Mets Through the Years: The All-Star(s), 1974
July 9th, 2012 by slangon

The Mets 1974 contribution to the All-Star squad was a crew that you might not have expected. Yogi Berra mad his first and only appearance at the All-Star game as a manager, thanks to leading the team to the World Series the year before. That goes with his 15 appearances as a player. Jerry Grote […]

Mets Through the Years: The Managers
March 5th, 2012 by slangon

Later on tonight, I will be doing something that I haven’t done in a crow’s age. I will be sitting on a couch, drinking a beer and watching LIVE METS BASEBALL!!! Granted, it’s spring training baseball and granted I won’t be home until about a half an hour after the game starts so most likely […]

Countdown.
February 19th, 2012 by slangon

Day until and

On The Twelfth Day of Christmas…
December 25th, 2011 by slangon

…my collection gave to me Twelve Vintage Mets, 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! Merry Christmas to all! Have a great holiday season.

Some Recent Pick-Ups
November 23rd, 2011 by slangon

Just a quickie today. These are a couple of cards I recently snagged from eBay. First up is a Hammerin’ Hank All-Star that has seen better days. At least whoever owned this previously had the respect to not put tape all the way across Henry’s face. The back of this card is a bit more […]

2010 Topps Series 2 Hobby Box, Part 9
June 4th, 2010 by slangon

We’re down to the final 2 Rounds. Pedroia and Mantle are out of the picture and Cobb’s got some work to do to stay in the race with Ruth. Let’s see what happens. Pack 29 (Ruth): 345 Chris Volstad 515 Seattle Mariners FH 650 Dustin Pedroia 433 Julio Borbon 558 Ronnie Paulino HWS6 Mickey Mantle […]

52 Cards from 62 (The Project, Not the Year [Although One is from 1962])
April 3rd, 2010 by slangon

This is the finale in the 3 blockbuster trades I made over the last week or two that did extensive damage to various wantlists. Chris from Project ’62 had contacted me letting me know that he recently came across a box of beat up vintage cards and offered me some Mets from the box along […]

Christmas Cards (The Kind Without Glitter) Part V
January 8th, 2010 by slangon

Part of my Christmas card haul included a little spree at Check Out My Cards. I had browsed through there on many occasions, and I often use it as a reference tool, both in researching cards and in making customs. This is the first time that I bought anything there, though. If you haven’t used […]