Wolves in Sheeps' Clothing

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Wolves Hiding in Sheeps' Clothing -- 1969 Topps Style

Edited May 6, 2014 by Guest

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Wolves of '68:



Another close call on Davis. If he's wearing road gray, the lack of piping puts him in a Dodgers jersey. If he's in home white, and you believe the jersey is pinstripe-less, then he's also wearing a Dodgers jersey. You gotta believe Davis is in pinstripes for him to be a Wolf of '68.

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*Davis might be in Seattle Pilot duds.

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Wolves of '66:



OE -- Kroll's wearing a Phillie top, as evidenced by his horizontal shoulder pinstripes. Same for Smith/White Sox.

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Wolf of '67:

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Wolves of 1971

(The tail end of the run of '71 cards ushers in the Topps paint a logo on the uni with a crayon era).

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Wolves of 1972:

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Wolves of '73



Agee's card also features a coupl'a sheeps in wolves' clothing.

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Wolves of '65:

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Kolb!

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Wolves of '64:

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Wolves of '63:

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The Original Met Wolves:

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Wolves of '74:

None. Unless Topps whited out Agee's pinstripes ala Strom '73, and painted in collar stripes:

OE -- Nah. That's an Astro collar, which Topps wouldn't have drawn in on a Dodger card. So, no Wolves of '74.



Maybe this thread'll inspire our custom card-makers to thrown down their own Wolves in Sheep's Clothing creations. Something like an Ike Davis in a '72 Pirate template in a Met home pinstriped uni cropped around the jersey wordmark with a cap/helmet painted yellow and an ugly Pittsburgh "P" drawn on.

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Wolves of 1972:

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Wolves of 1972:

Nice nasal shot of Swoboda

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Rocky and Sham are like a nosehair platoon.

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batmagadanleadoff wrote:

If I had known of this card when collecting the '62 Met Topps cards I would have considered it a must for inclusion.

I had never seen that card before. Excellent find Bats.

There should be an entire blog covering airbrushed hats and unis, if there isn't already. A lot of material to mess with there. I'll make an Ike for fun when I get around to it.

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Wolves of '75: Topps now routinely whitewashes elements of the old jersey -- thus, removing most traces of the sheeps' clothing.



You make the call on Strom. Did Topps whitewash a Met or Indian jersey?

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First Mets member of both the Wolf in Sheep's Clothing and Sheep in Wolf's Clothing Club:



Met Hall of Famers with membership in both clubs:

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I Was a Mets Wolf for Three Straight Years for Three Different Teams:

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Zvon wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: If I had known of this card when collecting the '62 Met Topps cards I would have considered it a must for inclusion. I had never seen that card before. Excellent find Bats. There should be an entire blog covering airbrushed hats and unis, if there isn't already. A lot of material to mess with there. I'll make an Ike for fun when I get around to it.

I touched on that when we solved the mystery of the Rusty Staub Twinkees disaster.

http://metsguyinmichigan.blogspot.com/2010/01/solving-mystery-of-horrific-hostess.html

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batmagadanleadoff wrote: Maybe this thread'll inspire our custom card-makers to thrown down their own Wolves in Sheep's Clothing creations. Something like an Ike Davis in a '72 Pirate template in a Met home pinstriped uni cropped around the jersey wordmark with a cap/helmet painted yellow and an ugly Pittsburgh "P" drawn on.

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But I don't wanna be a Pirate!

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Paint a Logo on the Sheep's Cap Mets:

Edited May 8, 2014 by Guest

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Most years between Mets Sheep Stints -12:

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metsguyinmichigan wrote: I touched on that when we solved the mystery of the Rusty Staub Twinkees disaster. http://metsguyinmichigan.blogspot.com/2010/01/solving-mystery-of-horrific-hostess.html

Great read, thanks. Grimms Rusty is one of my top 3 fav fake cards.


So for the Ike, a badly drawn Pirate hat and jersey...-no wait, Ike in Pirate hat and puffy shirt?

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Paint a cap in the 90's. Torborg added.

Paint a Logo on the Sheep's Cap Mets:

Edited May 14, 2014 by Guest

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Wolves Hiding in Sheeps' Clothing -- 1969 Topps Style

Our newest Wolf is a Hawk.

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Wolves of '63:

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Wolves of '68: Another close call on Davis. If he's wearing road gray, the lack of piping puts him in a Dodgers jersey. If he's in home white, and you believe the jersey is pinstripe-less, then he's also wearing a Dodgers jersey. You gotta believe Davis is in pinstripes for him to be a Wolf of '68.

Lamabe removed. Those horizontal shoulder stripes puts Jack in a White Sox uniform, Jack's other '67 team.

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