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

[Zvon]

G-Fafif wrote: Hands made that statement in the late 1980s as the owner/operator of a gas station near Orient Point, way the hell out on Long Island. "Now I'm living here in New York," the Cub who hit Tommie Agee said, "and I still have to listen to everybody talk about the Mets. That's OK. You have to give them credit when it's due, and in 1969, they had one great year. They were lucky as hell too, but did you ever think of this? Did you ever think that maybe we weren't really quite as good as everybody thought we were?"

Also, Mr. Hands was not the Cub who hit Tommie Agee. He was the Cub that knocked him down trying to hit him. He couldn't even do that right. Ash-hole. Agee got up, dusted himself off, and grounded out to third. After that Tommie reeked havoc the entire game. Homered next time up, then singled and did all that running and scoring business. Hands was still in there to face Agee in the 8th and he walked him.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Today's Met of the day, John Stearns, at Butterball Field (white sign where fence shortens seen in the background).

[Zvon]

Lets add a Koosman to the list.

[Zvon]

I could make a whole set of cards of just Mets at the spot.

[batmagadanleadoff]

"Ray Sadecki. Pffft. I'm the King of the Mets".

[batmagadanleadoff]

A trio of Who Am I's with Metly connections, all shot by The Man From Topps.

[Guest themetfairy]

I can't see the first one.

The guy in the Cardinals uni looks like Art Howe.

[Edgy MD]

And the Expos one looks like Terry Collins.

The middle guy doesn't look like Jerry Manuel or Willie Randolph, however.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Something tells me the middle one is, um, GRZENDA

I agree, bottom guy is Art.

[batmagadanleadoff]

themetfairy wrote: I can't see the first one. The guy in the Cardinals uni looks like Art Howe.

[batmagadanleadoff]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Something tells me the middle one is, um, GRZENDA

You mean like Grzenda's glove?

[batmagadanleadoff]

Edgy MD wrote: And the Expos one looks like Terry Collins.

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, posing like a pitcher and wearing an Expos uniform didn't reflect too well on that guess.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Uh... Dan Warthen.

[seawolf17]

Nope. John Strohmayer.

[batmagadanleadoff]

seawolf17 wrote: Nope. John Strohmayer.

Yay!! Seawolf gets the clap. Do you realize just what kind of a maniac you have to be to recognize Strohmayer? Do you think you'd be able to recognize Brad Emaus if I posted a picture of him in a Blue Jays uniform 40 years from now? 'Cause that's what identifying Strohmayer is like.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: seawolf17 wrote: Nope. John Strohmayer. Yay!! Seawolf gets the clap. Do you realize just what kind of a maniac you have to be to recognize Strohmayer? Do you think you'd be able to recognize Brad Emaus if I posted a picture of him in a Blue Jays uniform 40 years from now? 'Cause that's what identifying Strohmayer is like.

Ah, but Wolfie is a fellow baseball card collector. I suspect he, like me, came of age around the time of the 1973 team, and obsessively kept his cards grouped by team. Strohmayer has a 1973 Expos card, and being a goofball kid, I crossed out Expos on the card and wrote Mets. (A card I had to replace years later....)

[batmagadanleadoff]

Cardigans? Argyles? Ski motifs? Winter'll be here before you know it. So we've prepared a fitting (get it? Fitting?) Who Am I. Identify every Met pictured below in one single post and you'll win four 4 four



clappers

[G-Fafif]

This was back when scouting really put a premium on outerwear. And not without good reason.



Nevertheless, to paraphrase the late, great Leo McGarry in his wise counsel to overwrought Sam Seaborn on The West Wing, I think the Mets were putting too much faith in the magical powers of a new sweater.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Hint: Four of these Mets already appeared in this thread.

[batmagadanleadoff]

dgwphotography wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Who is this Toppless ex-Met who never appeared on a Topps baseball card in a Cardinals uniform? There is something about the look of kodachrome that just can't be duplicated today...

I wouldn't know kodachrome from Codacrommini, Italy. But those Topps shots are rich and vibrant. And what detail. They seem to get right into the fibers of the uniforms.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Dave Kingman ... the batter's eye black tarp at Miller-Huggins in the background. I think. What's the patch of dirt right behind him? It looks like what should be left field at Butterball Field. And then what's the dirt field in the far background? The dirt right behind Kingman is throwing me off.

[Zvon]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Dave Kingman ... the batter's eye black tarp at Miller-Huggins in the background. I think. What's the patch of dirt right behind him? It looks like what should be left field at Butterball Field. And then what's the dirt field in the far background? The dirt right behind Kingman is throwing me off.

The dirt is all one body of dirt that is known as "The Infield Dirt @ Butterball Field". 2nd to 3rd base right behind him. That strip coming out of his shirt sleeve is 1st to 2nd. Further back, right field foul line along fence.That's either the batters black eye tarp behind Kong or one of those giant worms from DUNE.

They had some ratty grass lookin' down there.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Here's a photo of Gil Hodges that you've probably seen more times than you can count. And now you know exactly where at Miller-Huggins he's kneeling for the cameraman.

[Zvon]

It'll be awhile before I collect em all but this is the look of the SS and BF cards.

Of course Seaver gets a trophy.

The watertower supposed to spoof the Topps Rookie Award. The only thing I could think to make it an award for was top Mets. Rookie/veteran status, even position, don't mean anything in this set. Didn't we do a poll or thread establishing our top 50 (or 100) all time Mets? I can't find it.

Have we established who this guy is?^

If any of the years given are off lemme know Batmags.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Zvon wrote: Have we established who this guy is?^

That's Craig Anderson. I assume there's gotta be a Bob Botz BF card in the works. Lute's last name is spelled B-A-R-N-E-S.

[Zvon]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Zvon wrote: Lute's last name is spelled B-A-R-N-E-S.

Gah, shoot. thnx.

[HahnSolo]

Zvon wrote: It'll be awhile before I collect em all but this is the look of the SS and BF cards. Of course Seaver gets a trophy. The watertower supposed to spoof the Topps Rookie Award. The only thing I could think to make it an award for was top Mets. Rookie/veteran status, even position, don't mean anything in this set. Didn't we do a poll or thread establishing our top 50 (or 100) all time Mets? I can't find it. Have we established who this guy is?^ If any of the years given are off lemme know Batmags.

Brilliant.

[Zvon]

Brilliant.

Thank you Mr. Solo. I really appreciate that.

So Sadecki tries to catch Seaver.

Seaver:"Not so fast scrub."


This guy makes some good cards. I think he has a cardpack for every year. I downloaded 1968 and 1970 and got a few S-Spot hits.


Not sure about this one^

We got it^




Mah man Tommie Agee gettin close


Donn is close but he prefers to be nearer his own field.

These are of that other area.



This might be down there and that sign might say Crescent Lake, but I really don't know.

The clubhouse.

[Zvon]

2 more.
Donn sticks to his own field.

Dick Selma photobombs a great pic of the corner area.