The Mets were once again starting to return to prominence in 2005. They sent 3 players to the All-Star team that year. In his first year with the Mets, Pedro went 15-8 with a 2.82 ERA and 208 strikeouts. Too bad he would never stay healthy enough to sustain that kind of performance. Things might’ve […]
Tags: 2005 Topps Update, All-Star, Carlos Beltran, Chris Carpenter, Jake Peavy, league leader card, Mike Piazza, Pedro Martinez
Filed Under: Some Cards by slangon
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During yesterday’s extra-inning, rain delayed game against the Marlins, Jose Reyes went 3 for 6 with a walk to propel himself back into the top spot in the National League in batting average over Ryan Braun. The day before, Jose had actually dropped into second place by 3 points, but thanks to his 3 hits […]
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Filed Under: Mets News by slangon
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A while back, Ryan from “O” No! Another Orioles Blog had contacted me about having some cards from my Mets wantlist. Obviously, I’m always down to chip away at the holes in my Mets collection, so a deal was struck, cards were mailed out and delivered, despite not one, but two natural disasters taking place. The […]
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It’s been quite a busy few days here at SlangKo Corporate. There was the obligatory last minute Christmas shopping. This was also the first holiday season with the baby, so of course we were running around to and fro visiting everybody that wanted to see the boy . I finished up with the Johnny Lattner autograph […]
Tags: 2009 Upper Deck Sweet Spot, Carl Crawford, Chien-Ming Wang, Chipper Jones, David Ortiz, David Wright, Gevany Soto, Grady Sizemore, Ichiro, Jake Peavy, Jim Thome, Jimmy Rollins, Johnny Damon, Ken Griffey Jr., Matt Holliday, Matt Kemp, Nomar Garciaparra, Prince Fielder, relic, Ryan Dunn, Ryan Howard, Ryan Ludwick, Tiger Woods, Vladimir, Yovani Gallardo
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