Like the previous season, 1969 saw the Mets send 3 players to the All-Star Game. Cleon Jones had an outstanding year in 1969. He hit .340 on the season, which was 3rd in the League behind Pete Rose and Roberto Clemente. This was his one and only All-Star appearance. He started the game in left […]
Tags: 1969 Topps, 1971 Topps, All-Star, Cleon Jones, Jerry Koosman, Tom Seaver
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1968 marked the first time in their existence that the Mets would send multiple players to the Mid-Summer Classic. Jerry Grote was named to his first All-Star Team, thanks in part to his .291 average at the break. He was the starting backstop for the Senior Circuit and went 0 for 2 with a strikeout. […]
Tags: 1968 Topps, 1969 Topps Deckle Edge, 1970 Topps, Jerry Grote, Jerry Koosman, Tom Seaver
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1967 saw the emergence of Tom Seaver as a perennial All-Star. It was the first of the 12 All-Star teams that he was part of. He also won Rookie of the year that season, going 16-13 with a 2.76 ERA and 170 strikeouts. He entered the game in the 9th inning with the N.L. holding […]
Tags: 2011 Topps Kimball Champions, Tom Seaver
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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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Countdown.
February 16th, 2012 by slangon
What better way to ring in the new year than to show off a card that I got way back in October of last year that has been sitting on my desk collecting dust the way we all obsessively collect cardboard? 1974 Topps #207 Strikeout Leaders This was the final card that I needed to […]
Tags: 1974 Topps, league leader card, Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver
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…my collection gave to me Eleven League Leaders, Ten Rookie Cards, Nine Team Cards, Eight Crusty Skippers, Seven TTM Autos, Six 1960 High Numbers, Five Checked Up Checklists, Four Mini Cards, Three Jersey Relics, Two 56’s, And a Cardboard Zeppelin!
Tags: 12 Days of Christmas, 1962 Topps, 1967 Topps, 1970 Topps, 1972 Topps, 1974 Topps, 1977 Topps, 1979 Topps, 2006 Topps, Bill Stafford, Bobby Murcer, Camilo Pascual, Cleon Jones, Dick Donovan, Don Drysdale, Don Mossi, Frank Robinson, Gary Peters, Hanley Ramirez, J.R. Richard, Jim Bunning, Jim O'Toole, Jim Palmer, Joel Horlen, John Denny, Jose Reyes, Juan Pierre, Juan Pizzaro, league leader card, Mark Fidrych, Merv Rettenmund, Milt Pappas, Nolan Ryan, Orlando Cepeda, Pete Rose, Roberto Clemente, Sandy Koufax, Stan Williams, Steve Hargan, Tom Seaver, Tony Oliva, Whitey Ford, Willie Mays
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I feel like it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything I picked up at the old Sportlots site. Shocking, I know. Well, that’s about to change because here’s a sack of cards that I recently got from that very institution, none of which coat me more than 2 bits (with the exception of one […]
Tags: 1954 Bowman, 1954 Topps, 1957 Topps, 1958 Topps, 1959 Topps, 1961 Topps, 1962 Topps, 1963 Fleer, 1964 Topps, 1966 Topps, 1973 Topps, 2011 Allen & Ginter N43, 2011 Allen & Ginter Step Right Up, 2011 Allen & Ginter World's Most Mysterious Figures, 2011 Gypsy Queen, 2011 Topps, Al Rosen, Andre Rodgers, Bill Bonham, Bob Allison, Bobby Shantz, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Dick Allen, Dick Hall, Eddie Stanky, Fire Breathing, George Crowe, Hank Foiles, Hank Sauer, Johnny Bench, Kasper Hauser, league leader card, Lucas Duda, manager card, Mickey Vernon, Milwaukee Braves, Ralph Houk, Rick Monday, Roger Craig, Roy Halladay, Snake CHarming, team card, The Human Blockhead, The Strongman, Tom Seaver, Wilbur Wood, Willie Montanez
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Double timing it today. Here’s batch 2 from my latest Cards for Customs haul, and there’s some good ‘uns in there. Michael started this one off with the second and third year cards of probably the Greatest Met Ever. This has nothing to do with Michael and his generosity, but it always kind of irks […]
Tags: 1958 Topps, 1968 Topps, 1969 Topps, All-Star, Johnny Temple, Stan Musial, Tom Seaver
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