For the first All-Star Game of the new millennium, the Mets sent 3 players to the festivities. Fonzie was named to his first and only All-Star game in 2000. He had a killer year, batting .324 with 25 homers and 94 RBI’s. That’s pretty damn nice from 2nd base. He came into the All-Star game […]
Tags: 2000 Topps, Al Leiter, Edgardo Alfonzo, Mike Piazza
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In case you didn’t hear, yesterday the Mets beat the Cubs by the score of 17-1. In honor of that feat, here are 17 Mets cards that were part of a massive, 109 card order that I picked up off of Sportlots recently. Enjoy. And just to be fair, the Cubbies did score one run, […]
Tags: 1963 Topps, 1982 Topps Traded, 1984 Topps Traded, 1993 Topps, 1994 Topps, 1995 Topps, 1998 Topps, 2000 Topps Traded, 2001 Topps, 2002 Topps, 2004 Cracker Jack, 2004 Topps, 2005 Topps, 2006 Topps Update, Al Leiter, All-Star, Brian Cole, Cal Koonce, Carlos Beltran, Cliff Floyd, Eddie Murray, George Foster, Jeff Kent, Jeff Torborg, Jerry Martin, Joe McEwing, John Franco, John Olerud, Jose Reyes, manager card, Mike Piazza, New York Mets, Paul LoDuca, team card, Tom Kelly, Turk Wendell
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This is the third post in this series. So far we’ve covered the men who have served as the manager of the Mets and the men who’ve caught the pitches. Today we’re going to take a look at some of the guys who have thrown those pitches. Initially, I was toying with the idea of […]
Tags: 1962 Topps, 1964 Topps, 1966 Topps, 1968 Topps, 1969 Topps, 1978 Topps, 1979 Topps, 1981 Topps, 1982 Topps, 1983 Topps Traded, 1984 Fleer, 1987 Topps, 1988 Topps American Baseball, 1992 Topps, 1993 Topps, 1997 Topps, 1998 Topps, 1999 Topps, 2001 Topps, 2003 Topps Heritage, 2005 Skybox Autographics, 2006 Allen & Ginter, 2008 Topps Chrome Trading Card History, 2011 Topps, Al Jackson, Al Leiter, Bobby Ojeda, Craig Swan, David Cone, Don Cardwell, Jack Fisher, Jerry Koosman, Johan Santana, Mike Pelfrey, Mike Torrez, Pat Zachry, Pedro Martinez, Pete Harnisch, Randy Jones, Roger Craig, Tom Glavine, Tom Seaver
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This series of posts is dedicated to examining the numerous design details from the Topps art department that leave me scratching my head. They’re the types of things that could just be one time instances that are the result of someone overlooking them, or they could have been a conscious decision on the part of […]
Tags: 1954 Topps, 1956 Topps, 1963 Topps, 1965 Topps, 1971 Topps, 1975 Topps, 2000 Fleer Tradition, 2001 Fleer Tradition, 2001 Upper Deck Decade, 2001 Upper Deck Vintage, 2002 Upper Deck Vintage, 2003 Upper Deck Vintage, 2005 Fleer Tradition, 2009 Upper Deck, 2010 Topps Vintage Legends, Al Leiter, Alex Escobar, Bobby Valentine, Bubba Trammell, Cliff Cook, Dave Kingman, Derek Bell, Ed Charles, Ed Kranepool, Edgardo Alfonzo, Harvey Kuenn, Jae Weong Seo, Joe Frazier, Johan Santana, Mike Strahler, Mo Vaughn, Nolan Ryan, Richard Hidalgo, Rollie Fingers, Rusty Staub
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Countdown.
