Comments on: Jerry Royster

By: fredbeene

fredbeene — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:13:06 +0000

I’d like to think we are sticking with CBG era. That being said you have to include CBG john lowenstein.

12 Seasons LF 645
4 Seasons OF 129
9 Seasons RF 129
6 Seasons 3B 72
6 Seasons 2B 71
5 Seasons CF 36
7 Seasons 1B 28
2 Seasons SS 4

Or BubbleGum blowing champ Kurt Bevaqua
14 Seasons 3B 329
10 Seasons 2B 133
11 Seasons 1B 129
8 Seasons LF 32
3 Seasons OF 26
4 Seasons RF 14
3 Seasons SS 9

Bert, as much as i like him…really was focused on SS
18 Seasons SS 2097
4 Seasons 3B 76
3 Seasons OF 69
4 Seasons 2B 36
1 Season P 1
1 Season C 1
1 Season 1B 1

BTW is saw a video from 1972 of bert c throwing his bat at lerrin lagrow for throwing a soft pitch at his feet..kinda funny..on utube.

Really to do this right we need % played at each position during the CBG years

By: Champ Summers

Champ Summers — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:20:06 +0000

26. I'm kind of surprised that Joe Torre hasn't come up yet. He has one less position played than Wockenfuss (C,1b,3b,lf) but is a gold glove winner at C. Ruth and Rose are must-haves in this lineup.

By: ramblin pete

ramblin pete — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:03:36 +0000

25. We, too, were actually allowed to SMOKE in high school. During school hours! There was a "smoker's alley" adjacent to one of the exits. Can you believe that shit?! Ahhh... liberal '80s educational values...

By: a red sox fan from pinstripe territory

a red sox fan from pinstripe territory — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:06:57 +0000

24. I did come across one of George Michael’s projects like that somewhere. Looked like a bunch of pics were figured out, and the ones that weren’t seemed quite impossible–at least with Topps you’re given the player’s name and you have a good idea of what year it was.

I signed up for the Almanac online a few years ago–specifically for the purpose of figuring out baseball pictures.

My favorite “solved mystery” was when I saw a random Fenway shot, went to great lenghts to figure out which game it was, found out that it was a game in which Andy Pettitte got injured, narrowing the moment down to the actual PITCH he hurt himself on. Only to later find out that it was that injury which led him to take HGH the first time. I documented it all on my blog.

By: Josh Wilker

Josh Wilker — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:44:14 +0000

23. 21 : I like that the Old Farmer's Almanac is getting involved.

By: Ennui Willie Keeler

Ennui Willie Keeler — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:00:02 +0000

22. a red sox fan from pinstripe territory - Did you know who else analyzes baseball photos like that? George Michael, the Sports Machine guy. His Gods are from the 40s and 50s, plus he has a predilection for pictures of guys sliding. But that's his hobby and he has done presentations for the Society of American Baseball Research about it.

By: a red sox fan from pinstripe territory

a red sox fan from pinstripe territory — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:39:19 +0000

21. As for date of pic: Well, it’s gotta be from ’77 or ’76, since Royster wasn’t on the Braves before ’76. However, we know it’s ’77 since his bat has a 13 on the knob, and he only wore 13 that one year. (No Brave wore 13 in ’76, so it’s not like he was borrowing someone else’s.)

Anyway, it’s Candlestick–if the seats don’t give it away, a look at all the ’78 Braves’ Topps cards show them all in warmups at Candlestick. It’s before a day game–in fact, the clock in the background of Niekro’s card shows 11:40. Must’ve been a 1:00 game. Atlanta played at SF in May, July, and September. Checked the Old Farmer’s Almanac online and the May weekend (5/27-28) seems most likely–fairly cold and with high winds and no precip, and they’re all wearing windbreakers, though it should (really?) be noted that Royster’s wearing the jacket with “Braves” on it, while Neikro’s got the “Atlanta” one WITH his number on the front at bottom left.

If it was that weekend, Royster’s Frisco vacay was bittersweet. On Saturday he broke a scoreless tie with a 2-run single in the eighth, leading the Braves to a 2-1 victory. On Sunday, he’d make an error in the bottom of the tenth, allowing the winning run to score.

By: Eric Stephen

Eric Stephen — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:35:26 +0000

20. 19 He's one of the 17 players in the link in post 7 .

By: a red sox fan from pinstripe territory

a red sox fan from pinstripe territory — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:45:52 +0000

19. How about Psycho Lyons?

By: sly jones

sly jones — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:34:37 +0000

18. I know I'm predating the Cardboard Gods era with this one, but I gotta give a little love to Rod Kanehl. I find him especially endearing because, from what I understand, he might not have been a major-league-caliber player at ANY position. Many of the other names dropped here were actually competent at whatever position they spent the most time playing.