Posted on 02/05/2012 9:24:29 PM PST by FamiliarFace
I have an old photo of men I've been told were some Red Sox baseball players who were dining at a restaurant back in the late 1960's. There are 3 of them in the picture. It was likely 1968 to maybe as late as 1970. It was probably during Spring training because it was taken in central Florida. Does anyone here know how I can track down living members of the team to see if any of them can identify them? I have been told they may be Carl Yastrzemski, Jim Lonborg, and Tony Conigliaro, but when I look at photos on the web, they only sort of look like these gentlemen. I think perhaps it could be because they are relaxed and all cleaned up, and not in the heat of a baseball game. Any ideas on how to find out from someone who would really knew what these men looked like back then?
We’re not talking civil war pictures here. I’m sure if you POST THE DARN THING, you know, scan it in and post it here, there will probably be dozens of people who can tell you. Especially if those people turn out to be the names of the people you mentioned. No need to ‘track down living members.’ Sheesh.
Also — did it occur to you to google the name of the suspected player AND ‘topps baseball card’ — i.e. that way you get an idea of what they looked like then?
like this:
http://www.checkoutmycards.com/Cards/Baseball/1970/Topps/665/Jim_Lonborg/1834318
Also — did it occur to you to google the name of the suspected player AND ‘topps baseball card’ — i.e. that way you get an idea of what they looked like then?
like this:
http://www.checkoutmycards.com/Cards/Baseball/1970/Topps/665/Jim_Lonborg/1834318
Could one of them be Manny Ortez?
Ironic Screen Name of the Day Award.
If you post the pic on Baseball Fever, you’ll have an answer in about 3 seconds. Those people can identify ANYONE in bb pics, right down to the umpires in a game from 1926.
Yes, I have looked at their baseball card photos already. They’re almost always wearing ball caps. In this photo it’s not a close-up of their faces. It’s a Polaroid type photo, from the 60’s so you know it’s not quite the quality of a 35 mm shot. Plus it’s black and white.
I do think one of them could be Jim Lonborg from the photos I’ve seen. I will see if I can figure out how to upload a photo so that it can be posted.
Thanks for your help!
I will try there, thank you.
LOL. Yes, this is embarrassing.
See if you can take a picture of the picture and post it.
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One of them might be Francisco Franco.
Tony Conigliaro died a long time ago, a tragic figure whose promising career was cut short after he was hit in the face by a pitch in 1967. Lonborg and Yaz are still alive and were still quite young at the time so they probably will look “boyish”. Yaz had a distinctive face that most Red Sox fans from the era will instantly recognize. Lonborg would be harder since his face looked like almost any mid-20 man from that era. Tony C. had a rounder face but was often confused with Rico Petrocelli, the shortstop. Without seeing the picture, that’s about all I can tell you.
Thanks for tips, all.
Does anyone know how I take a photo off of my laptop and post it to FR? Won’t I need to upload it somewhere? I haven’t done this before. I’ve posted pictures on threads that were already on the web (they had a url), but none of my own.
Hey nosy, I got permission from JimRob, so you should be fine with his decision. I stopped posting here several years ago, and just got going again in November. No need to fill you in on the details. I’m a nice person and that’s what counts, at least to some.
Gees, never heard of Photobucket?Free web hosting for pics and videos!
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