General All Purpose Baseball Card Thread

[Zvon]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Zvon wrote: Is going full name on Tommie over the top? I'd read the Topps Style Manual.

I am reading it. As I write it. It says that the description box should be longer across. But what would they have filled it with? The manual says always ask yourself what would Topps do. And after that ask everybody else.

[Zvon]

These photos on the cards can't be accurate, right? Games one and two were in Atlanta. These were the first ever playoff games. Could they have done a freaky thing like wearing home unis on the road for that? Topps was usually accurate on these types of cards as far as I know. Photos of the 69 NL playoffs, esp the Atlanta games, seem very rare.

[G-Fafif]

Zvon wrote: These photos on the cards can't be accurate, right? Games one and two were in Atlanta. These were the first ever playoff games. Could they have done a freaky thing like wearing home unis on the road for that? Topps was usually accurate on these types of cards as far as I know. Photos of the 69 NL playoffs, esp the Atlanta games, seem very rare.

Topps fudged this one. Just looked at PDF of Times coverage and everybody's wearing home and road as you'd expect at Atlanta Stadium, October 1969. (Plus I remember very clearly the Mets in their road uniforms that day, having just made the discovery at six years old that my team wore something different and were greeted not that fondly when they played away from Shea.)

[Zvon]

G-Fafif wrote: Topps fudged this one. Just looked at PDF of Times coverage and everybody's wearing home and road as you'd expect at Atlanta Stadium, October 1969. (Plus I remember very clearly the Mets in their road uniforms that day, having just made the discovery at six years old that my team wore something different and were greeted not that fondly when they played away from Shea.)

Thanks G. Are there photos in that article and if I register can I see them?

[G-Fafif]

Zvon wrote: G-Fafif wrote: Topps fudged this one. Just looked at PDF of Times coverage and everybody's wearing home and road as you'd expect at Atlanta Stadium, October 1969. (Plus I remember very clearly the Mets in their road uniforms that day, having just made the discovery at six years old that my team wore something different and were greeted not that fondly when they played away from Shea.) Thanks G. Are there photos in that article and if I register can I see them?

There are photos with the stories, but since the stories are PDFs of the original newspaper accounts, they're more like photocopies of photos. But you can see clearly the Mets are dressed for the road and the Braves are surely at home.

[Edgy MD]

Can we please get a more high-res Nancy card?

[Zvon]

G-Fafif wrote: G-Fafif wrote: Topps fudged this one. Just looked at PDF of Times coverage and everybody's wearing home and road as you'd expect at Atlanta Stadium, October 1969. (Plus I remember very clearly the Mets in their road uniforms that day, having just made the discovery at six years old that my team wore something different and were greeted not that fondly when they played away from Shea.) Thanks G. Are there photos in that article and if I register can I see them? There are photos with the stories, but since the stories are PDFs of the original newspaper accounts, they're more like photocopies of photos. But you can see clearly the Mets are dressed for the road and the Braves are surely at home.

I registered but have yet to buy the story. I think I will though. I would think all the photos are B&W. It would have to be a real good pic if I'm gonna colorize it.

So far I got this for game one of the playoffs. This photo is from a mid season game vs. Pittsburg, IIRC. Life magazine did a pictorical. It could pass although Seaver was not on the mound for the final out.


Ron Taylor capped this game with a 2 inning save (final 1-0). I wish I had a good photo of him in action to use. He pitched some crucial innings in the post.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: You're now the set designer, so apply your fantasies

So this has evolved into something else. I intended just to update the 70 cards to new color pics. Then thought of adding a few new cards. Now I'm thinking why not just make a whole set of cards that tell the story of the post season. Twenty or more cards. What the hell, why not?

If I do this up right I should include card backs that tell the story the photos depict. Is anybody interested in doing the write-ups for the card backs? Instead of a boxscore and stats on the back (maybe one card should have that for each game) there will be a description/details of the action. The typical baseball card kind of write-up. I'll give credit to anyone who wants to get involved. I figure to make a blog or some kind of set up to display these.

[Zvon]

I knew Aaron had a good playoff series but I forgot how good. Homered in every game.

[Zvon]

Almost done the playoff cards.


The card backs will look something like that.^
Scrapped the first Seaver for an action shot I photoshopped.


I'll display the cards on this blog I whipped up. http://metsfantasycards.blogspot.com/
Grimm or anyone else who makes cards and wants to display them on the Met fantasy card blog thing are welcome to.

And now we return to our regularly scheduled baseball cards.

[stevejrogers]

We've been playing in the 1969 sand box a bit too much Z, lets see cards that never were for the 1986 postseason!

I'd guess if Topps did a set it would be like the season highlights design in the 1987 base.

[Zvon]

SteveJRogers wrote: We've been playing in the 1969 sand box a bit too much Z, lets see cards that never were for the 1986 postseason! I'd guess if Topps did a set it would be like the season highlights design in the 1987 base.

