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  1. Benjamin Grimm
    I assume the physical is required by the insurance company before they agree to insure the contract.
  2. Benjamin Grimm
    He's going to find a foundling baby on his doorstep and name him "Skeezix" https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a7e1b57017db2560eebc2e1/t/5a7e456e02d7bcc4cf71a6c2/1550263686180/Walt-finds-Skeezix.gif>
  3. Benjamin Grimm
    I wonder if this deal begins in 2019 or 2020? I guess we'll find out soon enough. (My guess is 2019.)
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    http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/images/magazines/1.02w.png>
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    http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/images/magazines/MCD.png> Vote for the cover that you like the best. Voting will run for seven days. Baseball's Wunderkinder Time, September 5, 1969. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/19690905_TIME.jpg> Big Gun: Dave Kingman, New York Mets The Sporting News, May 8, 1976. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/19760508_TSN.jpg> Wood Bats Are Doomed Sports Illustrated, July 24, 1989. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/19890724_SI.jpg> Where Are They Now? Sports Illustrated, July 13, 2009. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/20090713_SI.jpg>
  6. Benjamin Grimm
    http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/images/magazines/1.01w.png> Rankings so far: 1. Casey of the Mets (Sports Illustrated)
  7. Benjamin Grimm
    This is one poll that Sports Illustrated won't win. I voted for that Sport Magazine cover with Tom Seaver.
  8. Benjamin Grimm
    http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/images/magazines/MCD.png> Vote for the cover that you like the best. Voting will run for seven days. He Pitches for the Mets -- And Her Parade Magazine, August 31, 1969. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/19690831_PARADE.jpg> Tom Seaver & The Art of Pitching Sport Magazine, May 1976. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/19760500_SPORT.jpg> Gregg Jefferies '89 Rookie of Year Candidate Baseball Digest, March 1989. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/19890300_BD.jpg> All Wright The Sporting News, March 30, 2009. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/20090330_TSN.jpg>
  9. Benjamin Grimm
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D2dTGExW0AA3WXc.jpg:large> I found this photo online. I think I can identify most of them. From left to right: Swoboda, Kranepool, McAndrew (?), no idea, Shamsky (?), Harrelson, Jones, Dyer. For some reason I can't quite put my finger on, Cleon Jones looks the most grandfatherly.
  10. Benjamin Grimm
    85 wins. 3rd place. No post season.
  11. Benjamin Grimm
    I can't believe what a high percentage of these names are mostly or totally unfamiliar to me.
  12. Benjamin Grimm
    Is his fate Syracuse, or Islip, do you think?
  13. Benjamin Grimm
    https://fw-d7-freedomworks-org.s3.amazonaws.com/field/image/clock.jpg>
  14. Benjamin Grimm
    Well, before the Internet, the daily newspaper (and local radio and TV) was a good source for scores, but for stats, especially if you were interested in an out-of-town team, The Sporting News was ideal. The stats were much more comprehensive than what you would see among the expanded list of "batting leaders" that would only appear on Sundays. As I remember, the stats in the Sunday paper would list all hitters, in order of batting average, not team, for all players who had enough at bats to qualify for the batting title, with local players in boldface. And The Sporting News not only had box scores, but also a paragraph or two summarizing each game. I was really into that stuff back in the 1970s, and TSN was great.
  15. Benjamin Grimm
    Hopefully it will be a good likeness and a good pose. I'll be disappointed if it's not the knee-dragging-in-the-dirt pose, but even if it's him with his arms above his head or in the set position, as long as it looks like him, it will be fine. I just fear it will be like that Lucille Ball debacle because, you know, just because. https://www.nydailynews.com/resizer/-KhyOIFUrDJzliHey-ZLu01MZtc=/1400x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tronc.s3.amazonaws.com/public/2KU5BUKZOCLP4KDOG5TJPQOPGM.jpg>
  16. Benjamin Grimm
    Citi Field's address, reportedly, will be changed to 41 Seaver Way. (Currently it's 123-01 Roosevelt Avenue.) No statue this year, but they'll unveil what it will look like some time during the 50th Anniversary weekend.
  17. Benjamin Grimm
    As I recall, somebody had to explain to Wally what "redneck" meant.
  18. Benjamin Grimm
    I voted for Darryl because I prefer the uncluttered cover, but that really is a great photo of Seaver.
  19. Benjamin Grimm
    http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/images/magazines/MCD.png> Vote for the cover that you like the best. Voting will run for seven days. Mets' New Phenoms Baseball Digest, June 30, 1968. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/19680700_BD.jpg> Why "The New" Tom Seaver is the Diamond's Top Money Pitcher All-Star Sports, November 1975. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/19751100_AS.jpg> Mr. Long Ball Sports Illustrated, July 11, 1988. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/19880711_SI.jpg> Opening Day The New Yorker, March 30, 2009. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/20090330_TNY.jpg>
  20. Benjamin Grimm
    Yeah, something like that.
  21. Benjamin Grimm
    That Ellery Queen cover that was presented today is probably my favorite "find" from when I was gathering the material. There may be others that will be equally unknown, but we'll see. Another note, we're now up to 115 covers. Johnny Lunchbucket shared a really obscure 1962 cover with me earlier today. It will be added to Round 1.19, which will be an exception to the chronological sequence I set up, but I figured that would have to happen if any new covers surfaced once we were underway. Round 1.19 was slated to be the first one to include only three covers, but now that will be delayed until Round 1.20. Reminder: no polls on Fridays, Saturdays, or Sundays, so after tomorrow's poll, we're on hiatus until Monday.
  22. Benjamin Grimm
    I gave it three stars. Mildly entertaining.
  23. Benjamin Grimm
    Yes.
  24. Benjamin Grimm
    I think that Ellery Queen cover may be the strangest of the bunch. I actually thought this might be a Photoshop image, but I verified that it's real. Stories by and about Steve Allen? https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Steve_Allen_Show_4100.jpg>
  25. Benjamin Grimm
    http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/images/magazines/MCD.png> Vote for the cover that you like the best. Voting will run for seven days. The Movin' Mets Sports Illustrated, May 5, 1968. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/19680505_SI.jpg> Baseball's Toughest Pitchers Sports Illustrated, July 21, 1975. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/19750721_SI.jpg> New York Mets' Ron Darling Ellery Queen, May 1988. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/19880500_EQ.jpg> Happy Days Sports Illustrated, February 25, 2008. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/20080225_SI.jpg>
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