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Old 08-01-2008, 04:22 PM
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Default T206 JACK DUNN....Babe Ruth's 1st manager

Posted By: Steve Dawson

TomB...

You are correct that it is possible for it to be a diving pose. The main sticking point with that though, is that if you look at Dunn's face, he's seemingly way too relaxed to be in the middle of a dive. The picture above Dunn in your post reflects this...that player is all tensed up waiting for impact with the ground, as I would think all players would be.

Edited to add:

Also, looking at the visible part of each player's pants...The player above Dunn: his pants are parallel to the ground. Dunn's pants however, are not parallel; they appear to start into a roughly 45 degree angle toward the ground.

Based on this, I really don't believe that the photo is of Dunn in a dive. I suppose we'll probably never know until and unless the original photo surfaces.


Steve

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