I will get to 86, and 73, 1999,2000,2006. The thing that got me started was turning the 70 Topps post season cards from black & white into color. I will complete that eventually and move up the post season history of the Mets through cards as well as other random Met fantasy cards. Colorizing and card backs are slowing me down but I will keep that blog up and try and add a few cards a week. I have not even begun to post the 70 post season fantasy cards there yet.


Right now I'm looking for pictures of Bud Harrelson (gm 1 triple) and Ron Taylor (need both in road uniforms) in hopes of adding two additional cards to the playoff set.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Good luck with your blog. Looking forward to more Mets cards.

[Zvon]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Good luck with your blog. Looking forward to more Mets cards.

I'm not much of a blog person. But with the cards I can see adding to it as time goes by so it's a kool way to get em out there. I'd be happy if the people that are interested in this kind of thing run into it. Other than that it's just a fun thing to do.

[Zvon]

SteveJRogers wrote: I'd guess if Topps did a set it would be like the season highlights design in the 1987 base.

Thanks for that input. I appreciate any input, criticism, info, material and involvment.
I agree with what you said above but Im not finding any of that type from the set online. I see these, which can work, maybe very well. Change that slant 86 record breaker to read 86 world series.


I'll still try and preview the cards here if no one minds. So you don't have to go there to see em.
What I'd like to do is start in 62 and work my way up, but I don't know if that's feasible in a blog type format. Cause I do want to get the 69 post season cards up there asap. Can I put posts in the order I desire on a blog, or are they simply listed in the order they are posted?

Two 62 Topps cards for Gil, one to offset the awful picture they used on his regular card (in progress) and this created one, which, come-on, shudda been a 62 card.

Any other suggestions for 60s fantasy Met cards (esp 62 since I'm doin that now)would be appreciated. I have a '64 Topps Met Rookies card that I want to put two Mets on. Not just any Met but two interesting ones that were around a bit and maybe were a part of Met or baseball history.

[stevejrogers]

Zvon wrote: SteveJRogers wrote: I'd guess if Topps did a set it would be like the season highlights design in the 1987 base. Thanks for that input. I appreciate any input, criticism, info, material and involvment. I agree with what you said above but Im not finding any of that type from the set online. I see these, which can work, maybe very well. Change that slant 86 record breaker to read 86 world series.

Yeah, I think RB was what I was thinking of.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

I love these cards. Thank you for making and sharing them!

[Zvon]

Feel free to use em on your blog MGIM. Lets circulate these babies.

Gils up:

Topps 1962 Gil: booooo, horrible picture.


My Fantasy Gil *heart

How do you make a heart?

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[seawolf17]

That's excellent! Nicely done.

[Zvon]

If Gil gets one, so does Casey.

[Zvon]

Something just occurred to me. I am not that experienced with Topps card sets that were released in the series format. Did these cards released late in the season reflect mid season changes, or highlights? Because the more I think about it the more I'm thinking cards like the one below would not have appeared until the 1963 set. Same might go for the Gil Comes Home one.

[Zvon]

Well, in any case I got it covered.

[Zvon]

Shaddup! It's my fantasy.

[stevejrogers]

Zvon wrote: Shaddup! It's my fantasy.

There's a what if for ya...

Was told to make an article out of that McCovey "card" from a few pages ago...think I may have to do a follow up on this bad boy down the line.

Of course this bloody T.A.R.D.I.S. keeps jamming up on me, I'm more likely to end up in a parallel earth where Tom Seaver was able to sign with the Braves!

[Zvon]

SteveJRogers wrote: There's a what if for ya... Was told to make an article out of that McCovey "card" from a few pages ago...think I may have to do a follow up on this bad boy down the line. Of course this bloody T.A.R.D.I.S. keeps jamming up on me, I'm more likely to end up in a parallel earth where Tom Seaver was able to sign with the Braves!

Use as you see fit. I got that card on my last visit to the Fringe alternate universe.

[seawolf17]

Baseball cards make everything better. I love these.

[Zvon]

seawolf17 wrote: Baseball cards make everything better.

Never thought about that. They do.

[stevejrogers]

Zvon wrote: seawolf17 wrote: Baseball cards make everything better. Never thought about that. They do.

Not if you suddenly get flashes of Seaver starting Game 1 of the 1969 NLCS in a Braves jersey!

[Zvon]

SteveJRogers wrote: Zvon wrote: seawolf17 wrote: Baseball cards make everything better. Never thought about that. They do. Not if you suddenly get flashes of Seaver starting Game 1 of the 1969 NLCS in a Braves jersey!

Yikes. That's someones fantasy nightmare!


Possibly yours!

[Ceetar]

amusing

The background of this card features a POPSICLE.

[G-Fafif]

Zvon, these are fantastic. Love that you're doing this and blogging it. Looking forward to sharing on FAFIF and everywhere.