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Ceetar wrote: I'm subjected to way more offensive marketing schemes on a daily basis and on SNY commercial breaks than a silly "please say you like us!" call to arms. Well in an odd way, it is pretty much expected out of anything trying to sell you products, even how and where you consume information. I think its the expectations of certain forms of entertainment and certain positions of authority (i.e. Michelle Obama tweeting #BringBackOurGirls) to be above, or evolved to a point where they don't need such unprofessional gimmicks and come ons that one would expect a minor league team to do, or something that is targeting a younger audience (i.e. I could see this being something a competitor to the WWE doing to try and cut into the WWE's teen-college aged audiences).

metirish wrote: Not much for me to pick at except this There is no Pedro Martinez and Carlos Beltran now because the Mets do not throw around those types of dollars anymore. Granderson...... And in a lot of ways, UNLIKE Martinez and Beltran, the move could be seen as a move done solely to say "SEE! We are acting like a big market franchise!" and very much not a move that should have been made.

Frayed Knot wrote: Wes (P) & Rick (C) Ferrell 1934 - 37 Boston Red Sox 1937 - 38 Washington Senators Yes, the brothers were sent in the same trade from Boston to Washington in mid-1937 Another oddity, the pitching brother out-homered the catcher in their careers 38 to 28 despite more than a 5/1 AB ratio for Rick In 1931, pitcher Wes hit .319/.373/.619 over 116 ABs. 16 of his 37 hits went for XB including his career high 9 HRs It was Rick, however, who wound up with the longer career and is in the HoF Maybe the Mets should exhume Wes and put him in the rotation!

Mort and Walker Cooper with the 1940s Cardinals.

Selma could be in his 1969 Cub greys.

1999, 2000 and 2006 coming soon, so much wackiness involved with products in those years, and not just from Topps! Plus there is the entire 1999 Play-in Game Roster to contend with!

All 26 guys on the 1988 Mets Postseason Roster (NLCS program roster sheets list an DL'd Bobby Ojeda) are represented as Mets in the 1989 Topps set. Though during the season the Mets had their very first stadium giveaway trading card set, sponsored by Kahn's Hotdogs. The set was given away early in the year, so obviously late-season acquisitions like Bob McClure are not in it, but other than McClure, the only other guys on the 1988 Postseason roster not in the set are Gregg Jefferies and Keith Miller. Both would be in the 1989 set, though Miller in a one-time only "update" set that was given away late in 1989 that included Frank Viola. McClure would remain SGA Met-less, except of course for the massive all-time roster Wiz set in 1991.

No takers on the last 1969er? He does have a 1970 card, though with his logo scrubbed off of the cap, and listed as a Houston Astro: As noted in the 1986 Topps Archive Collection thread, there is no Topps card of John Gibbons as a Met, though he is in the 1987 Donruss set. Kevin Elster doesn't get his Topps rookie card until 1988 But he is in both the Donruss and Fleer 1987 set and those are the only two postseason roster 1986ers not to have a 1987 Topps Card.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: How would you define "last card"? 1994 Upper Deck All-Time Heroes As in his last card as an active player/MLB uniform personnel.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: SteveJRogers wrote: Alright, moving back along, who are the two 1969 Postseason Roster Mets missing from the 1970 Topps set as Mets? Ed Charles had no card in 1970. Yup His final Topps appearance was in 1969

d'Kong76 wrote: Ron Taylor or Don Cardwell? Oh wait, that's two guesses. Ron Taylor? Nope

Alright, moving back along, who are the two 1969 Postseason Roster Mets missing from the 1970 Topps set as Mets?

