Despite my apparent sabbatical from the blog recently, I couldn’t miss the 4th Annual Condition: Poor St. Patricks Day Parade of Cards, once again led by the Grand Marshal, the Mets’ own “Irish Hammer” Daniel Murphy. So without further ado, let’s get to the wearin’ o’ the green. Grand Marshall Murphy, lead the way.

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I’ve got to get this up before 4:10. Of course I had to leave right field for last. The Mets have had more right fielders in their history than any other position. Typical. Anyway… In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the New York Mets, I’ve been looking at the primary players at each position […]

Tags: 1962 Topps, 1963 Topps, 1964 Topps, 1965 Topps, 1966 Topps, 1967 Topps, 1971 Topps, 1975 Topps, 1976 Topps, 1977 Topps, 1978 Topps, 1979 Topps, 1981 Topps Traded, 1984 Topps, 1991 Bowman, 1993 Hostess, 1994 Topps, 1995 Collectors Choice, 1996 Topps, 1998 Topps, 1999 Topps Traded, 2000 Fleer Futures, 2000 Topps Traded, 2002 Topps Traded Chrome, 2005 Diamond Kings, 2005 Fleer Tradition, 2006 Topps, 2008 Allen & Ginter, 2009 Topps Update, 2011 Allen & Ginter, Al Luplow, Alex Ochoa, Bobby Bonilla, Butch Huskey, Carl Everett, Carlos Beltran, Darryl Strawberry, Dave Kingman, Derek Bell, Duke Snider, Elliott Maddox, Ellis Valentine, Hubie Brooks, Jeff Francoeur, Jeromy Burnitz, Joe Christopher, Joe Orsulak, Joel Youngblood, Johnny Lewis, Ken Singleton, Mike Vail, Richard Hidalgo, Richie Ashburn, Roger Cedeno, Ron Swoboda, Rusty Staub, Ryan Church, Timo Perez, Victor Diaz, Xavier Nady
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It has been done. Yesterday, in the bottom of the 3rd inning, David Wright hit a slow roller just past the pitcher’s reach that the third baseman for the Pirates fielded but was unable to throw out Wright. As a matter of fact, he ended up airmailing it past the first baseman and Wright ended […]

Tags: 2002 Bowman, 2005 Bowman Heritage Red Back, 2005 Fleer Tradition, 2006 Allen & Ginter, 2008 Topps Update, 2009 Allen & Ginter N43, 2009 Topps Update, 2010 Topps Heritage, 2010 Topps Turkey Red, 2011 Allen & Ginter, 2011 Topps, 2012 Gypsy Queen, All-Star, David Wright, relic
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The Mets were in full blown melt down mode come 2009. After the exciting-yet-ultimately-diappointing 2006 post-season, they suffered back to back collapses in ’07 and ’08 that saw them 1 win away from the playoffs. A series of injuries coupled with poor performance all around led to a 70-92 record and a 4th place finish. […]

Tags: 2009 Topps Update, All-Star, Carlos Beltran, David Wright, Francisco Rodriguez
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Being that this is the 50th Anniversary of the existence of the Mets, I’m taking a look at the guys who have played each position for the team throughout the years. In cardboard form, of course. Now, since I don’t want to sit here and scan 1,000,000 cards so that I can show every single […]

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I don’t know if you’ve seen, but Thorzul over at Thorzul Will Rule held his annual Nightmares on Cardboard contest, and lo and behold I won for the second year in a row. I was a little skeptical as to my chances this year. I thought the whole idea of the Werewolf Sportflics card was […]

Tags: 2009 A Piece of History, 2009 Topps Update, Livan Hernandez, Mike Myers, relic, Silk
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So it’s finally here. I guess technically yesterday was the season opener, but really who cares about the defending world champs playing against their bitter rivals at one of the oldest ballparks in the country. SNORE! Right now as I type this, we’re looking at roughly 3 hours until Johan Santana throws the first pitch […]

Tags: 2006 Turkey Red, 2007 Bowman Heritage, 2008 Goudey, 2009 Allen & Ginter, 2009 Topps Update, Autographs, Carlos Beltran, David Wright, Jeff Francoeur, Johan Santana, John Maine, Jose Reyes, Mets, Mike Pelfrey, Opening Day, relic, SlangKo Award Winners, SlangKo Heroes of the Diamond
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