SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR 2010

[Guest themetfairy]

G-Fafif wrote: The PotG MVP is clearly Mr. Grimm. Thanks for doing this, from the spreadsheets to the cards. 6.0 to you.

Agreed!

[Zvon]

The rookie cup sucked. The trophy is the only way to go.
Artistic license says going with the trophy no matter the year is totally acceptable, and even super kool for the cup years.

[batmagadanleadoff]

The PotG MVP is clearly Mr. Grimm. Thanks for doing this, from the spreadsheets to the cards. 6.0 to you. Thanks! And thanks to all the voters, regular and irregular! No matter the state of your bowels, all voters are appreciated! I agree. I would like to suggest a Topps Rookie trophy on Ike's card; the older version with the batter instead of the cup trophy. That's a good idea, but I'm afraid the 1976 card would have to have the cup: If it was a 1972 card, however...

I see that the tall Topps big trophy with the batter on top is going to cause all sorts of historical havoc: that trophy includes the year when the rookie award was issued. So even if you give Ike a new card, consistent with the years when Topps used the big batter trophy, like say a 1972 card for example, the year "2010" should be "engraved" on Ike's trophy -- and 2010 would be inconsistent with whatever baseball card template you would use for Ike's new card. So don't bother. You might blow up the world or something, like when some time traveler goes back in time to a date before he was born and kills his grandfather. Just play it safe and put a cup trophy on Ike's '76.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Absolutely loving those cards -- and kudos for the 1977 Pagan.

My fave: the 1974 Dickey!

[Zvon]

never mind.

[Edgy MD]

I think they stopped including a trophy with a figure on top when Bill Buckner took his bat and whacked the top off of his.