Sonny Siebert has clearly customized his glove here, though to what end I do not know. Perhaps some kind of tally marks?
Mike Shannon, #18, with bat #29. No Cardinals wore #29 in 1965; pitcher Dave Dowling used it in 1964. Maybe one of Dowling's bats?
Another stray #29. Joe Cunningham was #3 on the Senators. The bat belonged to catcher Doug Camilli.
I had no idea how many guys used someone else's bat until you started this series. I thought stuff like this would be fairly uncommon.
ReplyDeleteblows my mind too. no way I'm letting someone else photog my bat :)
ReplyDeleteSonny is still alive, so it would be possible for someone to ask him about those hash marks.
ReplyDeleteReally dig that Jim Shannon card. Any vintage card with a old scoreboard in the background is a win in my book.
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