On The Fifth Day of Christmas…
December 18th, 2012 by slangon

…my collection gave to me… Five Mini Mets, Four Old Ass Cards, Three Guys Named Johnny, Two Keith Hernandez’s, And a Vintage Moe Berg!

You Gotta Take It Where You Can Get It, I Guess
July 29th, 2012 by slangon

So the Mets lost again last night. No big surprise there. It’s been almost 3 weeks since the All-Star game and the team has managed to win 2 games. Depressing. Rather than just be all doom and gloom, I’ve decided that I’m going to just look at the silver lining. For instance during last night’s […]

Mets Through the Years: The All-Star(s), 1988
July 10th, 2012 by slangon

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 […]

Mets Through the Years: The All-Star(s), 1987
July 10th, 2012 by slangon

Coming off of their 1986 World Championship, the Mets again sent 5 men to the 1987 All-Star Game. Davey Johnson was named the manager of the National League squad. That goes along with his 4 appearances as a player, 3 for the A.L. and once with the N.L. The Straw Man made his fourth straight […]

Mets Through the Years: The All-Star(s), 1986
July 10th, 2012 by slangon

The Mets had more All-Stars on their team than ever before in 1986. That should be no surprise, considering they would go on to win the World Series. Doc followed his 1984 Rookie of the Year with a Cy Young in 1985. This earned him the honor of starting the ’86 All-Star Game for the […]

Mets Through the Years: The All-Star(s), 1985
July 10th, 2012 by slangon

1985 was another big year for the Mets when it came to All-Stars. For the second year in a row they sent 4 guys to the game. In his first year with the Mets, Carter was named to his 8th All-Star team. Unfortunately, Terry Kennedy and Ozzie Virgil got all the playing time, leaving Kid […]

Damn I Hate West Coast Swings
June 29th, 2012 by slangon

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 […]

Mets Through the Years: Catchers
March 19th, 2012 by slangon

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 […]

R.I.P. Gary Carter
February 16th, 2012 by slangon

Sadly, Hall of Famer and all around awesome guy Gary Carter has lost his battle with brain cancer. He was 57. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family during this heart breaking time. We’ll miss you, Kid.

Get Well, Kid
January 20th, 2012 by slangon

Sadly, Gary Carter’s battle with brain tumors has taken a turn for the worse. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family, Kid.