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Old 01-30-2012, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by HRBAKER View Post
By far my favorite post war set..............but a bear to finish. Been working on it over ten years. A slow burn.

I've been studying that 1959 Bazooka card of Rocky Colavito - great looking set, by the way, the photography almost rivals the '53 Bowmans. But, it puzzles me that the photo was apparently taken in Yankee Stadium. A piece of the famous facade is visible in the upper right corner. But, Colavito is wearing his home white Indians uni, so it wouldn't have been prior to a road game, right? I thought about an All-Star game photo op, but the only such game played in NY was 1960, after Rocky had been traded to Detroit. I'm certain the background could not be old Cleveland Muni stadium, as there was no such facade there, so why was the Rock posing in his home uni in Yankee Stadium in the 1950's? Maybe I'm missing a simple explanation.
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