Team Photo Questions

[aelefson]

Hi-
Thank you very much for everyone's help so far! I rescanned it at 400dpi and am using imgur to host it. Unfortunately, the hats were colred in red at some point, so details there are minimal. Please let me know if you need better scans. I really appreciate all of the help so far!
Alan

[Butch7999]

Thanks, Alan -- well, we can see now that those are pretty surely not college boys, so that rules that thought out...

bretts, good thought, the closer look does make it appear those are bars and not just architectural decoration, so quite possibly you're right
and it is indeed a prison building... although that seems like rather a lot of windows for a prison, and that lawn with the trees and birdhouse and all
seems a little pastoral for a prison setting... We still think identifying the building will be key to any possible identification of the team...

The "free-form sculpture" can now be clearly seen to be some sort of boiler/ventilation apparatus. The figure seated at its base might be wearing
prison garb. Or military garb. Or just workman's clothes.

The more we can see, the further away we seem to be getting from a positive ID of anything. Also of note, already apparent in the small pic:
there are only 16 players, which seems a few guys short of a minor pro team, and they're wearing two different styles of uniform. Based just on that,
Alan's original surmise that this was a semi-pro club (or even amateur) seems more likely correct, which means it'll be even harder to pin down...

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by Butch7999

bretts, good thought, the closer look does make it appear those are bars and not just architectural decoration, so quite possibly you're right
and it is indeed a prison building... although that seems like rather a lot of windows for a prison, and that lawn with the trees and birdhouse and all
seems a little pastoral for a prison setting... We still think identifying the building will be key to any possible identification of the team...

Perhaps a sanatorium? That would fit better with the many windows (lots of "healing" light), manicured and peaceful grounds, but still a need for bars on the windows.

[Runscott]

The catcher has a strange forearm tattoo. A higher-res scan and you might be able to read the signature on the bat next to him.

The fact that there are so many players makes me think 'minor leagues', as in 'not prison or sanitarium'.

The piece has a gulf coast look to it (to me). Maybe Moultrie,GA? If so, you are out of luck - class D players didn't make it to the big leagues all that often. Same for any of the other lower-class teams.

[UnVme7]

I'm seeing a lot of Hillerich bats, one of which being a signature model. I'm guessing this is a minor league team, unless they are using a bunch of Hillerich bats that are pro stock's of someone. I doubt a jail or a company team would use nothing but Hillerich bats.

[aelefson]

Thanks again for everyone's help! It would have been nice if it was a famous team but I like the image anyway. I will try to research some of the teams listed above and see if I can ever figure it out.

Thank you,
Alan

[thecatspajamas]

Every time I look at this photo, my eye is drawn to the guy in the back row, 4th from the left. I could swear that I've seen him before, but haven't been able to put a name with the face.

Same thing, but to a lesser extent, with the guy just to our right of him, but I think it's just the eyebrows that remind me of Frenchy Bordagaray.