Searching for pic of player.

[Mrmagic89]

Hello sox fans!

 

Im from Sweden and went over to Boston last year for a game, i looked in the Fenway Park 100 year book and i found a picture i would like to get.

 

It's a redsox outfielder that jumps along the wall and catches the ball. An old photo, does anyone know what picture i mean?

 

Thanks

 

Richard

[Dojji]

That's not very specific with a team as historied as ours. A lot of big catches spring to mind, especially since you didn't specify which outfield wall. The Monster is the obvious first thought, especially since we've had 3 all-time great left fielders in the last few decades, but we had some HUGE catches by the right field corner, such as Brunansky's doozy in I want to say 95. Dwight Evans made some big ones too.

 

A lot of the all-time greats patrolled our outfield, from Tris Speaker to Ted Williams to Dwight Evans to the modern guys. So we need more than "a great catch at a wall sometime old."

 

Telling us the name (or number and year) of the player involved would help a lot.

[cbbosox]

Not much as i don't have the answer but my guess it is Yaz

[Dojji]

The big Yaz catch in 67 was my first guess too.

[Jack0329]

My first thought was one of Freddy Lynn's acrobatic catches. Maybe one of these?

 

youtube.com/watch?v=8rQ8jt9vteA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Jack0329]

Couldn't post the live link. Sorry, site rule for newbies......

[Mrmagic89]

The thing is that i have a really small photo of it, but can't post the link here, because im new. Could i send the pic to someone thru PM?

 

BTW thanks for the help so far guys.

[Dojji]

Does it at least have a number on the player? That would narrow it down a ton. If it's Yaz or Lynn, it'd narrow it down ALL the way since those numbers are retired.

[Mrmagic89]

Does it at least have a number on the player? That would narrow it down a ton. If it's Yaz or Lynn, it'd narrow it down ALL the way since those numbers are retired.

 

No sorry, no number.

 

I got in the pic under here in some way

 

Thanks

[a700hitter]

No sorry, no number.

 

I got in the pic under here in some way

 

Thanks

That's Teddy Ballgame.

[Spudboy]

I would have guessed Yaz.

[Mrmagic89]

That's Teddy Ballgame.

 

Ok thanks!

 

Do anyone know were i can find it with better resolution?

Really hard to find

[Dojji]

Hmm. Might be Yaz after all...

 

 

Pause at about 1:30. I see a lot of similarities.

 

EDIT: Nope. Scoreboard isn't right, it's not the same catch.

[Dojji]

OK this proves it was Teddy.

 

http://www.zazzle.com/men_inspect_the_grounds_near_scoreboard_at_fenway_poster-228549365030208523

 

This is a picture of Fenway's left field in the mid 30's.

 

When Yaz debuted in 1961, the scoreboard looked different.

 

http://www.scoreboardclassics.com/scoreboards/fenway-park-scoreboard.jpg

 

(note the different font).

 

That said, I can't find that picture. Every image I'm seeing online of Ted Williams, he had a bat in his hand -- for very good reason. Williams was one of the best hitters in baseball history. As a fielder... he was one of the best hitters in baseball history.

 

That and whenever I refine the search looking for "Ted Williams catch" I see the man in ridiculous rubber pants holding up a fish.

[a700hitter]

It wasn't Yaz. I could pick Yaz out of a lineup with 9 other Yaz lookalikes. I am almost certain that it is Williams. Same body build. I've seen pictures of him wearing that type of glove.