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11-19-2014, 03:07 PM
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I tried a few things that might help.
I found a shot of the side of Cobb's face and tilted it to put it side by side with Jim's photo at a similar angle (Jim's is on th left); I also made Jim's photo into black and white and darkened it up. I then took the same image and covered the bottom of Cobb's face on the guaranteed Cobb image to help the comparison. It looks like Cobb to me. Another clue that nobody is discussed is the guy on deck. I looked at 1925 box scores on baseball reference (http://www.baseball-reference.com/te...e-scores.shtml) and it looks like Harry Heilman hit behind Cobb frequently that year. I also posted Jim's photo of the on deck hitter. Does anyone recognize him? Obviously the guy hitting behind Cobb in spring training might not be the guy who hit behind him during the season. Last edited by Jobu; 04-20-2015 at 01:57 PM. Reason: typo 
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11-19-2014, 03:41 PM
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Quote:
 Last edited by t206hound; 11-19-2014 at 03:45 PM.
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11-19-2014, 07:24 PM
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Here are closeups of the players on the bench, as you can see some have insignias on their caps and some don't, some are in dark jerseys, some in long sleeves, some in short sleeves such as the on deck batter. My guess for a spring exhibition and given the informal setting loose dress was par for the course. Also attached is a photo of Heilman which is a possibility for the on deck batter, note the corner of the mouth, but hard to say as it is just too fuzzy.
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11-19-2014, 07:33 PM
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I'm sorry but these threads are funny when someone thinks a famous ball player is in a photo. If someone disagrees and doesn't think the player is a match, the OP goes in defense mode and has defend/grasp at straws as to why it is that player.
No one will ever know if this photo is Cobb unless you find the same photo again in a newspaper with it saying Ty Cobb. As of right now it's just a blurry photo of a baseball player hitting a baseball.
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11-20-2014, 08:31 AM
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I don't know enough about spring training in the 20s to answer this -- would a major league team be playing on an open field with no dugouts? -- it looks like there is just a bench, and there are fans sitting on the bench along with the couple of players who are visible.
And are we sure that the players we see in the bench area are on the same team as the batter? If that's the Tigers at bat, where are the other twenty or so guys? I'm also wondering about the corner of a structure you can see behind the umpire in the full shot -- what is that? Bottom line -- it's a real nice photo! Greg
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04-19-2015, 10:57 AM
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Thanks for all the interest, believers and doubters alike, it has been fun and enlightening. I just had several items framed and thought everyone might enjoy seeing this piece framed in a vintage tiger oak shadowbox for display in my collection.
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