Cinemaodyssey: the Dexter Cleveland '67 shoot was abysmal. I've posted a couple here and they're so heavily shadowed as to be almost useless. I'll have another look for Siebert and Wagner. I'm afraid I have nothing on Roy Foster).
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Ron Clark played for the Phillies 1975 AAA team and appeared in one game on the last day of the season as a Phillie. That was his only appearance in a Phillies uniform. I think that was his last major leagues game and he soon went into coaching.