1979 TCMA Waterbury A's Baseball #5, Dennis Wysznski (actually Wyszynski)

Today's TCMA team set includes another (tough-to-spell) name correction, as Dennis Wyszynski drops a letter to become Wysznski. He's right up there with Carl Yastrzemski for big-money SCRABBLE name scoring, but I'm not surprised he avoided the Yaz-style nickanme, since that'd be "whizz" or even "The Whizzer."

Dennis looks pretty nonplussed in this shot. Maybe the catcher told him to throw a spitball and he's got a bad case of cotton mouth.

Wyszynski toiled for 4 years in Oakland's farm system, but retired at age 23, probably to pursue another career. Several Waterbury teammates did successfully reach the majors, including another notable name, Shooty Babitt.

1982 Topps #578, Shooty Babitt

Here's the full 1979 TCMA Waterbury A's checklist, courtesy of TeamSets4U.

1. Dennis De Barr
2. Rick Tronerud
3. Walt Horn
4. Bart Braun
5. Dennis Wyszynski
6. Keith Atherton
7. Leroy Robbins
8. Frank Kolarek
9. Ed Nottle
10. Al Armstead
11. Shooty Babitt
12. Randy Green
13. Rob Klebba
14. Mike Patterson
15. Mike Davis
16. Al Minker
17. Larry Groover
18. Paul Mize
19. Bruce Fournier
20. Bob Grandas
21. Ron McNeely
22. Tim Conroy
23. Scott Meyer
24. Dave Beard
25. Robert Moore

Value: This #5 cost $2 at MinorLeagueSingles.com. Teammates Mike Davis and Keith Atherton achieved some big-league success, so might run more as singles.

Fakes / reprints: Haven't seen any in the marketplace.