This photo was tweeted largely to show Pete Rose playing left field for the Reds, but what we’re interested in, of course, is that this was a Cubs game at old Crosley Field in Cincinnati.
Here are the sleuthing clues:
- There are only 20 teams listed on the board. Thus, it has to be between 1963 and 1968, the earlier year was Rose’s first MLB season, the latter, the last with just 20 MLB teams.
- No. 48 is pitching for the Cubs. There are two Cubs pitchers who wore that number in that time frame: Frank Baumann (1965) and Joe Niekro (1967-68).