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Old 10-15-2024, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris Counts:

I still can't figure out why "Lords catches his man" features Jackson, at least according to some, and "Too late for Devlin" doesn't. They look like the same player to me.

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Originally Posted by robw1959 View Post
They do bear some facial similarity, but, to me, they are not quite dead-ringers. The sliding figure in "Lord Catches His Man" Has some solid newspaper provenance as well. Is there any such provenance for the guy sliding toward Art Devlin?

The Too Late for Devlin cannot possibly be Joe Jackson, as Devlin played his entire career in the National League, and Jackson played entirely in the American League.

The sliding player must be a Cincinnati Red.


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