Listerine (And Other Adventures in Old Mets Photos)

[Edgy MD]

Mets' bullpen, Polo Grounds, 1962, photographed by Robert Riger.

[Ceetar]

back when athletes were allowed to be cold.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Bullpens and oral antiseptic have come a long way.

[Guest cooby]

Ceetar wrote: back when athletes were allowed to be cold.

Yeah even the pitchers

[Guest 41Forever]

Was that in play, too?

[Edgy MD]

Indeed.



Bullpens are in fair territory in the wall-less MLB stadium of my imagination also.

[Edgy MD]

"Welcome to the Mets, Mr. Torre. What size jersey do you wear?"

"You know, whatever Harrelson is wearing is fine."

[Benjamin Grimm]

That's a great photo.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Same day; same shoot (January 16, 1975):

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[Edgy MD]

I suspect that he's got body more hair going on his right tricep than I have on my whole body, but I'm not sure how to measure that sort of thing.

Look at that gun. It's almost hypnotic.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Yogi's always smiling.

[Guest 41Forever]

No photog thought, "Let's move away from that tarp so we can have a better background."

[G-Fafif]

It's the tucking in of the jersey that gets me, though because Joe did tuck, we get a gander at that hellacious buckle.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I don't really recall Joe as beef cake material back then, guess I needed internet.

[batmagadanleadoff]

G-Fafif wrote: It's the tucking in of the jersey that gets me, though because Joe did tuck, we get a gander at that hellacious buckle.

I noticed that buckle, too. Also, how quickly the Mets moved to take the Jets logo off of the big scoreboard, although on second thought, the Jets weren't playing no January football in 1975, either.

[Edgy MD]

d'Kong76 wrote: I don't really recall Joe as beef cake material back then, guess I needed internet.

Mandi and Randi totally thought so.



That shot was dated July 12, 1977 — one night before the blackout. That's what happens when you kiss Joe Torre!

[Benjamin Grimm]

They like how sandpapery his face is.

[Edgy MD]

Willie Mays gives batting tips to JFK, Jr.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Must be the angle or something but that's a big-ass bat. Willie is about
six feet tall and the bat just looks huge in that pic.

[Edgy MD]

Mostly forgotten early Mets mascot Homer the Beagle.

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[Edgy MD]

Piggie's (and Tuggie's) tomatoes.

[Edgy MD]

Angry white people.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I don't know if they're still expecting an answer, but he's in California growing grapes.

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Same day; same shoot (January 16, 1975): [fimg=888]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4365/37393491855_2b42151e46_b.jpg[/fimg]

A warm January day or is it the body hair?

[Edgy MD]

Tug McGraw is all, "I'm happy, too, Kid. Now how about you and your buddy get your fucking hands off of Willie Mays."

[Edgy MD]

Now I'm thinking the blocking back isn't McGraw at all. In 1973, he would have been heading to the dugout.

Hodges?

[Guest cooby]

Edgy MD wrote: Tug McGraw is all, "I'm happy, too, Kid. Now how about you and your buddy get your fucking hands off of Willie Mays."

Whoever he is. Holy hell, touching Willie Mays.

[Edgy MD]

Giving him a purple nurple, from the looks of it.

[Edgy MD]

Looking again, the Met playing bodyguard seems to have a catcher's mitt. Add that to the sideburns and a deployment by the bullpen, and Hodges looks likely.

Hodges may have been an ornery cuss, but a rookie going to the mat for a 21-year vet counts for something.

[dgwphotography]

It blends into the arm of the trespasser, but it looks like the bodyguard has a mustache. When did Hodges have his mustache?