Z's Post Season Baseball Card Mets Tribute Thread

[Zvon]

Yea-i really planned on being fair and serious with the captions, but....

The fatassed comments were from JDs observations in one of his posts (think it was him)........

[Zvon]

[u:a704674049]depressing announcement:[/u:a704674049]

No more baseball cards till the Mets advance.
Ill settle for another win,actually.
In any case, I will finish these no matter what the case, eventually.

I do not want to put in the time it would take to do up tonights game---but I will do em all, even if its after the adventure that has been this postseason.

Yea-Im kinda bummed,.....but hopeful.
ya gotta believe.
All else leads to dispairing insanity.

Plenty of baseball left.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Oh, just do 'em (like the WAGNER BLOWS one). It's not like growing a beard.

[Zvon]

Johnny Dickshot wrote: Oh, just do 'em (like the WAGNER BLOWS one). It's not like growing a beard.

It was a snap before I decided to add fonts.
DUH!
Thats my only bad postseason decision,
tho we could debate that, along with some of Willies.

I havent even looked at the pics available.
Thats how out of this game we were tonight,lol.
Yikes.

[Zvon]

I just went to collect the game pics.
I didnt think it possible to get any more bummed than I was.
I was wrong.
lol;)

[Zvon]

Ah, twist my arm....

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Caption Contest Card

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[Guest martin]

these cards are freaking outstanding.

[Zvon]

martin wrote: these cards are freaking outstanding.

thx-labor of love,...and sometimes hate.

[soupcan]

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Now I know what the American Indians feel like when faced with the Cleveland Indian and Atlanta Brave logos.

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[A Boy Named Seo]

A lot of good stuff in here, Zvon. Great work and thanks for sharing.

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[Zvon]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: A lot of good stuff in here, Zvon. Great work and thanks for sharing.

np.
I love doin this kinda stuff.
I still like rippin open a pack of baseball cards too, tho I only buy afew packs a season anymore (see current card pack prices).
And I love baseball cards.

So I make ones Id enjoy seeing.


Crap---I spelt Cards wrong there.
Ha-so it goes.

[Zvon]

...and Ill use that METS SHOW MUSCLE phrase (used way back when by Topps) every game if given the chance.

[Guest Edgy DC]

What makes these a great leap forward from the old stuff is the better graphic contrast.

[Zvon]

I will finish these fake baseball cards eventually.
More sooner than later.
But Im gonna step off a bit to properly grieve the end of the run.

I did whip up some special work, on THE CATCH.

Not sure which Ill use for the card.

[DocTee]

Awesome-- "The strength to be there" --emblazoned on the outfield wall-- sorta sums up Endy's effort (and the Mets great season).

[Zvon]

DocTee wrote: Awesome-- "The strength to be there" --emblazoned on the outfield wall-- sorta sums up Endy's effort (and the Mets great season).

that it does.

I have 3 of those four images of Chavez as clear (no backround) cutouts that can be placed anywhere (like colorforms) on the original pic (the Chavez far left-looking at pic- is the one thats part of the original pic-thus fixed in place).

So, what Im asking, I guess, is which is the preferable layout.
And does the colored up one look kool, or what?
All I did there was oversaturate the resulting layout/pic.

The result, different colors, was just an odd side effect of doing that.
I didnt re-color the individual Chavez's.

I can make the Chavez's appear even more closely together, or farther apart..... can make them different sizes,.. see thru...lots of ways i can go with the layout.

Any suggestions?
Im not sure which of the ones I made I prefer, or if I should mess around with it some more.......

And has anyone found any pics/versions of the catch that I didnt use here?
(I searched for all pics available last night after game-found around 6 or 7-similar view but mili-seconds apart. Some were crops from bigger shots)

I gotta thank Endy for making this catch, cuz if he didnt give me that to remember, I would have been so much more bummed last night.

What a catch--we'll be seein the replay forever--and to see METS emblazoned across the chest of the man who made that catch......

priceless.
Worth it all.

Thnk u Endy.

[stevejrogers]

I like the closer together shot. I'd also try to sell it to Upper Deck or Topps as well! The Traded/Update sets usually come out late November and they've been using highlights of DS, LCS and WS games in those sets

[Guest SwitchHitter]

I like the first one. So much that I IM'ed the link to a couple people.

Very nice.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Those composite shots are great, Zvon. Here's my "old school" take on Endy's catch:

http://www.leaptoad.com/mets/jpeg/EndyChavez1972.jpg