1979 Yearbook

[Guest KC]

The rest of the old ones, with nice scans are on this dusty old page

http://www.kcmets.com/YearbookImages/Yearbooks62to86.html

[Guest Edgy DC]

I think we're all in agreement.

That 1974 edition is often advertised on e-bay as the 1973 book by peeps confused by the flag. Caveat emptor.

Montañez (still needs the tilde at IMDB) struggled through 1979 after a solid 1978 and was dumped in early August for Ed Lynch and Mike Jorgensen in a deal where I guess everybody had to clear waivers.

The most typical 1979 batting order

1) Taveras, ss
2) Younglblood, rf (34)
3) Mazzilli, cf
4) Hebner, 3b
5) Montañez, 1b
6) Stearns, c (42)
7) Henderson, lf
8) Flynn, 2b

By the end of the season, Jorgensen had replaced Willie and Claudell Washington was slamming the ball in right with Youngblood taking over for an injured Henderson in left.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Montañez, by the way, absolutely caught fire after going to Texas

NYM: 109 Games, .234 / .277 / .317 // .594
TEX: 38 Games, .319 / .357 / .528 // .885

[soupcan]

How many have Mets yearbook collections? Raise your hands.

A complete collection? If not what do youi need? Do you display them or just keep them in a box somewhere?

I collect only the first editions not the revised though I have some reviseds in my collection. I need '62-66 to complete my collection.

I keep them in binders on a shelf in my office at home

I saw '62 in a store once for $500.00. Went to the bank to get the money by the time I got back she was gone.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I have 1964, and 1966 through 2005. I think I'm missing one from the mid-90's though. It's not with the others, but it's probably somewhere in this house.

I don't display them but have them in a pile on a bookshelf.

I used to collect the scorecards too, but haven't in a long time. I do have a scattered bunch, though.

I also have an unbroken run of Sporting News Baseball Baseball Guides from 1963 to 2005.

[Guest Edgy DC]

When I first found the UMDB, there were very few photos of Mets before 1973, but a pretty complete set of the 1962 Mets. I fugured that pretty much summed up Yancy's yearbook collection.

Kase, how much for an Offical?

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

I have at least one yearbook from every year from 1967 to the present. D-Dad obtained 1967-1969 on eBay - the rest were obtained by me at Shea each year.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Edgy DC wrote: When I first found the UMDB, there were very few photos of Mets before 1973, but a pretty complete set of the 1962 Mets. I fugured that pretty much summed up Yancy's yearbook collection.

Interesting. I don't know when you first found the site, but in the early days I didn't expect that it would get nearly the number of visitors that it's been getting.

I remember when Ed Kranepool was in first place in the most-popular rankings with something like 11 hits. I was impressed that someone reached double digits.

My original goal was to get photos of the Mets who I thought would be most likely to be clicked. It wasn't until much later, when everyone's hit count was over four digits that I decided to try to fill in all the lesser-known guys. (Only 138 faces remain on the wish list, by the way.)

I probably got the 1962 photos from my Donald Honig book that the Mets sent me for free many years ago.

[Guest sharpie]

I used to have and was devoted to that '67 yearbook. Sniff, sniff.

[Guest cooby]

Holy Crap.

Mine says "Offical"

I paid 75 cents for it plus the quarter postage or whatever.

I'm not kidding, kids.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I just dug mine out. Mine is merely "official."

Sheesh.

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: I just dug mine out. Mine is merely "official." Sheesh.

If you just open this thread to page 3, Yancy's quote has a sorta double entendre to it.

[Guest cooby]

I suppose once upon a time, 30 years ago, I might have noticed it, but I really am amazed.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Mine is merely official

[G-Fafif]

My proactive collecting began with '72 and continues to this day. I later got hold of '64, '67 '70 and '71. I was particularly interested in '70 because I figured it would have a great look back at '69. It was very disappointing -- much the hack job. It was like "The Mets won the World Series last year. And hosted Helmet Day."

