Sandlot softball game? High School game? Perhaps even a Division III College game?
Nope, believe it or not this is a photo used for a Major League Baseball card by Topps!
I warned you all that the 1973 Topps set would be heavily
represented in the "What Were They Thinking?" series, and here is
another gem from that set: #627 Luis Alvarado.
Where on earth do we even begin with this card? The photo is
atrocious. You can't even tell at a glance WHO the card is trying to
represent since the angle of the shot makes it look like the player
about to catch the thrown ball is actually the first baseman
yet the player supposed to be shown is called out as a shortstop. Funny
enough, Alvarado is listed on all rosters I can find of the '73 White
Sox as the second baseman. Secondly, what the heck is it with the cars
parked on the other side of the chain link
fence?! What kind of (what I assume to be) Spring training park is
this?
On a final note, I have scoured as many different White Sox roster
lists I can find, and I cannot find out who the player (#38) with his
back to the camera is. I was guessing Jorge Orta, but it's just that: a
wild guess. Any help would be awesome!
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| Is that a red Pontiac Le Mans parked out there?! |
