Cards for the All Star Break (Plus one interloper)

[batmagadanleadoff]

d'Kong76 wrote: I thought there was only one [interloper] this time. Shamsky's SABR Bio is rather extensive and somewhere in here the author says he was cut in spring training from the Cards. http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/68fc8356 I think McCarver is a stretch, but I'm pretty sure he's not it.

There's two interlopers even though the thread title claims just one. Here's what happened. About 80% of this thread is comprised of the same baseball cards I posted when the Mets and Cards played earlier this season. Shamsky wasn't in that older thread, because, you know, he's not a Met-Card. While I was making this second thread, I suddenly remembered that Shamsky appeared on a Topps card as a Cardinal. I remembered this from that thread I started about a year ago -- Wolves in Sheep's Clothing -- on players who appeared on a Topps card as a member of a team other than the Mets while in a Mets uniform. (As an aside, I'd link to that thread for your benefit if only this search engine behaved anywhere near functional. But this searcher is by far, no question about it, nothing even remotely close, the worst search engine I've ever encountered on any web site. A search that shouldn't take more than 30 seconds, especially when I'm positive of the search terms that should turn up that thread, might take me 10 minutes, or even likelier, forever. So I'm not even bothering.) Anyways, after suddenly recalling that Shamsky Card card, I added it to this card thread, along with other cards, forgetting in that moment, that Shamsky's an interloper as far as this thread is concerned. And that's why the thread title announces one interloper when, in fact, there are two.

You got half the quiz. This entitles you to a Bob Miller '73 style Topps Padres card. If you identify the other interloper, you'll win a Kroger's 100th anniversary Keith Hernandez card.

I took liberties with McCarver, who's technically an interloper, but not for the purposes of this quiz. His strong contributions to Met history merit his inclusion. Tim's no Met outsider. In the past, I've included Ralph Kiner, Bob Scheffing, and probably some other technical interlopers that I've bestowed with honorary status for these card posts.

Thank you for your interest. We hope that you continue to enjoy this and all future card threads on this theme.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I do enjoy it, and thank you! I like cross checking when I have
the time, even if it is 'cheating.'

As for the search, yeah it kinda sucks, but it's the version of
phpBB we're running. At least I'm blaming it on that. Upgrading
is required, The Senate shut us down, but it's a pain in the ass
and most everything else is working ok for now so we plod on.

[Zvon]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: (As an aside, I'd link to that thread for your benefit if only this search engine behaved anywhere near functional. But this searcher is by far, no question about it, nothing even remotely close, the worst search engine I've ever encountered on any web site. A search that shouldn't take more than 30 seconds, especially when I'm positive of the search terms that should turn up that thread, might take me 10 minutes, or even likelier, forever. So I'm not even bothering.)

I did a search and the results were in faster than it took me to read your aside.

[batmagadanleadoff]

http://archives.cranepoolforum.net/21200/f1_t21215.shtml

[batmagadanleadoff]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: [fimg=955]https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3771/19670666241_27c9e43905_o.jpg[/fimg]

I see what Edgy was talking about. The OOTP poster color corrected the Martinez pic to make the sky lighter, but in doing so, gave TM's road gray uniform a whitish home hue.