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Posted By: Chris Counts

Peter,

How about the 1940 Reds? HOFer Ernie Lombardi was out with an injury, his backup Willard Herschberger killed himself and the Reds were forced to play the series with Jimmy Wilson, a 40-something-year-old coach, at catcher. He wasn't a bad catcher in his day, but by then, his day had long passed ... Here's a pair of Reds' catchers from one of my favorite sets, W-711 ...