1967 Scrapbook - Cookie Rojas

Another installment of a new series called "1967 Scrapbook". A few months ago, I found a baseball scrapbook I had made in 1967, containing photos that I clipped from the Philadelphia sports pages that summer. Most of the photos are from the previous night's Phillies game.


June 5th - Rojas dons the catching gear in the top of the 9th. With the Phillies behind 10-2 in the bottom of the 8th, manager Gene Mauch pinch-hit for Bob Uecker (who had earlier replaced starting catcher Clay Dalrymple). Mauch sure liked to make moves!


June 30th - Cookie pitched the 9th, adding a 9th position to his resume:


June 9th:


July 27th:


August 12th:



EDIT: On 1/20/2012, I found this great post about Cookie Rojas on a KC Royals blog.
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