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john/z28jd Ted,i have a better one for you. I think the 2 cards of Ted Downey really arent both him and heres why.
1- the players on the 2 cards dont look alike
2 he was a nobody,a poor fielding shortstop with no batting skills when the t206 set came out so why have 2 cards
3- his batting pose doesnt have the word Cincinnati on the uniform but his fielding pose does
4- there was a player in 1909 named Red Downey who couldve easily been confused with a guy named Downey on the Reds
5- If you look at the belt buckle on Downey in his batting pose youll notice the middle part(whatever the heck that things called) is facing backwards as if the photo is reversed
6- Red Downey was a lefty so when he they got the picture they couldve noticed this and assumed it was Ted Downey and just reversed the picture to make it correct which explains number 5
Theres no doubt in my mind that the batting pose is really Red Downey which proves they didnt get every player/card right in the set