February 14th, 2012 by slangon
I don’t know about you, but I often seem to run into this problem. A manilla envelope shows up in my mailbox and I know that it means one thing: sweet, sweet cardboard. Sometimes, I have the time to crack that sucker open right then and there and see what’s in it, sometimes I don’t. […]
Tags: 1995 Topps Traded, 1997 Topps, 1998 Collector's Choice, 1999 Topps Traded, 2000 Topps, 2001 Fleer Tradition, 2004 Fleer Platinum, 2004 Ultra, 2006 Fleer, 2011 Bowman Platinum, 2011 Topps, Al Leiter, Brad Emaus, Carlos Delgado, Edgardo Alfonzo, John Olerud, Kenny Rogers, league leader card, Mike Cameron, Mike Nickeas, Pete Harnisch, Prentice Redman, Rey Ordonez, Rico Brogna
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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 […]
Tags: 1964 Topps, 1994 Topps, 1996 Topps, 1999 Topps, 2000 Topps, 2001 Topps, 2005 Topps, 2005 Topps Update, 2010 Topps Vintage Legends, 2011 Topps, Al Leiter, Alex Ochoa, Bill Haas, Bob Taylor, Brand Emaus, Cardboard Abuse, Chris Carpenter, Chris Young, Dick Smith, Eddie Murray, Francisco Rodriguez, Jack Fisher, Jake Peavy, Jason Isringhausen, Mike Piazza, Pedro Martinez, Rey Ordonez, Rickey Henderson, Willie Randolph
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A while ago, Cards on Cards held a little College Bowl Pick ‘Em contest. I had the dubious distinction of being the worst out of everyone when it came to picking the winners of College Bowl games. Madding was good enough to send some prizes my way as a way of enabling my poor football […]
Tags: 1988 Donruss, 1989 Topps, 1990 Fleer, 1991 Fleer Ultra, 1992 Baseball Enquirer, Al Leiter, Armando Benitez, Barry Bonds, Billy Ripken, Chuck Knoblauch, Dale Murphy, Darryl Strawberry, David Wright, Don Mattingly, Eddie Murray, Edgardo Alfonzo, Eric Davis, Greg Maddux, Greg Vaughn, Hideo Nomo, Jacque Jones, Jim Rice, Johan Santana, John Franco, John Olerud, junk wax, Keith Hernandez, Kirby Puckett, Lee Mazzilli, Mark McGuire, Randy Johnson, Rey Ordonez, Rickey Henderson, Robby Thompson, Robin Ventura, Roger Clemens, Ryne Sandberg, Tony Armas, Tony Bernazard, Tony Gwynn, Will Clark
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Here’s our final push to get this sucker done. I apologize in advance for all the terrible scans. I never realized how careless you get when you’re scanning 1,000 cards at one time. Anyway, here we go. Pack 15: #22 Mike Scioscia #45 Brian Jordan #21 Bobby Cox A couple of years ago, Bobby Broke […]
Tags: 2003 Topps 205, A.J. Pierzynski, Al Leiter, Alex Rodriguez, Andruw Jones, Barry Bonds, Bernie Williams, Bobby Cox, Carlos Delgado, Chipper Jones, Dick Hoblitzell, Gavin Floyd, George Graham, hobby box, Ichiro, Ivan Rodriguez, Jason Giambi, Jimmy Rollins, John Olerud, Johnny Damon, Ken Griffey Jr., Louis Sockalexis, manager card, Mike Piazza, Moises Alou, Nomar Garciaparra, Omar Vizquel, Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez, Pat Burrell, Pedro Martinez, Raul Ibanez, Rodrigo Lopez, Roger Clemens, Tim Hudson, Todd Helton, Tony Batista, Trevor Hoffman
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Before I get into this, I just want to touch on two points. First, I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before, but I live in New Jersey and work in Manhattan, which means I have about an hour and 15 minute commute by train/subway in the morning. Normally, this time is very relaxing for […]
Tags: 100th Post, Aaron Heilman, Al Leiter, Alay Soler, Armando Benitez, card shop buys, Claudell Washington, Cliff Floyd, Darryl Strawberry, Dave Kingman, Ed Charles, Howard Johnson, Jeff Readon, Joe McEwing, junk wax, Kevin Appier, Matt Lawton, Mets, Mike Phillips, Mike Piazza, Mike Schmidt, Nolan Ryan, Pat Zachry, Roberto Alomar, Robin Ventura, Skip Lockwood, Steve Carlton, Todd Zeile, Tom Glavine, Tommie Agee, Vance Wilson, Whopper
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