45 Years In The Making
October 4th, 2012 by slangon

.330 Batting Average. 44 Home Runs. 139 RBI’s. One Giant Congratulations.

Opening Day 2011
April 1st, 2011 by slangon

After a long cold winter, Opening Day is finally here. I know, I know. Opening Day was technically yesterday, but for whatever reason the scheduling gods decided that the Mets wouldn’t open until today. I’m actually a little confused as to what happened. I always remember the very first game of the season happening on […]

2010 Topps Series 2 Hobby Box, Part 10
June 6th, 2010 by slangon

The finale. Pack 33 (Cobb): 391 Manny Parra 397 Colorado Rockies TC 577 Jason Jaramillo 375 Mike Leake RC 429 Seth Smith WSH14 Jim Palmer TR67 Grady Sizemore 596 Brendan Ryan 358 Mark Buehrle Matt Holliday Attax Okay, so out of the 9 Cobb packs that I got in this box I got 8 Turkey […]

Guaranteed Hits, On The Cheap, Part II
December 19th, 2009 by slangon

This is the other half of the $20 I spent for 2 guaranteed hits. The 50% off blaster of 2008 Upper Deck Series 2, touting “One Game Used Memoribilia Card in Every Box! on average”. Let’s see what gems we plucked from this bad boy, shall we. A couple of ex-Metropolitans. Have I mentioned that […]

Mail from Night Owl
September 4th, 2009 by slangon

Again, just trying to play catch up. This edition brought to you by Night Owl. #65 Dexter Fowler RC – See kids, this is why you should regularly update your trade pages. #77 Francisco Liriano #89 Elvis Andrus RC – See comment about Dexter Fowler. #94 Paul Maholm #97 Art Pennington – I know this […]

5 Retail Packs: Pack #5
August 25th, 2009 by slangon

Last one. Go. Pack #5: 2009 Topps Series 2 #397 Carlos Ruiz #353 Derek Jeter – I’ll admit it. I sort of hate Jeter. Mostly because he’s so good, and not a Met. #527 Jason Isringhausen – Once park of “Generation K”. I guess just goes to prove, snappy nicknames do not make good ballplayers. […]