Gambo and T_Wil1 Photopack

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Facepack upgrade, pictured with the 1956 Binghamton Triplets, courtesy of thecatspajamas.

Although this is a minor league image it's much clearer than the Major League image currently in the Facepack and on his B-R.com page.

[Merkle923]

Put four of them - including Larry Jaster's brother and Hal Jeffcoat's son - in the minor league thread, along with a 1972 Cleveland Indian who's stumped me, if anybody wants to take a swing at him:

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...ml#post3798489

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Originally Posted by Merkle923

A 24 At-Bats outfielder with the 1976 Astros (I'm 99% certain on the ID - we know from his "neighborhood" that his last name begins with a J), captured by Topps in Spring Training of '74 or '75 - probably the former based on similar lighting/uniform shots that are clearly dated to that year.

The ears don't lie--it's Javier.

[keonleafs]

One for his son.

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2 more from Topps Vault

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1966 Indians, courtesy of thecatspajamas.

[lebby20]

Any idea on these three players. Much obliged!

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1943 Giants.

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Originally Posted by lebby20

Any idea on these three players. Much obliged!

Merkle ID'ed the last one above. It's Al Javier.

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1943 A's.

[ssacc98]

I would say the Met is Roy Lee Jackson

[DeweyintheHall]

I think the Cardinals' pitcher is lefty Danny Jaster (Larry's younger brother). I've attached a B&W photo I found at Amazon for comparison (actually has the same Spring uniform number as well).

Danny played in the St. Louis system from 1965 through 1972, including 3 straight years from '70-'72 at their AAA Tulsa club. He would have had plenty opportunities to be snapped by a Topps photographer over the course of at least a few Spring Trainings, I'm guessing.

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Facepack upgrade, pictured with the 1924 St. Paul Saints.

[Merkle923]

I realize that Topps Vault is an endless buffet for us but we all - myself included - need to be more careful about reposting.

I put up the three Jeffersons yesterday. They're reposted today. I put up Al Javier last night and tnfoto confirmed the ID and there's Javier again with the request for an identification - along with another image which I mentioned in another post that I had ID'd in the minor league thread.

The three players above are:
- Cardinals lefty: Danny Jaster, 1972 (Larry's brother)
- Mets righty: Roy Lee Jackson. Looks like 1977 or 1978.
- Astros: Al Javier.

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Facepack upgrade, pictured with the 1914 Memphis Chicksaws.

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Facepack upgrade, pictured with the 1924 St. Paul Saints.

[okcochise]

First, I am happy to see Merkle back and the culture change that has come with it. I was pretty worried there for a while that this thread would die.

I would also like to echo the sentiment below that Topps Vault does provide a lot of excitement for us all and that I would not want to endanger our access to those images.

With that being said and to respond to the reposts; is there really any point to posting any of them here? I mean we all pretty much go there and grab the images. Now here lately, there seems to be a race in posting them. I dunno.... unless we are asking for identification, I just wonder why any of them should be posted. Please, lets not lose this very fortunate privilege that we have.

Jeff

Originally Posted by Merkle923

I realize that Topps Vault is an endless buffet for us but we all - myself included - need to be more careful about reposting.

I put up the three Jeffersons yesterday. They're reposted today. I put up Al Javier last night and tnfoto confirmed the ID and there's Javier again with the request for an identification - along with another image which I mentioned in another post that I had ID'd in the minor league thread.

The three players above are:
- Cardinals lefty: Danny Jaster, 1972 (Larry's brother)
- Mets righty: Roy Lee Jackson. Looks like 1977 or 1978.
- Astros: Al Javier.

[okcochise]

Come to think of it, maybe there are good reasons to post them. What I enjoy most from Merkle's posts are the historical pieces of information that he includes that I would not be aware of unless he shared them. So please disregard my reference to why TV images would need to be posted.

[Merkle923]

Since they're not identified by name at the web hosting site, posting them here allows clarification as to who we're looking at.

I wasn't confident of two ID's myself just yesterday and our esteemed moderator came to my aid, once with biographical research and once with facial characteristic forensics! There are two photos of a 1969 Dodger on the minor league thread that it took several of us a couple of weeks to identify.

In several other cases ID's have been requested (and in at least one case we collectively correctly identified a player in an image Topps then put on eBay under a different player's name).

[KenRaffensberger16]

Here's a photo of Thomas Jacquez, the son of Pat Jacquez,
pictured on page 1206, section 22101. Both were pitchers
from Stockton, California, although Pat was a righty and
Tom was a lefty. Oddly enough, both made it to the majors
for less than a month. Pat was with the Chicago White Sox
briefly in April 1971 and Tom's only MLB experience came
in September 2000 with the Philadelphia Phillies.
(Photo Source: 2001 Phillies yearbook).