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[Guest themetfairy]

I just got to Duke Snider, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and Joe DiMaggio. OMG!

I remember watching these things with my mom when I was a kid, and my mom would always remark about how old DiMaggio and the rest of them looked. Of course, they were always old men to me, so I never really got it. But when I see the players of my youth today, I really understand....

[Guest cooby]

Zvon wrote: [fimg=733]http://i.imgur.com/kkS2fVy.jpg[/fimg] The cigarettes in the sock is a powerful fashion statement. I wore that style. There was really no other place to put the pack. The OTD vid is freakin' awesomely classic. Thank you for sharing that Greg. I was so pissed at the Mets after they moved Seaver I wouldn't even open the sports pages for a loooong time, not to mention tuning in.

The boy on the right reminds me of my hubby at that age...killer bod, big hair, glasses, and of course the tube socks. He prolly put his smokes down in his too.

Yes, this is a precious find, thank you for finding and sharing it Greg

[ashie62]

Awesome. Makes modern baseball look silly.

[G-Fafif]

Full consideration of Old Timers Day 1977 here.

[Edgy MD]

Really, you should mention Bill Wambsganss twice. Who in the Mets front office was kicking back at the Old Timer's Day meeting and said, "You know, we should really give Wambsganss a call"?

Bob Murphy is all over this question:

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"There's Loren Matthews, the director of special events for the Mets."

[Edgy MD]

Early observations:
[list:1c62qqsk][*:1c62qqsk]How about Ralph, still identifying enough with the Bucs that he's hanging out in their dugout chatting up Kent Tekulve before the game?

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[*:1c62qqsk]The 1977 PA sounds just about shot to hell. What a perfect representation of the Torre-era upkeep.

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[*:1c62qqsk]Lindsay's jacket represents something akin to evening ware. And he's out there in mid-90s whether and not breaking a sweat.

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[*:1c62qqsk]Hey, no representation from some dudes from The Tri-City Ford Lincoln Mercury Dealers!

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[*:1c62qqsk]People politely tolerate the first few execs, but Bill Shea gets some hardy applause.

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[*:1c62qqsk]Ron Taylor, described as such an intellectual achiever, and then they cut to him, and he's looking like an indifferent carpenter, wiping his nose on his arm, and the residue onto his pants leg. You can take the man out baseball, but... I think of Ron Hodges and wonder if 42 was just cursed to be a number for the uncouth Mets.

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[*:1c62qqsk]Joe Pignatano is behind Taylor sucking down a TAB. No wonder he's lived so long.

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[*:1c62qqsk]Hank Bauer's thick glasses take only some of the effect off what was one of the meanest-lookin' grills in baseball back in the day. I wonder if he intimidated the skinny long-haired 19-year-old escorting him. He intimidates me.

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[*:1c62qqsk]Moe Drabowsky, who strangely left the Orioles after 1968 but returned for 1970 (maybe he's the reason we won!), amazingly has a filthy ass on his uniform, like he's already executed a couple of slides before his introduction.[/*:m:1c62qqsk][/list:u:1c62qqsk]

[Edgy MD]

[list:11z83x8d][*:11z83x8d]Carl Erskine: Wrong uniform, but right number. I'd be curious to learn if they just pulled that uniform out of Felix Millan's locker. Felix wasn't long for those threads. Less than a month later, another man in the stadium that day � Ed Ott � would be bringing his career to a screeching halt.

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[*:11z83x8d]Old Phil Mazi, comes with his old catchers mitt and refuses to put it down during introductions. Reason why is he doesn't trust that sketchy-lookin' Ed Ott.

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[*:11z83x8d]Jim McAndrew (MACAndrew to hear Lindsey say it) looks like Nolan Ryan's brother.

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[*:11z83x8d]Did they really introduce Bill Bevens by replaying the old radio call of him losing a World Series no-hitter and the game all at once? Why not project a shot of his wife with another man on the scoreboard?[/*:m:11z83x8d][/list:u:11z83x8d]