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If I had to guess, I'd say Tenney. One or both of two things happened--the artist took some license and/or Okkonen's reference material is mistaken.
As for the latter, Okkonen does not show that the Reds had any blue uniforms with Cincinnati spelled out across the front during the years 1906-1913, yet the many T206 cards and others showing this combination make it likely that the team in fact wore it. Assuming that the Cinci blue with red were only worn on the road, that would make the Giants a home uniform most like a 1909 Okonnen example--solid socks, white cap (but no stripe in cap). 1908 had stripes in both cap and socks, but in red.
As for the former, I still have trouble conceptualizing what the heck is happening. Presumably there is someone throwing back to first base. It would almost have to be a loose ball behind the plate with the catcher throwing for the baselines to make sense, and then one would wonder why the pitcher, mound or 3B are not shown at all. Strange.
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