who is this??

Archive · #1 12-28-2005, 09:14 AM

Posted By: scott brockelman

i emailed the seller of the ebay auction below to inform him it was not cy young, he would like to know who it is, i have looked thru many images of boston players but cannot place the guy.

any help?

scott

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8742979311&sspagename=ADME:L:RTQ:US:1

Archive · #2 12-28-2005, 09:21 AM

Posted By: warshawlaw

Mickey Lolich? Boog Powell?

Archive · #3 12-28-2005, 09:24 AM

Posted By: Al Crisafulli

Looks like my Uncle Dino.

-Al

Archive · #4 12-28-2005, 10:23 AM

Posted By: Daniel Bretta

It looks like Bill Dineen to me. On a second look it could be George Winter.

Archive · #5 12-28-2005, 10:51 AM

Posted By: Julie Vognar

..is get out a Baseball Enclyclopedia, look at Boston team 1909, and then look up all the individual players--and see who weighs much too much for his height...of course, they might lie, like I do!

Archive · #6 12-28-2005, 02:54 PM

Posted By: warshawlaw

David Wells?

Archive · #7 12-28-2005, 02:58 PM

Posted By: dennis

my guess would be "tubby" spencer.

Archive · #8 12-28-2005, 02:59 PM

Posted By: Jay Miller

Richard Causey's great grandfather.

Archive · #9 12-28-2005, 03:14 PM

Posted By: Todd Schultz

since it doesn't resemble Cy. Also, according to the seller, this was a Carl Horner photo from 1900, which means it predates the Boston A.L. team by a year. So you're looking for a Boston National, a team for which Cy Young never pitched.

Archive · #10 12-28-2005, 03:18 PM

Posted By: barrysloate

Cy Young pitched for the Boston Nationals in 1911, then retired. But that picture is of course not him.

Archive · #11 12-28-2005, 03:34 PM

Posted By: Todd Schultz

EOM

Archive · #12 12-28-2005, 04:41 PM

Posted By: Daniel Bretta

The seller emailed me back and he still thinks this is Cy Young. He told me to do a google image search of Young. Oh well....buyer beware on this one.

There is another guy who is selling a photo on ebay that he says is Ty Cobb - never mind the fact that the guy in the photo is batting right handed. I emailed him and told him that it is doubtful that his photo depicts Cobb since the subject is hitting Right handed...Never heard back and the auction still runs as is.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8741319949&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

Archive · #13 12-28-2005, 05:07 PM

Posted By: barrysloate

Some people stick to their guns no matter how many times they are told they are wrong about something. Not only isn't it Cy Young, but there isn't even a vague resemblance. Wearing a jersey that reads "Boston" doesn't automatically qualify you as Young. What a doofus.

Archive · #14 12-28-2005, 05:09 PM

Posted By: GSmith

this a picture of Mayor Curley?

Archive · #15 12-29-2005, 12:00 PM

Posted By: William Brumbach

Beau Bridges?

Before they were the Fabulous Baker Boys, they played baseball!

Archive · #16 12-29-2005, 04:34 PM

Posted By: Tim James

As far as the "Cobb" photo,where is the signature split hand grip ? I considered the fact that the neg.could be reversed,but by 1915 he was well known for his distinct batting grip.

Archive · #17 12-29-2005, 04:57 PM

Posted By: Anonymous

Cobb bats left handed lol, pic has him right handed

Archive · #18 12-29-2005, 05:27 PM

Posted By: Tim James

I was just considering the options,al la 57 Aaron.I knew as soon as I saw this that it was not Ty Cobb.

Archive · #19 12-29-2005, 09:12 PM

Posted By: Tim James

I have e-maled the seller stating the points regarding left bat and split hand grip.No response.

Archive · #20 12-30-2005, 06:54 AM

Posted By: joe brennan

I e-mailed and e-bay seller that had a print listed as a Maxfield Parrish. She bought it at an estate sale and thats what they told her. The artist was obviously Robert Wood and I politely told her that. She responded that I was mistaken and that the auctioneer was very knowledgeable in this area.

(Side fact, Maxfield Parrish original prints sell for 10x Wood prints)

I own 40 or so Parrish and only 2 Wood prints and I happen to own the identical print in 18"x 30" and it hangs over one of my fireplaces. I took a photo of it and told her that although you were led to believe it was a Parrish, I in fact was positive it was a Wood and here is the proof with the sig at the bottom. Her print of course had the sig cut off.

Her last reply was that she was positive it was a Parrish and that my print must've been a copy of his work. I guess she didn't want to believe she had been taken? I gave up and watched it not sell, after all it was priced at 10x what it was worth. But I give her credit, she stuck to her guns.

A scared man can't gamble and a jealous man can't work.

Archive · #21 12-30-2005, 08:55 AM

Posted By: Daniel Bretta

Talking about sticking to your guns....I emailed a seller that he had listed an outseam playground ball as a 19th Century baseball and I never heard back from him.....the auction went the course without any bids and he relisted it exactly the same way so I emailed him again to tell him that if in fact it was a 19th Century baseball it would have sold the last time he listed it. He emailed me back and said I was very rude. At least this time he changed it to say it was a playground ball and it sold. Sometimes it doesn't pay to try and help people.

Archive · #22 12-30-2005, 09:10 AM

Posted By: jay behrens

Sounds to me like an atypical scam artist. Instead of getting rude and indigmant, they just act polite and hope that by being nice, you will go away. With so many things being mislabeled, it's hard to believe that this person is being suckered on every item they buy.

Jay

I've just reached Upper Lower Class. I am now officially a babe magnet for poor chicks.