Ugh. This is going to be close. In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the New York Mets, I’ve been looking at the primary players at each position throughout the teams history. We’ve already looked at the managers, Opening Day starting pitchers, catchers, first basemen, second basemen,shortstops, third basemen and left fielders, as well as all of the Mets’ All-Star representatives. […]
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This post has been sitting in my To Do list for quite a while, and for that I apologize to all parties involved. A while back, Mark, from Mark’s Ephemera, had sent me an email explaining that he was a bit embarrassed to say that it’s taken so long for him to get some cards […]
Tags: 1986 Topps, 1988 Topps, 1989 Topps, Cal Ripken Sr., Jim Frey, Jim Leyland, John McNamara, manager card, Pete Rose, Russ Nixon, team card, Tom Kelly, Tommy Lasorda, Whitey Herzog
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Man, I’ve been slacking on this series. I still have 5 positions left to go and only about a month left in the season. We’ve already looked at the managers, catchers, Opening Day starting pitchers, first basemen and second basemen. We’ve also gone through the players the Mets have sent to the All-Star Game every […]
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The Mets had more All-Stars on their team than ever before in 1986. That should be no surprise, considering they would go on to win the World Series. Doc followed his 1984 Rookie of the Year with a Cy Young in 1985. This earned him the honor of starting the ’86 All-Star Game for the […]
Tags: 1986 Topps, All-Star, Darryl Strawberry, Dwight "Doc" Gooden, Gary Carter, Keith Hernandez, Sid Fernandez
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1985 was another big year for the Mets when it came to All-Stars. For the second year in a row they sent 4 guys to the game. In his first year with the Mets, Carter was named to his 8th All-Star team. Unfortunately, Terry Kennedy and Ozzie Virgil got all the playing time, leaving Kid […]
Tags: 1985 Topps, 1985 Topps Traded, 1986 Topps, 2005 Topps All-Time Fan Favorites, Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, Gary Carter, relic, Ron Darling
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This is the fifth post in this series. We’ve already covered the men who’ve serve as managers, opening day starters, catchers and first basemen for the Mets over their 50 year history. Today, we’ll take a gander at the guys who’ve manned second for the Metropolitans over the years, in cardboard form, of course. Charlie […]
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Sadly, Hall of Famer and all around awesome guy Gary Carter has lost his battle with brain cancer. He was 57. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family during this heart breaking time. We’ll miss you, Kid.
Tags: 1975 Topps, 1977 Topps, 1985 Topps Traded, 1986 Topps, 1988 Donruss Baseball's Best, 1990 Fleer, 2004 Donruss Leather and Lumber, 2005 Topps All-Time Fan Favorites, Gary Carter, relic
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Not that I want to keep bring up old shit, but you remember a few weeks ago when I was doing a Junk Wax Pack Clash? One of the packs that I happened to be clashing was a pack of 1989 Topps that I discovered to my horror had been opened and then taped back […]
Tags: 1986 Topps, 1989 Topps, 1990 Topps, 1991 Topps, 1994 Topps, Chipper Jones, Derek Jeter, Frank Thomas, John Smoltz, Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa
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One more day. Until. Baseball. The starting pitcher for the 1986 New York Mets – The Doctor, Dwight Gooden. Coming off of a Rookie of the Year Award in 1984 followed by a Cy Young Award in 1985, Gooden had another good year in ’86, although after the previous 2 years his numbers were actually […]
Tags: 1986 Topps, 2009 O-Pee-Chee, Dwight "Doc" Gooden, Mike Pelfrey, Opening Day
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