#20, Reggie Jackson... ?

D-Lite · Jan 5, 2015

Leaf Q looks nice, but what?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2014-Leaf-Q...to-14-25-/331434528314?_trksid=p2054897.l4275

I guess that's what happens when you need to dig for photos without the logo. I find no record of Reggie wearing #20 for anyone. Spring training photo? Helmet during fielding practice?

Yanks2151 · Jan 5, 2015

Lol, he jumped into Bucky Dents uniform!

jszczech · Jan 5, 2015

I have always wondered the same thing about this Kirby Puckett Topps Tribute card.

Austin · Jan 5, 2015

D-Lite said:
guess that's what happens when you need to dig for photos without the logo. I find no record of Reggie wearing #20 for anyone. Spring training photo? Helmet during fielding practice?

It's actually an extremely rare photo from one day in Spring Training.
From Wikipedia:

Upon arriving in New York, the number 9 that he had worn in Oakland and Baltimore was worn by third baseman Graig Nettles. Jackson asked for number 42, in memory of Jackie Robinson, but manager Billy Martinbrought his friend Art Fowler in as pitching coach, and gave him number 42. So, noting that then-all-time home run leader Hank Aaron had just retired, Jackson asked for and received number 44, Aaron's number. On his first day in spring training the following February, however, Jackson wore number 20 (the number of Frank Robinson, who had also just retired) before switching to 44.

Yanks2151 · Jan 5, 2015

Austin said:
It's actually an extremely rare photo from one day in Spring Training.
From Wikipedia:

Upon arriving in New York, the number 9 that he had worn in Oakland and Baltimore was worn by third baseman Graig Nettles. Jackson asked for number 42, in memory of Jackie Robinson, but manager Billy Martinbrought his friend Art Fowler in as pitching coach, and gave him number 42. So, noting that then-all-time home run leader Hank Aaron had just retired, Jackson asked for and received number 44, Aaron's number. On his first day in spring training the following February, however, Jackson wore number 20 (the number of Frank Robinson, who had also just retired) before switching to 44.

I had no idea! Thanks. I think of Bucky Dent and Jorge Posada when I hear a Yankee #20

D-Lite · Jan 5, 2015

That's awesome actually, although is that why Brian chose that for the Leaf Q card?

Yanks2151 · Jan 5, 2015

Wait a sec.....Did the Yankees wear pinstripes in Spring Training back then?

Yanks2151 · Jan 5, 2015

http://sports.mearsonlineauctions.com/lot-38425.aspx

Mighty Bombjack · Jan 5, 2015

jszczech said:
I have always wondered the same thing about this Kirby Puckett Topps Tribute card.

wow, that is funny to see!

I was the editor for the first Topps Tirbute set in 2001, and I originally pulled that exact photo from the file cabinet to use on Puckett's card. After I put the slide under the loupe on the light box, it occurred to me that 32 was not Puckett's usual number, and that it would look pretty bad to have that photo on a "Retired Jersey Edition" card! I put it back in the file.

I find it funny that whoever took over my job pulled it back out for a later iteration of Tribute.

BBCgalaxee · Jan 5, 2015

That Jackson is awesome!
Had no idea he wore anything but 44.
If I collected Reggie, I'd be all over it as I love "unique/ rarely seen"photos.

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D-Lite · Jan 6, 2015

Yanks2151 said:
http://sports.mearsonlineauctions.com/lot-38425.aspx

So awesome. They mention you can see the original #20 on it and it's quite visible

Yanks2151 · Jan 6, 2015

I had the same reaction when I saw Mattingly on what I think it was an early Beckett magazine wearing #46 . I wonder if Pettitte knew that.

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