Answers to the other three 1973 Postseason Mets missing from the 1974 Topps Set: Along with Seaver, Koosman, Jones, McGraw, Harrelson, Boswell, Garret, Grote, Dyer and Kranepool, one of the '69ners still with the club, finished out his Topps run with this card in the 1973 set: Former Expo, but brought into New York in July of 1973, and would play his final MLB game in 1974. He did rate a card as an Expo from 1971-1973 Cardless infielder, brought up for a week or so while Bud Harrelson was on the DL in August, Brian Ostrosser

Ceetar wrote: Mets blogs are generally accepted to be much better and more prolific... I mention the blogs because one of the main reasons to like the Mets facebook page would be to follow the team. But with quality other sources, Mets fans might not be as likely to bother. Out of curiosity, in the vast wasteland of anyone with an internet email account can throw up a blog page, how can this actually be measured in any fashioned? Obviously you are not venturing into the depths of the Evil Empire's Internet Fan Community to see who promotes their sites, podcasts, and whatnot, on social media accounts, message boards and so on, so in general it is kind of hard to judge one fan community's blogosphere (and social media communities) when you are just active in only one team's fan community. And I mention the vast wasteland, because just like with Met blogs, just because the blog writer(s) or podcast hosts aren't harping about their stuff on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Reddit, YouTube, Tout, Instagram, MySpace, Friendster, Pintrest, Foursquare or whatever social network(s) you think works best to promote your stuff, doesn't imply quality or quantity as compared to fans of other teams. Nor should it imply that just because you like/follow/whatever they call it in places the official team account that you are more likely to drown out non-official fan based sources for news, information, opinions and community.

metsguyinmichigan wrote: I know Apodaca has a shared 1974 card-- with the infamous Apadaco error -- and wondered if he made the postseason roster. Nope. Neither did Swan whom also is on a shared Rookies card in 1974.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: I guess Yogi didn't go bench-deep in the post-season.* 'Cause judging by your quiz, there were several active Mets who never got off the bench in October. 17 position players listed, 6 did not play in the NLCS, only two, including the guy I'm looking, for did not see World Series action, and they were both missing from the NLCS playing records (so chances are he really wasn't on the eligible to play roster). Also of the 10 pitchers 3, oddly enough all three pitchers involved in the quiz, did not see postseason action, with only one of the 7 other pitchers to miss a series, and that was the NLCS.

Lute Barnes never had a card. Phil Hennigan was on other Topps cards before his Met stint. I'm not sure if they were on the post-season roster, though. In fact, I'd be surprised to learn that they were on the post-season roster. I guess Yogi didn't go bench-deep in the post-season.* 'Cause judging by your quiz, there were several active Mets who never got off the bench in October. *Well of course Yogi didn't. (See, e.g., "The George Stone Fiasco") Nope, and nope. No idea how this guy rated being on the PS roster sheet, must be because he was on the roster while Buddy or someone was on the DL. OE: Yup. On roster replacing an injured Met in early Aug.

Going back to the 1973 squad, some hints on the three left: One pitcher is well known in Met circles and is in plenty of early 1970s Met sets. The other pitcher appears in several early 1970s Topps set with another franchise, but not officially as a Met until the 1991 massive All-Time Roster set that was a stadium give away sponsored by The Wiz. No idea whom he is represented as with FaFiF's Jason's Holy Books. And finally an infielder whom 1973 was his only cup of MLB coffee, and as far as TradingCardDB.com seems to indicate has never been on a trading card.

Next quiz, only two of the 26 1969 Postseason Roster Mets were not in the 1970 Topps set as Mets.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: The Met who set a MLB playoff record for first baseball player to have a chunk of his baseball cap eaten by an opponent. The guy on your left-most. [fimg=433]http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/OTY1WDEzNTg=/z/oQcAAOxyB9RS1vvh/$_57.JPG[/fimg] Yup. So that is 2 out of 5.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: I'm guessing Jim Gosger. Guessing, cause I'm not sure if he was on the post-season roster. I know he didn't have a card in '74. In fact, he's Toppless as a Met altogether, despite playing for the Mets in three different seasons. Gosger was not on the postseason roster.

metsguyinmichigan wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Dave Schneck wasn't black! Noooo, I meant the original question! Schneck was not on the postseason roster.

Mays' '74 Topps apperance: And Mays' 1973 card: Nice 1974 Faux Card from DickAllenHOF blog Another beaut of a faux one

d'Kong76 wrote: Mets only used six pitchers in that series, so the remaining three are pitchers? Not sure if I just gave a hint or asked for help haha. Well, there are four left, but yes three hurlers.

Yup. And that is the technical one since he is prominently swinging away in one of the Postseason/World Series cards. His last base set card as an active player was in the 1973 set.