On The Twelfth Day of Christmas…
December 25th, 2011 by slangon

…my collection gave to me Twelve Vintage Mets, Eleven League Leaders, Ten Rookie Cards, Nine Team Cards, Eight Crusty Skippers, Seven TTM Autos, Six 1960 High Numbers, Five Checked Up Checklists, Four Mini Cards, Three Jersey Relics, Two 56’s, And a Cardboard Zeppelin! Merry Christmas to all! Have a great holiday season.

Happy 11-11-11 Day
November 11th, 2011 by slangon

In honor of today being 11/11/11, I thought I’d show 11 guys who have sported number 11 for throughout the years for the Mets. Ed Bouchee was the original #11 for the Metropolitains. He only ended up lasting half the season, though. The remained of 1962, number 11 was worn by this guy. Classic line […]

Fruits of the Greatest Month: Meet the Mets (Part 2)
July 23rd, 2011 by slangon

These are the remaining Mets that I got in my big June haul. Once again, these were really the meat of the cards and mostly had to do with why I’m considering June such a good month, card-wise. We start of with an O-G Met, and a semi-high number at that. 1962 Topps #497 Ed […]

The Most Fun I’ve Had With eBay in a While, Part I
May 24th, 2010 by slangon

I’ve been winning a bunch of eBay auctions lately and putting some pretty good dents in my Mets want lists in the process. The good thing is that many of the cards I’ve been scoring are some of the bigger stars from the different older team sets, so it’s been good to get them out […]

Invasion of the 6-for-5 Bin
February 27th, 2010 by slangon

This is actually the last of the initial 2 giant hauls from the 6 for $5 bin. Luckily for you, I actually have to run to the card shop later today to grab some binder pages to fit some 1950’s cards that I’ve recently acquired. But let’s see what’s in this last “pack”. 1973 Topps […]