1992 started yet another stretch where the Mets were only sending the minimum 1 player to the ASG. David Cone headed to the All-Star Game. It wouldn’t be his last, but it would be his last in a Mets uniform. He pitched a 1-2-3 4th inning, facing 3 future Hall of Famers. He got Roberto […]
Tags: 1992 Topps, David Cone
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I sort of forget what a good time the mid to late 80’s were for Mets fans. Once again, 1988 saw 4 members of the New York National League team head to the All-Star Game. Once again, Doctor K was named to the All-Star squad. Once again, he was chosen to start the game. He […]
Tags: 1988 Topps, Darryl Strawberry, David Cone, Dwight "Doc" Gooden, Gary Carter
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Games that start after 10 o’clock? Games that end around 1 in the morning? Ugh. Fortunately, the Mets were able to hang on by their toenails last night against the Dodgers and win it 3-2. Of course since it was a close one, I wasn’t able to go to sleep until that last out was […]
Tags: 1983 Topps Traded, 1985 Topps, 1987 Topps, 1987 Topps Traded, 1988 Donruss Baseball's Best, 1988 Topps, 1989 Score, 2005 Upper Deck Classics, 2009 Topps, 2012 Gypsy Queen, Bobby Ojeda, Darryl Strawberry, David Cone, David Wright, Dwight "Doc" Gooden, Gary Carter, Keith Hernandez, Kevin McReynolds, R.A. Dickey, relic, Ron Darling, Sid Fernandez, Tom Seaver
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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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Here’s some more cards that Chris from Project ’62 sent my way in exchange for doing a custom relic card for him. We’re getting into junk wax territory now, so tread lightly. The majority of what he sent me from this period were from different Topps Traded sets. As a matter of fact, he single […]
Tags: 1983 Fleer Stamps, 1985 Topps Traded, 1987 Topps Traded, 1989 Topps Traded, Barry Lyons, Bill Almon, David Cone, Don Aase, Dwight Evans, Gary Carter, Joe Sambito, John Mitchell, Juan Samuel, Kevin McReynolds, Rusty Staub, Terry Leach
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