Net54baseball.com Forums

Net54baseball.com Forums (http://www.net54baseball.com/index.php)
-   Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions (http://www.net54baseball.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2)
-   -   Trivial T206 Question (http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=165332)

Sean 03-14-2013 06:03 PM

Trivial T206 Question
 
1 Attachment(s)
Can anyone explain why Cy Young appears to be wearing a Philadelphia Athletics uniform on this card? He never played for the A's. He left Cleveland in mid-1911 and went to Boston. I suppose he could have worked out with the A's before signing with the Braves.
The problem with this explanation is that this card has a Series 350 back, so it would have been printed before the 1911 season even began. So can anyone explain this uniform?:confused:


Attachment 91897

Jlighter 03-14-2013 06:16 PM

1 Attachment(s)
There should be a B on the other side

Boston Americans.

Sean 03-14-2013 06:37 PM

That makes sense, except that none of the other Boston player have a "B A". Their uniforms all say BOSTON in red letters on white uniforms. Besides, Cy left Boston after 1908.

Craig M 03-14-2013 07:39 PM

I think he played for the Boston Rustlers in 1911.

Craig

Jlighter 03-14-2013 07:40 PM

1 Attachment(s)
Here's a cool display of the evolution of Red Sox uniforms.

Sean 03-14-2013 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Craig M (Post 1103449)
I think he played for the Boston Rustlers in 1911.

Craig

He played for both Cleveland (for the first half of 1911) and the Boston Rustlers (for the second half). I still don't get the "A" on his uniform.:)

Jlighter 03-14-2013 07:50 PM

1 Attachment(s)
This is a very nice composite showing players in uniform.

Link: http://www.legendaryauctions.com/Lot...ntoryid=109179

Sean 03-14-2013 07:52 PM

Thanks Jake. I still don't understand why he would have an "A" on his uniform in 1910. I love that 1908 uniform. They occasionally wear it as a throwback. I think Boston has one of those classic uniforms, along with St. Louis, that I really like.:)

drumback 03-14-2013 08:08 PM

Cy Young
 
I believe some of the photos used to make the T206 set were taken years before the set actually came out.

stewbacca 03-14-2013 08:20 PM

I think you are looking at the pictures and the cards in todays light. Back then people didnt just carry around their cell phone, snap pictures and get them on instigram as fast as they can. Back then the process was probably painstaking by todays standards and they just used what was available to get them onto cards. Just thinking out loud.

Paul

Sean 03-14-2013 08:31 PM

Jake, I think you guys are right. While it seems odd that they would picture Cy in an old uniform from a team he had left a couple years earlier, that certainly makes more sense than this being a jersey from a team for whom he never played. It must be an old style Boston uniform. Thanks everybody.

MVSNYC 03-14-2013 09:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drumback (Post 1103464)
I believe some of the photos used to make the T206 set were taken years before the set actually came out.


+1

Many of the photos used in T206 were from years prior. Most of the Carl Horner portraits were taken early to mid '00s (aughts).

Leon 03-14-2013 10:14 PM

No doubt they were Carl Horner photos. I think it was Boston Americans is what the BA stood for, but not sure. I have shown this, mainly to heckle Peter S, but it still fits in the thread....

http://luckeycards.com/pe901youngportrait.jpg

mrvster 03-15-2013 05:51 AM

Leon
 
:)Georgeous card!

and yes, it did stand for Boston Americans......was brought up on that episode of Pawn Stars....

T206Collector 03-15-2013 07:52 AM

1 Attachment(s)
Check out Unglaub's uniform. The laced up front was, I believe, a thing of the past by 1909. I recall someone on Net54 saying it was the only laced up front in T206, and I think he's right.


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 04:56 PM.