Today I came across a picture of Yaz, whose caption said it was from the 1975 World Series. The fact that Yaz was wearing a home uniform in a park other than Fenway told me that wasn't the case. It was a Reds catcher, but it wasn't the Series. It finally hit me that it must be an All-Star Game. That plus the fact that there was a red, see-through fence in the background made me sure of it: The '75 All-Star Game at Milwaukee's County Stadium. (Of course, I e-mailed the site to correct them, but the address was invalid. In fact, the site hadn't been updated since after the '03 season. But they said things were looking good for '04!)

So, here's the picture. Note that Yaz had red shoes, although the Sox didn't go that route until a few years later. He wore blue shoes in the World Series that year, so it must've been an ASG thing. He's also wearing his cap instead of a helmet:


Later, I saw that mlb.tv had the '75 All-Star Game, so I went to the exact spot (Yaz only saw one pitch in that game, and knocked it out, sending Bernie Brewer down his slide) in the game as the picture and grabbed a screenshot. So, here's a different angle of the exact same moment:



Stuff like this provides me endless entertainment. Like El Chapulin Colorado.

Double-header Friday with the rainout tonight. Oh, and for more about Yaz, scroll down....