Editorially they've gotten much better about commemorating things. Dennis D'Agostino's special sections on '86 in the '87 YB and the 40th anniversary of Shea in '04 make them must-haves beyond their merely being yearbooks. (They even published an excerpt from Roger Angell in '87.) On the other hand, the body of modern volumes beg to be ignored.

But nothing beats those Willard Mullin covers.

[Guest KC]

The officals aren't worth all that much, especially if they're not in excellent
condition. If anyone wants to score one, do what soup said and monitor
ebay for a 74 yearbook (make sure it has an image) and wait for an un-
suspecting seller to unload one cheap. The 1974 was a very popular year-
book because the Mets were super popular and that's why we all remember
having one if your from that age group. I had the team picture cut out of a
copy on my bedroom wall from that book until we cleaned my Mom's apart-
ment out in the early 90's.

Or, if you want to score one maybe I'll make that one of the Mets door
prizes at the annual ST meeting.

[Guest KC]

I have pretty much all the yearbooks, programs, revisions, cards, and a
semi-large collection of Mets on magazine covers too. I got frustrated with
them because they so unorganized and in piles and boxes and strewn about
so I started a project a couple of months ago which I've fallen behind on.

I got two boxes of nice red-rope folders and I'm making one per year with
everything and making a filing system. I hate when something comes up
here and I know I have the answer or something to add at my finger tips
and I have to dig through the stuff.

Anticipated date of finishing? After I rebuild kcmets, rank the top rock songs
of '80's, finish the 2005 Mets (and who the funk am I kidding prolly '06 and '07)
and first there's The Cranepool Companion looming large on the horizon.

[Guest cooby]

KC wrote: The officals aren't worth all that much, especially if they're not in excellent condition. .

That's not what he said

[Guest KC]

My coobylator didn't get delivered yet. Who's he?

[Guest cooby]

I'm sorry KC, I meant soupcan. I edited his name out when I quoted your post.

I thought when skimming through this that he said something about being worth a couple of hundred dollars.


Mine smells like a basement, btw. I really need to find a better place for my collection. Although it is in a big rubbermaid tub.

[Guest cooby]

Yep, this is what I thought he said:

="soupcan"] . There was also this yearbook - that had a misprint on the cover of the initial printing. Instead of 'Official Yearbook' it read 'Offical Yearbook' omitting the second 'i' in 'official'. It was reprinted pretty quickly and the originals are hard to find. Supposedly fetching upwards of $400 or so. .

[Guest cooby]

So anyway, if you are giving out $400 prizes, maybe I will come to this ST meeting after all

[Guest KC]

Sorry, I don't know where soup got his info but they're not that uncommon
nowadays with ebay trading and stuff. It's quite possible they were fetching
that kind of money years ago in a dealers store. I think I paid $40-50 for my
really nice one, and I bought it from an expert on Mets memorabilia.

If I can figure out how many I have, maybe that'll be a cpf st meeting door
prize. One never knows.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Well, I got an OFFICIAL anyway. I like how you open it right up to the Wifey Watch spread.

Dee... Lavonne... MWILFs

[Guest cooby]

I guess I'm the only one to hit the jackpot when I got home. But whether it's worth $400 or not, it's pretty cool...

[Guest KC]

It is pretty cool. And the whole fact that it happened is freakin' hilarious,
and here (albeit, somewhat compulsive) Mets' fans are still discussing it to-
day. I wish there was a way to know how many of these were printed and
how many of the whole year were printed.

[Guest Edgy DC]

No luck for me.

[Guest Edgy DC]

OK, I'll say what we're all thinking. The 1969 "Our pitchers and catcher are so damn good that their detached heads float above the upper deck" concept is a jaw dropper, to say the least.

[Willets Point]

I like how the boy's trying to catch them in his hat.

[soupcan]

I'll defer to KC on the worth of the 'Offical' book. Don't remember where I got the info. Mebbe I read it somewhere years back.

In any case it is a cool piece of Metsdom.

Cooby did you feel like Charlie Bucket opening up a Wonka Bar with a golden ticket in it when you saw that yours was 'Offical'?