Can anyone identify exactly where this crossword comes from? MYSTERY SOLVED.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by sschauer

They are from Baseball Digest here is the checklist that I've pieced together not sure if there are more The Garvey is from 75-May edition

Jul-71 Mickey Mantle
Aug-71 Pete Rose
Sep-71 Ernie Banks
Oct-71 Reggie Jackson
Nov-71 Merv Rettmund
Dec-71 Mudcat Grant
Jan-72 Willie Mays
Feb-72 Joe Torre
Mar-72 Yoggi Berra
Apr-72 Amos Ottis
May-72 Danny Murtaugh
Jun-72 Sam McDowell
Jul-72 Roberto Clemente
Aug-72 Johnny Bench
Sep-72 Vida Blue
Oct-72 Ted Williams
Nov-72 Dave McNally
Dec-72 Bill Virdon
Jan-73 Steve Carlton
Feb-73 Carlton Fisk
Mar-73 Tom Seaver
Apr-73 Dick Allen
May-73 Walter Alston
Jun-73 -
Jul-73 -
Aug-73 -
Sep-73 -
Oct-73 Billy Williams
Nov-73 Cookie Rojas
Dec-73 Rod Carew
Jan-74 Hank Aaron
Feb-74 Nolan Ryan
Mar-74 -
Apr-74 Willie Stargell
May-74 Bobby Murcer
Jun-74 Bert Blyleven
Jul-74 Nate Colbert
Aug-74 Jim Hunter
Sep-74 Joe Coleman
Oct-74 Alex Johnson
Nov-74 Bob Gibson
Dec-74 Jim Wynn
Jan-75 Jeff Burroughs
Feb-75 Ken Brett
Mar-75 Lou Brock
Apr-75 Rusty Staub
May-75 Steve Garvey
Jun-75 Frank Robinson
Jul-75 Steve Busby
Aug-75 Dave Concepcion
Sep-75 Ferguson Jenkins
Oct-75 Larry Bowa
Nov-75 Phil Niekro
Dec-75 Sal Bando Special Edition
Dave Concepcion
Jan-76 Luis Tiant
Feb-76 Joe Morgan
Mar-76 Fred Lynn
Apr-76 John Montefusco
May-76 George Scott
Jun-76 Bill Madlock
Jul-76 Mickey Lolich
Aug-76 Don Kessinger
Sep-76 Larry Hisle
Oct-76 Larry Dierker
Nov-76 Bobby Grich
Dec-76 Randy Jones
Jan-77 George Brett
Feb-77 George Foster
Mar-77 Jim Palmer
Apr-77 Thurman Munson
May-77 Ron Cey
Jun-77 Frank Tanana
Jul-77 Carl Yastrzemski
Aug-77 Greg Luzinski
Sep-77 Willie Montanez
Oct-77 Gaylord Perry
Nov-77 Dave Parker
Dec-77 Willie Randolph
Jan-78 Don Sutton
Feb-78 Rick Burleson
Mar-78 Willie McCovey
Apr-78 Ken Griffey Sr
May-78 Brooks Robinson
Jun-78 Rick Reuschel
Jul-78 Barry Bonds Sr
Aug-78 Ted Simmons
Sep-78 Mike Schmidt
Oct-78 Hal McRae
Nov-78 Ross Grimsley
Dec-78 Dave Winfield
Jan-79 Ron Guidry
Feb-79 Reggie Smith
Mar-79 Jim Rice
Apr-79 Boog Powell
May-79 Gary Mathews
Jun-79 Ron LeFlore
Jul-79 Enos Cabell
Aug-79 Al Oliver
Sep-79 Manny Sunguillen
Oct-79 Mike Marshall
Nov-79 Lee Mazzilli
Dec-79 Don Baylor
Jan-80 Bob Boone
Feb-80 Darrell Porter
Mar-80 Larry Parrish
Apr-80 Chet Lemon
May-80 Dave Kingman
Jun-80 Bruce Bochte
Jul-80 Davey Lopes
Aug-80 Cecil Cooper
Sep-80 Garry Templeton
Oct-80 Roy Smalley
Nov-80 Joe Niekro
Dec-80 Ken Singleton
Jan-81 Omar Moreno
Feb-81 Jack Clark
Mar-81 Mike Norris
Apr-81 Reggie Jackson
May-81 Andre Dawson
Jun-81 Johnny Bench

Who's Barry Bonds Sr??

[mrmopar]

Finally dug out the Baseball Digest that has Garvey. I couldn't bring myself to cut one out!



It's still a mystery to me where the other one came from originally, although I am guessing Sporting News.

[mrmopar]

In case anyone cares…

Bringing this one back to life because I finally found out where the original crossword came from. I checked the back and it had an article about Andy Messersmith. I was able to determine from that information, the author and the partial title of the article, where it was published! Not sure why I didn't think of this before.

I was right all along. It is in fact from The Sporting News from 1976. I have the full issue with unmarked crossword on the way as of today, after confirming with a seller that it is in this particular issue and unmarked!

TSN seems to be a bit harder to find in bulk for cheap compared to Baseball Digest, so I won't be compiling the checklist like I did with Baseball Digest but I would love to know how many different subjects appear in this type of crossword in TSN. Anyone have complete runs from the 70s and some time to re-read them? The only TSNs I have feature Garvey/Dodger covers and are buried somewhere right now.

Love a good mystery and score one for the internet again!

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by mrmopar

In case anyone cares… Love a good mystery and score one for the internet again!

I care... Love the odd-ball stuff and even though I'm not a Garvey collector I like a good mystery. Glad to hear that you tracked it down. Really liked this thread as well so I liked to view it once again.

I have a few advertising cutouts that I have (that are in very POOR shape) that I'd like to ultimately get better examples one day. Just have to track them down, like you, to find out what issue they are from.

Thanks for sharing...