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Golly. Galarraga the would-be Met. I've been walking around not thinking about him in that context for well over eight years, yet he was front and center on the second day in the existence of FAFIF. More importantly, why wasn't Galarraga photographed protecting a chain link fence. Or was the chain link fence done in by Joe Moock's negligence? -
Last year: Despised Marlin traitor. This year: Beloved shortstop in exile.
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"Ground control to Major Moock -- defend the chain link fence at all costs!"
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I believe Carter is pictured wearing 57 in his first Topps bb card, captured in mid-swing He is. More from the Mets-Expos connection: This one time Met never appeared in a game for the Expos. And though he merited attention from The Man From Topps, he never appeared on a Topps baseball card of any kind. Ever. I think that's some Moock.
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batmagadanleadoff wrote: A Met for most of his MLB career, he batted 47 times for the Brew Crew. He's Toppless as a Brewer. And in ten years, he has a chance to bat no more times for anybody because sadly Greg Goossen is dead at the present time.
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batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: This one-time Met with an asterisk ended up on Topps' cutting room floor as far as his Padres career was concerned. No Mets or Padres cards of this player exist. The Padres obtained him after Topps' print run was completed. His San Diego stint consisted of less than 20 at bats. Same player. Same deal. The one-time Met with an asterisk ended his career with the Pale Red Hose, without a Topps baseball card to commemorate his last gig. But he didn't escape the attention of The Man From Topps. The asterisk (and supporting evidence) suggests Jerry Moses, called up to the Mets in 1975 but avoiding playing before being sent on his way.
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batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: This one time Met never appeared in a game for the Expos. And though he merited attention from The Man From Topps, he never appeared on a Topps baseball card of any kind. Ever. Todd Zeile? No, but not a bad guess. Zeile played everywhere. The Expos might be the only team he didn't play for. He's been everywhere, man!
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Edgy MD wrote: The key to plunging beneath 60 seemed to be playing Hicks instead of Hickman. I'm thinking Casey may have been meaning to write Hickman's name into the lineup, but grew disengaged halfway through the name and trailed off. Would also explain Edna Stengel's dismay about her mail being forwarded to Hicksville.
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Crazy fun alternate reality pictures. Except they were taken, so I guess they're actual reality. But still.
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This one's another toughie: the odd uniform number might throw you off. The Man From Topps photographed this former Met during his inaugural pre-rookie rookie season, when the youngster wore the unfamiliar #57. Surely you Kid...
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batmagadanleadoff wrote: This ex Met ended his major league career as a member of the White Sox, pitching 13 innings for the Pale Hose. There is no Topps card of him as a Met, but his lone White Sox card depicts him in an untouched Mets home uniform. If he lasted another season, The Man From Topps had the goods. Hard-hittin' Gerry Arrigo.
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batmagadanleadoff wrote: This ex-Met never pitched for the Royals, and only had nine future innings pitched left in his tank by the time he got to Kansas City. Dennis Ribant, whose shutout with 10 K's in his second ML start -- the first Met to file such a feat -- earned him Happiest Recap Game No. 28.
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From this exercise, this essay.
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Is the pitcher in Met blue John Glass?
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He was one of my early guesses but I remembered a rounder as well as bespectacled Lockwood and thought, "nah..."
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Who is this one year fringe Met who ended his career in the Expos organization? Captured above by The Man From Topps, there is no Topps card of this player as either a Met or an Expo. Quiz Difficulty Rating: Tough. Jack Lamabe. And he is tough.
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Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think it's one of the Bob Johnsons. (I've recently posted some missing mug shots from the early days to the UMDB.) Gotta be. That smile looked too familiar to have totally escaped my childhood Topps gaze.
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Though I'm not sure why Joe Grzenda would be posing with a bat...
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Topps Chewing Gum Co.: Preserving baseball's history through cutting room floor photos. Who is this player who was a Met teammate of Boris DeSpider for about a month and a half? I suppose this hint can be used to solve the first photo, too. Joe Grzenda?
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Gee 3.5 Duda 2.0 Brown 2.0 Murphy 1.0 Turner 0.5 Lagares 0.5 Hawkins 0.5
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Mr. Met made sure what had to go down went down. And as has been the case in his myriad popular culture appearances, Mr. Met brought to this role an incredible amount of versatility and believability for someone who doesn't speak and wears the same expression at all times. How does he do that?
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Torres 3.5 Young 1.5 Murphy 1.0 Quintanilla 0.5 den Dekker 0.5 Rice 0.5 Black 0.5
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Original Florida Marlin Dave Magadan leads the next unit in the Non-Championship Parade for 2013, honoring the procession of teams that have definitively marched out of championship consideration. Dave's Miami Marlins march second in this year's parade, having been eliminated from playoff contention on September 3.
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Just lose a lot now. The flourishes can come when they come.
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But it gets worse. September 7, 1963, Reds 4 Mets 2 @ Crosley Field. Kranepool 2 Hunt 8 Green 12 Harkness 12 Carmel 4 Hicks 11 Coleman 8 Moran 1 Stallard 0 That's 58. A major league lineup coming into a game with 58 home runs.
