Gambo and T_Wil1 Photopack

[Merkle923]

Lastly for tonight, the piece de resistance of the couple of dozen images I had scanned.

When the trajectory of Rocky Colavito's career suddenly swerved from probable Hall of Famer to cult figure, the Cleveland great began to move around: White Sox 1967, Dodgers 1968, Yankees 1968.

There's a good J.D. McCarthy shot of Colavito with the Dodgers, taken at Wrigley Field. And Louis Requena captured him with the Yankees later in the same season. But as to the White Sox heretofore there has been only a shot by George Brace in 1967 in which Colavito appears to be reluctantly posing with relatives at Comiskey Park.

And then sure enough he shows up in the Dexter pile, from its Spring Training 1968 shots, taken before Chicago sold Colavito to the Dodgers on March 27th. Making this spectacular image even more improbable is the fact that Dexter didn't make any White Sox cards in '68.

[Rainmaker]

Are there any known photos of Ron Swoboda with the Braves in the spring of 1974? He was signed in December and released on March 25, so it would not be a reach that he was photographed somewhere along the way.

Thank you to everyone for their amazing efforts this past year, and a to all a blessed new year.

[SPORTSMEM817]

John Barfield, former Texas Rangers pitcher murdered at 52 ~ Baseball Happenings

[dennis_keith]

Originally Posted by Merkle923

As promised, a couple more from the Dexter Press negative collection.

Yes, that's Jim Gentile, the man who tied Roger Maris for the American League in RBI (and tied with him for 5th place in WAR) the year Maris broke Babe Ruth's home run record, in color, in camp with the 1967 Phillies.

It goes without saying Gentile didn't make the Phil roster, and had wrapped up his career in Cleveland in 1966. He spent two years with the Philadelphia farm in San Diego trying to make it back, but did not.

An answer on the other requests for the Phillies: there are about 500 negatives and I didn't have them all scanned. Francona (who wasn't in camp with the Phillies in 1967; he was purchased rom the Cardinals on April 10) and Uecker (who was a difficult player to get to pose) are not among them. The best I can do on the others is stick them atop a light box and take shots with my phone).

I'm a lifelong Phillies fan and I was never even aware that Jim Gentile had gone to Spring Training with the Phillies in 1967. That photo is a great find!

[Merkle923]

Obscure outfielder who didn't find his true calling as a first baseman until...

Just a little self-mockery here. One last Dexter present (though many images yet to come) that makes you feel pretty bad they didn't make a 1968 Yankees set as apparently originally planned.

This will probably be pirated and somebody'll make some money off it but what should I do, sit on it? It's just too fantastic. Plus I did a post for SABR's new Baseball Card blog that will be up this week and it will be included.

[SDL]

Keep the Dexter images coming This is like the famous Lost Treasure Of The Incas....

[Buster Narum]

Originally Posted by SDL

Keep the Dexter images coming This is like the famous Lost Treasure Of The Incas....

Please - no need for just the obscurities, they're really nice!

Thank you

[Merkle923]

These would be snapped from the actual Dexter images on a light board, with some slight color correction: Dick Ellsworth (1958), Phil Linz (1962), Pedro Ramos (1955), Gary Wagner (1965).

As to further Dexters, I'll mention again that the whole collection is 500 negatives and to do them justice they need professional handling. So obviously I'm going to prioritize the players I need images of, as opposed to the other more frequently photographed ones.

[cheech411]

merkle thanks very nice of u to share!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Oriole1952]

These are GREAT Pics, Thanks again!

[Rainmaker]

Apparently, the McWilliams photography archive that he has passed along to the Baseball Hall of Fame is about to go through a major growth spurt.

As we've come to know, McWilliams donated over 10,000 images to the Hall in 2010, and they have since been catalogued and made available for sale as reproductions. John Horne, the curator of Topps' photo archive, has told several people including yours truly that the hope is that Topps, with the help of an outside contractor, will have lower resolution images of the McWilliams Archive posted on their web site sometime in 2017.

But that's old news. This tease of major doings was at the end of a profile of McWilliams that was posted on the SABR site on December 23:

What’s next for Doug?

I still have 15,000 [negatives] to send [to the Hall of Fame], 35 millimeter and digital and keeps me busy, keeps me alive, keeps me going. I’ve got plenty to do!

[rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com]

Hoping to see some Cincinnati Reds in the Dexter collection.

[SDL]

Originally Posted by Merkle923

These would be snapped from the actual Dexter images on a light board, with some slight color correction: Dick Ellsworth (1958), Phil Linz (1962), Pedro Ramos (1955), Gary Wagner (1965).

As to further Dexters, I'll mention again that the whole collection is 500 negatives and to do them justice they need professional handling. So obviously I'm going to prioritize the players I need images of, as opposed to the other more frequently photographed ones.

This is the first Ellsworth Phillies image I have ever seen. I know that Topps took some of him in a Phillies uniform (his '68 Red Sox card has him hatless in a Phillies uni); if there any TV images of him in a Phillies uniform, I have yet to see them.

Thanks again for sharing these!

[Merkle923]

More from the Dexter files.

Charles "Cotton" Nash had the extraordinary misfortune to not live up to his advanced billing in two pro sports. And for our purposes, he's also a tough color photo in each.

Nash was a three-time all-America at Kentucky and the 14th pick of the 1964 NBA draft by the Lakers. He was unhappy with his lack of playing time, was released, drifted to the Warriors, only got into 20 games with then, and did not play pro basketball again until the debut of the ABA in 1967. Even back in Kentucky he would appear in just 39 games.

His simultaneous baseball career followed a similar pattern. He produced 78 homers in his first 306 minor league games and was enough of a prospect for the White Sox to trade veteran first baseman Bill Skowron to the Angels for him in May, 1967. But he would get only 19 plate appearances and just three hits - all singles - in three quick trials with the '67 White Sox and '69 and '70 Twins.

In fact, his MLB highlight was defensive. He went in for Ken Boyer at first base in the ninth inning of Joe Horlen's no-hitter in September 1967, made the three final putouts, and possibly saving Horlen's spot in history by stretching out his 6'5" frame to take a throw from second baseman Wayne Causey to just nip the hitter Jerry Lumpe.

Nash later said he believed his lack of success in the NBA and the AL could be attributed to trying to play both sports at once. In any event, here's the Dexter image of him taken in camp with the '66 Angels.

[rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com]

Are there any known photo's of Camilo Pascual in a Padres Uni? He was on there roster for 4 days. 04/22/71-04/26/71. Acquired from Cleveland Indians as a conditional deal then returned 4 days later. Although did not pitch for them. Also Mike Jackson was there for 13 days 04/02/71-04/15/71, pitched 1 game for Hawaii. Just wondering if there are any known photo's. Thanks to any response

[oldtimers]

Are their any more yankees in the dexter images? That was a Awesome one of Mantle. Thanks Again.

[lebby20]

Does anyone have the Rafael Batista TV image with the 73-74 Astros uniform, or the file number? Much appreciated.

[Cusick]

This is from a cabinet photo of the 1902 Jersey City Skeeters being auctioned by sterlingsportsauctions.com. I think this is an upgrade to what has been shown previously for Jocko Halligan.

[Cusick]

Think this may also be an improvement for Walt Woods. This too comes from the auction of the 1902 cabinet photo of the Jersey City Skeeters by sterlingsportsauctions.com.

[okcochise]

I don't have one; just a black and white image. Is there one of Bautista?