Nolan Ryan Goodman Jerseys

[wrestlecon]

Just a thought...all 3 pictures above are from spring training...

[hblakewolf]

Great point-the Rangers did wear their game jerseys during spring training-see attached.

Can someone find a photo of Ryan wearing Rawlings during a regular season game, not spring?

Howard Wolf
hblakewolf@patmedia.net

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[sportscentury]

Two questions:

1) Do we know that the photos of Ryan wearing the Rawlings jerseys are from spring training? If so, how do we know this? Does it say "spring training" in the Getty captions for the listed photos?

2) Does anyone know why Ryan would wear Rawlings jerseys in spring training and refuse to wear them in regular season games? Did he have a contract with Goodman & Sons? Some other reason?

Thanks in advance for this information. A very interesting thread.

Reid

[trsent]

Where did The Rangers play their spring games back then?

It just struck me that Nolan Ryan has a long sleeve undershirt on in the photo Howard posted, and I do not know if this may mean something about dating the photo correctly as we know Getty does have errors. Often a photo like this will have a description such as "Nolan Ryan thrown a pitch in a Spring Training game."

[kingjammy24]

Reid:

1) In R.C. Walker's third/last photo, the caption reads "PORT CHARLOTTE, FL - UNDATED: Pitcher Nolan Ryan #34 of the Texas Rangers pitches during spring training in the 1990s in Port Charlotte, Florida."
The other 2 images don't specifically date or place the photo. However, if you look closely at the 2nd and 3rd images, don't the backgrounds look identical? I'm going by that large, black, tarp hanging in the background above the outfield wall. If you agree that the backgrounds are similar enough to be the same venue, and #3 is described specifically as a spring training game, then it would stand to reason that #2 is a spring training game as well. Additionally, I may be wrong but the background doesn't look like any Major League park that I remember. As for the first image, well I guess that one's anyone's guess.

2) As I offered earlier, it may be likely that Ryan's Goodman jerseys simply hadn't made it to Port Charlotte in time and so he used the Rawlings jersey he was issued. Not his preference but better than pitching topless.

Regarding the Ryan in the VA auction, is the manufacturer's tag consistent with it being from 1989?

Rudy.

[sportscentury]

Rudy,

Very good. Thanks for your observations.

Reid

[BoneRubbedBat]

Here is the photo from the book I referenced earlier. As I stated in my correction, it is a Rangers jersey, not an Astros jersey.

[sportscentury]

Marcus,

Great photo. Do I dare ask if this is a photo of Ryan in action during a *regular season* game?

Thanks for posting the pic.

Reid

[BoneRubbedBat]

The book doesn't give any details. I was hoping someone would recognize the stadium. I thought it was neat to see a road Rawlings in addition to the previously posted home Rawlings on Ryan.