Greg Luzinski.
Back when Shea Stadium was empty behind the outfield fence. Supposedly April 7, 1973.
Luzinski was 0-for-3 with a walk on this day. He was intentionally walked with a runner on second and one out in the top of the ninth of a 2-2 game. The strategy worked as Jon Matlack retired Jose Pagan and Bob Boone, and in the bottom of the ninth the Mets won it on a walkoff single by Willie Mays.
The only other card that might have a photo from the same time is his '75 Topps, which is also a Shea Stadium photo, and he appears to be standing in more or less the same spot. However, the left side of home plate at Shea Stadium seems to have been the most popular place for Topps to take player photos, so it could well have been taken another time.
In other news, President Nixon announced new import fees on gas and oil, the first rugby world cup was held, and astronomers at the OSU Radio Observatory announced the discovery of quasar OH471, the most distant observed object in the universe, which they dubbed "the blaze marking the edge of the universe".
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