Countdown to Opening Day: 7
March 25th, 2011 by slangon

7 more days until the season is officially underway. Starting in left field for the ’86 squad, position #7 on your scorecard, was George Foster. Although Foster was the Opening Day left fielder in 1986, he started less than half the games for the Mets who released him in August. Being that ’86 was the […]

Countdown to Opening Day: 8
March 24th, 2011 by slangon

8 days to go. Starting in center field for the ’86 squad, position #8 on your scorecard, was The Dude. Although he was still splitting time with Mookie Wilson in center, Nails played the lions share of games at that position in 1986, and did so admirably, posting only 3 errors for a .990 fielding […]

Countdown to Opening Day: 9
March 23rd, 2011 by slangon

Opening Day is almost upon us, and I for one cannot wait. Whether the Mets are actually good this season, or stink it up (more likely), I’m just jazzed to start watching some live baseball that doesn’t involve guys wearing numbers like 93. This year also happens to be the 25th Anniversary of the 1986 […]

4 Out of a Million Ain’t Bad
February 27th, 2011 by slangon

Man, even though the Mets didn’t win yesterday, it felt damn good to sit down and drink a beer and watch baseball on TV. Of course it felt a little bit better since they didn’t technically lose, either. I know it’s an early spring training game and it doesn’t mean anything, but it was pretty […]

The Junkman Delivers
January 30th, 2011 by slangon

A while back, sometime before Christmas, everyone’s favorite Braves fan, dayf over at Cardboard Junkie, had posted about a bunch of cards he rescued from the quarter box at his local card shop. I took a shine to one of those cards and inquired as to the availability of it. He was game, so I […]

Yes, I Still Collect Vintage Mets Cards
December 28th, 2010 by slangon

Between Football, Christmas, the Always Sunny custom set, writing about my thoughts on the Mets heading into 2011 (which are pretty exhausting posts to write, believe me.) and other assorted distractions, I feel like it’s been a crows age since I posted about any vintage Mets acquisitions. It’s not that I haven’t gotten any recently. […]

On The Eleventh Day of Christmas…
December 24th, 2010 by slangon

… my collection gave to me Eleven vintage Mets, Ten Hall of Famers, Nine signed customs, Eight crusty skippers, Seven Keith Hernandezes, Six Deckle Edges, Five David Wrights, Four New York Giants, Three 58’s, Two vintage pugs, And a Red from Cincinnati!

An Appropriate Way to End It
October 4th, 2010 by slangon

Well, the 2010 baseball regular season has come to an end. There was excitement for some, nail biting for others and, for many teams and fans, bitter disappointment. I guess as a Mets fan, I’ve had a few months to get comfortable with the idea of yet another October free of baseball games that actually […]

Card of the Moment #7
November 2nd, 2009 by slangon

1967 Topps #42 Mets Team Card Lets stick with this team card theme for a bit, shall we? I already discussed the 1964 version, from when the Mets just got off of a miserable 51-111 season record. Here we are, just three short years later. The school principal is still there. The mysterious men in […]

Card of the Moment #6
October 30th, 2009 by slangon

1964 Topps #27 Mets Team Card I feel like I say this all the time, but some of my favorite cards to collect, along with managers cards, are team cards. I’m not 100% clear on why it is that I love them so much, but I do. Maybe it’s the camaraderie. Maybe it’s the school […]