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 […]
Tags: 1985 Topps, 1985 Topps Traded, 1986 Topps, 2005 Topps All-Time Fan Favorites, Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, Gary Carter, relic, Ron Darling
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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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Countdown.
February 18th, 2012 by slangon
This just in from the Cobbled Together From Scans That Have Been Sitting In A Folder On My Desktop But Never Used Department: Despite the fact that the have gone 4-1 in their last 5 games against the and the they’ve managed to actually loose ground in the Wild Card race to the Goddammit.
Tags: 1966 Topps, 1970 Topps, 1988 Donruss, 2007 Topps Chrome, Bob Aspromonte, Derek Jeter, Johnny Roseboro, Ron Darling
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For Christmas, Wifey had gotten me a tin of 2009 Sweet Spot. Often times, when I break a box or blaster or whatever, I’ll search for similar breaks just to kind of compare my luck with that of others. When I searched for ’09 Sweet Spot tin, I came across Ed from Roll Out the […]
Tags: 2007 Topps, 2007 Upper Deck, 2007 Upper Deck Masterpieces, 2008 Stadium Club, 2008 Topps 50th Anniversary All-Star Rookie, 2008 Topps Ring of Honor, 2008 Upper Deck Masterpieces, 2008 Upper Deck Timeline, 2009 Upper Deck Sweet Spot, Carlos Beltran, Dwight "Doc" Gooden, Endy Chavez, Johan Santana, Jose Reyes, Keith Hernandez, Luis Castillo.2006 Topps, Nolan Ryan, Roll Out the Barrel, Ron Darling
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We’re getting down to it folks. This is the start of the box of cards that Mark from Stats on the Back sent me. To break it down, the box contained exactly 206 cards, 1 of which was a double and 5 of which I happen to have. For all you calculator jockeys out there, […]
Tags: Cleon Jones, Darryl Strawberry, Dave Roberts, Don Wilson, Dwight "Doc" Gooden, Gary Carter, George Foster, Gregg Jefferies, Hubie Brooks, Jerry Grote, junk wax, Keith Hernandez, Kevin Mitchell, mail day, Mets, Mookie Wilson, Ozzie Smith, Pat Zachry, Ron Darling, Steve Garvey, Tom Seaver, Wally Backman
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This trade comes to us from Captain Canuck in the far North. I sent him some ’09 Ginter needs, and he was supposed to do the same. As you’ll see, he did that and a bit more. What was supposed to be in the trade were these Ginters: #50 Pat Neshek #159 Denard Span #170 […]
Tags: 1991 Donruss, 2009 Allen & Ginter, Barry Bonds, Cecil Fielder, Dale Murphy, Denard Span, Fred McGriff, Greg Vaughn, junk wax, Kirby Puckett, Kirk Gibson, Lance Berkman, mail day, manilla envelope, Ron Darling, Ryne Sandberg, Sandy Alomar, Tim Raines
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