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 […]
Tags: 1985 Leaf, 2010 Allen & Ginter, George Foster, Jason Bay, New York Mets, Opening Day
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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 […]
Tags: 1986 Topps, 2010 Topps, Angel Pagan, Lenny Dykstra, New York Mets, Opening Day
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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 […]
Tags: 1985 Topps, 2008 SP Authentic, 2010 Topps Heritage, Carlos Beltran, Darryl Strawberry, Fernando Martinez, New York Mets, Opening Day
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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 […]
Tags: 1958 Topps, 1978 Topps, 1980 Topps, Harry Anderson, New York Mets, Rusty Staub, Sergio Ferrer, team card, Topps Million Card Giveaway
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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 […]
Tags: 1951 Topps Red Backs, 2002 Topps, 2003 Topps, 2004 Topps, 2005 Topps, 2006 Topps, 2007 Topps, All-Star, Cardboard Abuse, Cardboard Junkie, Chan Ho Park, Gus Zernial, Jose Reyes, Julio Franco, Kaz Matsui, Mike Piazza, New York Mets, team card
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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. […]
Tags: 1963 Topps, 1965 Topps, New York Mets, team card
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… 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!
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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 […]
Tags: 2003 Topps 205, 2005 Bowman Heritage Red Back, 2009 Topps Heritage, David Wright, Jose Reyes, Mike Pelfrey, New York Mets
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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 […]
Tags: 1967 Topps, New York Mets, team card
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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 […]
Tags: 1964 Topps, New York Mets, team card
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