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Old 10-13-2024, 04:48 PM
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I bought this snapshot basketball photo at the Philly show, I saw the kid in the middle and thought, man that looks so much like what I would think a young high school age Billy Martin would look like. Obviously I'm NOT saying its him. I am not Jolly Rodgers Imagination island. But it seemed like maybe the 0.000001% chance is there as I have read Billy played basketball. Maybe somebody has a Highschool yearbook? Thought it would be a fun share. By the way zooming into my original scan he is Jersey #8 or #9 for whatever that's worth.
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Old 10-13-2024, 04:51 PM
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There is definitely a clown in Michigan who will wholeheartedly agree with your assessment...then again, you could have posted a photo of Colonel Sanders and elicited a simliarly positive reply.

But it sure does look like him, I'll give you that. Definitely not a stretch of the imagination, but I haven't delved any more into it other than this passing glance.
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Old 10-13-2024, 05:07 PM
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There is definitely a clown in Michigan who will wholeheartedly agree with your assessment...then again, you could have posted a photo of Colonel Sanders and elicited a simliarly positive reply.

But it sure does look like him, I'll give you that. Definitely not a stretch of the imagination, but I haven't delved any more into it other than this passing glance.
If people comment no way in hell or you're crazy etc, I'm not going to argue. I mean it's some pretty far out odds. I just couldn't get it off my mind since I bought it.
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If people comment no way in hell or you're crazy etc, I'm not going to argue. I mean it's some pretty far out odds. I just couldn't get it off my mind since I bought it.
It is, but insofar as these types of threads are concerned, this is a rare time where I could get on board. Again, I haven't done any research to solidify my stance, but that does look like him to me as well.
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Old 10-13-2024, 05:14 PM
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What are the odds that he was on the same team as Leonardo DiCaprio?
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What are the odds that he was on the same team as Leonardo DiCaprio?
That's his second cousin. From the pig-nosed DiCaprio side of the family. They like to keep it hush-hush.
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Old 10-13-2024, 05:42 PM
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Sorry not him. Here is one of his HS photos

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Is this Johnny Mize sitting above Wittgenstein in this school photo??...Jerry
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Before I looked I liked the fact that his ears stuck out, as Martin's definitely do. However the kids ears have a convex outer edge, Martin's are concave. That's pretty conclusive I think, but I'm not an expert.
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Before I looked I liked the fact that his ears stuck out, as Martin's definitely do. However the kids ears have a convex outer edge, Martin's are concave. That's pretty conclusive I think, but I'm not an expert.
My Gosh, Billy had a schnoz on him, didn't he? I wonder if he had work on it somewhere along the line.
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I would say no, he has all 5 fingers on the ball pointing to the photographer, instead of just his middle finger.
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Agree, doesn't look close here. I did read Billy played basketball in Colorado for a military team before getting into the bigs as well. The yearbook photo is him very young, looks like a freshman. So I'm still not saying a definite no yet.
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Before I looked I liked the fact that his ears stuck out, as Martin's definitely do. However the kids ears have a convex outer edge, Martin's are concave. That's pretty conclusive I think, but I'm not an expert.
I can see what you're saying a bit.
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What are the odds that he was on the same team as Leonardo DiCaprio?
Actually I believe the movie star in the photo is player # 7 on the bottom right...Matt Damon.

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I was thinking #7 looked like Buster Poindexter.

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I was thinking #7 looked like Buster Poindexter.

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I got this exact comment from a friend lol.
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Matt Damon is out...I am now convinced Buster Poindexter time traveled to photo bomb this basketball team picture session.


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It's actually Magnus Carlsen.
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He did.
He got punched over the years quite a few times!
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