Vintage Baseball Glove Forum

I picked up this framed photo at a flea market in Florida last month. I bought it because there were some gloves pictured in the front row. When I got back to the car, I took a closer look and discovered that there is a Hall of Famer in this picture. Can you spot him? (Honor system please, No Googling)

Rockin' Robin! Cool!

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
Can't miss those ears!

After he finished the season playing for Michigan, he would go and play for this team in Vermont. He won a ridiculous number of games for them in 1946 and 1947. After that he was signed by the Phillies. The photo is an actual print (not a Xerox) with the photo studio's name embossed into the border. It was a pretty cool and inexpensive find.

From Robin's book with Paul Rogers, "My Life In Baseball":
'I was headed for a phenomenal time, pitching for the Twin City Trojans, named for Montpelier and Barre, Vermont. I was paid $175 a month for expenses, and all we did was play baseball.. We did not have any outside or part-time jobs., and from June 15 to Labor Day, we played almost every day, 60 games total.The weekeday games were twilight affairs that began about 5:15, and we played in the afternoon on weekends. We a good ball club but lost the pennant to the Bennington Generals. I was strictly a pitcher and finished with an 11-8 won-loss record. I was erratic to say the least. . . ."

I googled (after knowing who it was) and found this:







http://www.thevermontmountaineers.com/stadium_and_history/robin_roberts.html