Name these Mets?

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

http://www.uniwatchblog.com/ Uniwatch has a couple neat Mets items today, but I'm digging this ad for Supima. The patch tells us it's from the World's Fair year, and that looks like our beloved Eddie in back. Can we figure out the others? Jessie Gonder?

[Frayed Knot]

Jim Hickman on the right, and I'm guessing Joe Christopher front-right.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Is that Ron Hunt on the end?

[Benjamin Grimm]

The third Met is definitely Ed Kranepool.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I would say George Altman is the short black guy ... No it's the little lefty from Waco Texas, Al Jackson!

[seawolf17]

Second guy is Al Jackson...?

[seawolf17]

And I'm saying Ed Charles is second from right.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

No, 2nd from right is definitely Christopher. ... Charles wouldn't be a Met for 3 years...

The first guy is... Galen Cisco?

[seawolf17]

[batmagadanleadoff]

Chris Cannizzaro,Al Jackson, Ed Kranepool, Joe Christopher and Jim Hickman. That ad's from 1965. I own a large commercial-sized version of that ad.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Chris Cannizzaro,Al Jackson, Ed Kranepool, Joe Christopher and Jim Hickman. That ad's from 1965. I own a large commercial-sized version of that ad.[/quote:1vcbw71n]

That's Julius Monk, famous NY night-club owner, pitching Supima cotton with NY Mets. I just noticed that the picture on Uni Watch (reposted at the top of this thread) was cropped to omit the ad copy.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Chris Cannizzaro,Al Jackson, Ed Kranepool, Joe Christopher and Jim Hickman. That ad's from 1965. I own a large commercial-sized version of that ad.[/quote:z9fdsnb9]

When is the field trip to view this collection?

[Met Hunter]

That's not Cannizzaro. Seawolf is right. It's Galen Cisco. The picture itself is from 1964. Notice the World's Fair patch.

[batmagadanleadoff]

That's not Cannizzaro. Seawolf is right. It's Galen Cisco. The picture itself is from 1964. Notice the World's Fair patch.[/quote:2oyr9a8h]

I think you and Seawolf are right on Cisco. If you have a 1965 Mets yearbook, Cisco and Cannizzarro are both conveniently pictured on page 21 for easy side by side comparison. Cisco's yearbook pic is a dead ringer for the first Met left in the Supima ad.

The photo might have been taken in 1964, but the ad ran in 1965. BTW, the Mets wore World's Fair patches in 1965 also -- but the 1965 unis had numbers on the front for the first time ever.

[Guest Edgy DC]

That looks like Hickman's ears on the right, maybe, but the closed weave on the glove webbing suggests a pitcher.

Asides, Hick had gaps in his teeth, a schnozz that kept giving, and Krane-like bushy brows, none of which that guy is brandishing.


I think maybe it's Tracy Stallard, who had ears like that also, plus was listed at 6'5", which would have matched with the apparent two inches he seems to have on Ed Kranepool here.

[batmagadanleadoff]

That looks like Hickman's ears on the right, maybe, but the closed weave on the glove webbing suggests a pitcher.

Asides, Hick had gaps in his teeth, a schnozz that kept giving, and Krane-like bushy brows, none of which that guy is brandishing.


I think maybe it's Tracy Stallard, who had ears like that also, plus was listed at 6'5", which would have matched with the apparent two inches he seems to have on Ed Kranepool here.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Not completely without merit, but I'll say no, as Parsons seems to have softer features than the sharper-boned mystery man.

I'm not closing the book on Hickman. He seemed to have had bridgework done, between the autograph photo below (not suitable for children) and the card that follows, which unfortunately doesn't reveal the webbing in his glove.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Notice how brilliant those seats shine in that brand new stadium?

[seawolf17]

I picture Hickman uglier (the '63 card), but those new photos make it seem like him.

I thought it might be Tim Harkness, but Harkness is a lefty.

[Met Hunter]

That's definitely Hickman.