Who Am I? & The Dedication & Re-creation of Butterball Field

[Met Hunter]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: On his Padres resume, there's one heckuvanoutstanding season. On his Met resume, there's nothing but the quiet desperation of a player on the fringes of major league baseball. Topps never bothered to put him on a card in a Met uniform. But The Man From Topps -- he loves those early San Diego duds and the candy colored stands that circle the inside of old Shea Stadium. bump

Dave Roberts

[batmagadanleadoff]

This is what happens when The Man From Topps is nowhere to be found. The Man From Topps must've been two teams behind with this double X rated Met because the Met in question didn't come to Shea Stadium from Pittsburgh.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

That's Bob Miller! Or, prodigal Bob Miller.

[batmagadanleadoff]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: That's Bob Miller! Or, prodigal Bob Miller.

See what I did with double X rated? Get it? Double ex? Double ex-met? lolololol

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Met Hunter wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: On his Padres resume, there's one heckuvanoutstanding season. On his Met resume, there's nothing but the quiet desperation of a player on the fringes of major league baseball. Topps never bothered to put him on a card in a Met uniform. But The Man From Topps -- he loves those early San Diego duds and the candy colored stands that circle the inside of old Shea Stadium. bump Dave Roberts

That's Dave Roberts, who throws left and signs left. He was Cy Young caliber in 1971 and an under the radar sleeper stealth draft pick if you ever played the 1971 Strat-O-Matic set. He had a crappy W-L record that year because the '71 Padres were one of the most offensively inept teams to come around in the last 50 years.

[batmagadanleadoff]

His time with the Tribe was brief, and thus, Toppless. On his Met cards, (that's cards -- plural), he never wore the shirt he oughta have been wearing.

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Hatless on Crazy Hat Day



Another tough one, especially for the younger members of this forum, who might not have ever seen this ex Met hatless and in a Braves uniform.

aDHnUPofJjU

[Guest themetfairy]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Another tough one, especially for the younger members of this forum, who might not have ever seen this ex Met hatless and in a Braves uniform. [youtube]aDHnUPofJjU[/youtube]

Felix Millan

[Zvon]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: On his Padres resume, there's one heckuvanoutstanding season. On his Met resume, there's nothing but the quiet desperation of a player on the fringes of major league baseball. Topps never bothered to put him on a card in a Met uniform. But The Man From Topps -- he loves those early San Diego duds and the candy colored stands that circle the inside of old Shea Stadium. bump Dave Roberts That's Dave Roberts, who throws left and signs left. He was Cy Young caliber in 1971 and an under the radar sleeper stealth draft pick if you ever played the 1971 Strat-O-Matic set. He had a crappy W-L record that year because the '71 Padres were one of the most offensively inept teams to come around in the last 50 years.

Damn, I knew that face. I knew he was a D.R. !

[Guest themetfairy]

themetfairy wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Another tough one, especially for the younger members of this forum, who might not have ever seen this ex Met hatless and in a Braves uniform. [youtube]aDHnUPofJjU[/youtube] Felix Millan

Was I right?

[Zvon]

themetfairy wrote: Was I right?

Yes you are. GJ TMF

[Guest themetfairy]

Thanks - I'd like to think that I set the speed record for this thread

[batmagadanleadoff]

Toppless as a Met, this hurler threw his last major league pitch in a Met uniform. Above, the Man From Topps snapped him in the uniform of the new Washington Senators - a rare picture because the mystery pitcher was never Toppsed in a Senators uniform.

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This player might own the record for most appearances in a Met yearbook without ever getting his own Topps Mets card.

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If you've got the time, The Man From Topps has more ex-Mets.

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Zvon wrote: Jesus (Ass-ooose) Alou

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themetfairy wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Another tough one, especially for the younger members of this forum, who might not have ever seen this ex Met hatless and in a Braves uniform. [youtube]aDHnUPofJjU[/youtube] Felix Millan

[batmagadanleadoff]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: His time with the Tribe was brief, and thus, Toppless. On his Met cards, (that's cards -- plural), he never wore the shirt he oughta have been wearing.

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[Met Hunter]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: This player might own the record for most appearances in a Met yearbook without ever getting his own Topps Mets card.

Dave Schneck

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Met Hunter wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: This player might own the record for most appearances in a Met yearbook without ever getting his own Topps Mets card. Dave Schneck

[batmagadanleadoff]

More scenery from the Sadecki spot, including a white house structure. If that's the structure I'm thinking of, it's been there since the Mets took over the joint, back in 1962. I remember the game when this Toppless fringe Met got his first major league hit. In front of the home crowd at Shea Stadium, he singled in his first ever at bat. It was either a grounder past the infielders or a line drive that first bounced in the deep part of the infield.

[G-Fafif]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: More scenery from the Sadecki spot, including a white house structure. If that's the structure I'm thinking of, it's been there since the Mets took over the joint, back in 1962. I remember the game when this Toppless fringe Met got his first major league hit. In front of the home crowd at Shea Stadium, he singled in his first ever at bat. It was either a grounder past the infielders or a line drive that first bounced in the deep part of the infield.

I believe that structure and its out-of-the-frame twin are known as the Lute Barn(e)s.

[G-Fafif]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Another tough one, especially for the younger members of this forum, who might not have ever seen this ex Met hatless and in a Braves uniform.

Twice in the last two season I've met historically well-informed younger Mets fans who persist in referring to Mee-yan as "Mil-lahn." (The veteran narrator of the audio version of my first book did the same.)

[batmagadanleadoff]

G-Fafif wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: More scenery from the Sadecki spot, including a white house structure. If that's the structure I'm thinking of, it's been there since the Mets took over the joint, back in 1962. I remember the game when this Toppless fringe Met got his first major league hit. In front of the home crowd at Shea Stadium, he singled in his first ever at bat. It was either a grounder past the infielders or a line drive that first bounced in the deep part of the infield. I believe that structure and its out-of-the-frame twin are known as the Lute Barn(e)s.

[batmagadanleadoff]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: His time with the Tribe was brief, and thus, Toppless. On his Met cards, (that's cards -- plural), he never wore the shirt he oughta have been wearing. bump

It's Bob L. Miller, the '69 mid-season Indian.

[batmagadanleadoff]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: If you've got the time, The Man From Topps has more ex-Mets.

If you've got the time, we've got the Bob. Miller Bob. It was Miller Time.

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In my mind, this fringy Met never escaped the Minors, even though he actually did play for the Mets. Above, he's standing at the Sadecki Spot years before it would be named for the versatile early '70's Met hurler.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Who is this bearded Met with the impish grin and David Wright's future uniform #?

[Zvon]

Is that a real beard?
Dave Kingman.


As a collector of Met pics that is an amazin' pic of Shneck.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Zvon wrote: Is that a real beard? Dave Kingman.

Try and pull it off and you'll find out.

Zvon wrote: As a collector of Met pics that is an amazin' pic of Shneck.

Which one are you talkin' about? The b&w with Staub and Milner or The Man From Topps shot?