After a long and particularly brutal winter, it’s finally here – Opening Day 2014. It just rolls off the tongue. A day of renewal. A day of hope. A day when your team is undefeated. In honor of this happiest of days, I’ve created some custom cards of the Mets 2014 Opening Day lineup in […]

Tags: 2014 SlangKo, Chris Young, Curtis Granderson, David Wright, Dillon Gee, Eric Young Jr., Ike Davis, Juan Lagares, manager card, New York Mets, Ruben Tejada, Terry Collins, Travis d'Arnaud
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Opening Day is finally here. I’m pumped, even though my favorite team is the Mets. So pumped in fact that I actually decided to post today. Huzzah. For those of you who care about things like this, ladies and gentlemen, your 2013 New York Metropolitans. Leading off and playing center field… Batting second and playing […]

Tags: 2008 Allen & Ginter The United States, 2008 Goudey, 2009 Upper Deck, 2010 Topps Turkey Red, 2010 Upper Deck, 2011 Gypsy Queen, 2012 Topps Heritage, 2013 SlangKo, Collin Cowgill, Daniel Murphy, David Wright, Ike Davis, John Buck, Jonathon Niese, Lucas Duda, Marlon Byrd, Ruben Tejada
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In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the New York Mets, I’ve been looking at the primary players at each position throughout the teams history. We’ve already looked at the managers, Opening Day starting pitchers, catchers, first basemen, second basemen, and third basemen, as well as all of the Mets’ All-Star representatives. Today, we’ll be looking […]

Tags: 1962 Topps, 1964 Topps, 1965 Topps Embossed, 1967 Topps, 1970 Topps, 1976 Topps, 1979 Topps, 1980 Topps, 1982 Topps, 1984 Topps, 1985 Topps, 1988 Topps, 1990 Tidewater Tides, 1992 Upper Deck, 1994 Stadium Club, 1996 Bowman's Best, 2000 SPx, 2001 Topps, 2003 Topps, 2005 Topps, 2009 Topps, 2010 Topps, 2012 Topps, Aaron Heilman, Al Moran, Alex Cora, Bud Harrelson, Dick Schofield, Eddie Bressoud, Elio Chacon, Frank Taveras, Jose Oquendo, Jose Reyes, Jose Vizcaino, Kaz Matsui, Kevin Elster, Mike Bordick, Mike Phillips, Rafael Santana, Rey Ordonez, Ron Gardenhire, Roy McMillan, Ruben Tejada, Terry Leach, Tim Bogar, Tim Foli, Tim Leary
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In honor of today being 11/11/11, I thought I’d show 11 guys who have sported number 11 for throughout the years for the Mets. Ed Bouchee was the original #11 for the Metropolitains. He only ended up lasting half the season, though. The remained of 1962, number 11 was worn by this guy. Classic line […]

Tags: 1962 Topps, 1963 Topps, 1964 Topps, 1965 Topps, 1971 Topps, 1978 Topps, 1986 Topps Traded, 1993 Upper Deck, 2002 Fleer Tradition, 2007 Upper Deck, 2010 Allen & Ginter, Duke Snider, Ed Bouchee, Gene Woodling, Joe McEwing, Len Randle, Ramon Castro, Roy McMillan, Ruben Tejada, Tim Teufel, Vince Coleman, Wayne Garrett
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It’s not too often these days that I can actually feel pretty good about the Mets, but they did sweep the Marlins in a double header yesterday, and that’s put a smile on my face. And yes, I do understand that the Marlins are a team who’ve gone 4-19 over their last 23 games, but […]

Tags: 2009 Goudey, 2009 Topps, 2010 Topps, 2010 Topps Heritage, 2010 Topps Update, 2011 Topps Heritage, Angel Pagan, David Wright, Dillon Gee, Jason Bay, Jose Reyes, Lucas Duda, Nick Evans, R.A. Dickey, Ruben Tejada
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Hopefully everyone saw the custom relic card that I banged out for Chris from Project 1962. Also, hopefully everyone saw the video I posted of the actual process of tearing apart the original relic card. Now it’s time to take a look at the envelope full of goodies that Chris used to entice me to […]

Tags: 2003 Topps 205, 2008 Topps Update, 2009 Topps, 2011 Topps Heritage, Angel Pagan, Billy Wagner, Bobby Abreu, Daniel Murphy, David Wright, Mike Piazza, Project '62, Ruben Tejada
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On this day of closing things out and preparing for new beginnings, I was hoping to combine the last 2 topics I wanted to cover on the Mets heading into 2011 and thus close out a series of posts that honestly have become a little bit of a chore for me. I don’t think that […]

Tags: 2005 Bazooka, 2008 Topps Heritage, 2009 Goodwin Champions, 2009 Tristar PROjections, 2010 Allen & Ginter, Autographs, Daniel Murphy, David Wright, Ike Davis, Jose Reyes, Josh Thole, Ruben Tejada
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In case you haven’t noticed, I haven’t spent a whole lot of time recently addressing the trials and tribulations of the New York Mets, other than to occasionally throw out an exasperated comment here and there. I guess that happens when you have a team that was looking pretty good prior to the All-Star break, […]

Tags: 2006 Turkey Red, 2008 Allen & Ginter, 2009 Finest, 2009 Topps 206, 2009 Topps Heritage, 2009 Topps Triple Threads, 2009 Tristar PROjections, 2010 Allen & Ginter, 2010 National Chicle, autographed relic, Autographs, Bobby Parnell, Custom Cards, Daniel Murphy, David Wright, Fernando Martinez, Ike Davis, Jonathon Niese, Jose Reyes, Josh Thole, Mike Pelfrey, Nick Evans, relic, Ruben Tejada, SlangKo Heroes of the Diamond, SlangKo Sport Stars
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Half way through the box and we’re nowhere near breaking 100 points. I’d say that’s a good recipe for success, wouldn’t you? Here we go. Pack 11 #179 Ben Zobrist #242 Jules Verne #187 Jair Jurrjens #168 Rickie Weeks #32 Joba Chamberlain (-1 for being a Damn Yankee) #218 Todd Helton #SSS3 Sir Walter Raleigh […]

Tags: 2010 Allen & Ginter, 2010 Allen & Ginter Sailors of the Seven Seas, 2010 Allen & Ginter This Day in History, Alcides Escobar, Gint-A-Cuffs, Joba Chamberlain, Robinson Cano, Ruben Tejada, Sir Walter Raleigh, Stephen Drew
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Pack 13 (Ruth): 425 Dontrelle Willis 574 Milwaukee Brewers TC 416 Ruben Tejada RC 376 Esmil Rogers RC 331 Ryan Braun LL-49 Lou Brock / Carl Crawford TMC-18 Thurmon Munson 389 Troy Tulowitzki 481 Scott Rolen Derrek Lee Attax Not bad. A Met who had a cup of coffee with the team when Reyes was […]

Tags: 2010 Topps, 2010 Topps Legendary Lineage, 2010 Topps Million Card Giveaway Code Card, 2010 Topps Peak Performance, 2010 Topps Sketch Cards, 2010 Topps The Cards Your Mother Threw Out, 2010 Topps Turkey Red, 2010 Topps Vintage Legends, Carl Crawford, Carlos Beltran, David Ortiz, Delmon Young, Kosuke Fukudome, Lou Brock, Randy Johnson, Richie Ashburn, Roger Maris, Ruben Tejada, Thurman Munson, Willie McCovey
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