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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2015/Topps---Originals-Buybacks/1976-276/Mickey-Scott.jpg?id=5aec530b-4732-48c0-b823-1f71086f4a7d&size=original> Mickey Scott is one of two interlopers in this thread. Just snuck Scott in here.

That's a 1993 Pacific Baseball Amigos card. There are others. [FIMG=444]https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1993/Pacific-Beisbol-Amigos---Base/19/Derrick-May-Sammy-Sosa.jpg?id=e4f9679c-8999-4536-9dd3-c399326e4f29&size=original[/FIMG] [FIMG=444]https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1993/Pacific-Beisbol-Amigos---Base/2/Luis-Polonia-Stan-Javier.jpg?id=871a25c5-0006-4881-9bec-eb6807e7d30b&size=original[/FIMG]

In 1982 the Mets introduced their racing stripes uniforms --- but on their road uniforms only. The home racing stripes wouldn't debut until the next season, 1983. [FIMG=555]http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/images/nl_1982_newyork.gif[/FIMG] [FIMG=444]https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fvault.si.com%2F.image%2Ft_share%2FMTY5MDk4MzYwNTQzODQ3ODk5%2F43398---cover-thumbnail-image.jpg&psig=AOvVaw0M2SUObo2ja9pceduxOmlk&ust=1655220028396000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAsQ3YkBahcKEwjg34-h3ar4AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQBA[/FIMG] Met for 1982, only, Tom Veryzer, in the Mets home uni, sans racing stripes: [fimg=444]https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1983/Topps---Base/496/Tom-Veryzer.jpg?id=f36654e6-4349-4fe1-94c2-cf7411447fe8&size=original[/fIMG]

Spent a minute trying to figure out who the Brave was in the OPC sticker at the end, then realized that was Julio Franco on the right, then got confused again as to how a Braves/Clevelanders sticker wound up in the Brewers post. Here ya go. Rare pic of Franco in a Brewer uni. [FIMG=255]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52142425687_c5c3ef6a1c_h.jpg[/FIMG] The toughest Met-Brewer to find a picture of in a Brewers uni might be Pete Harnisch, who was a Brewer for about one month at the end of one season.

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=seawolf17 post_id=95697 time=1655032343 user_id=91] I realize this is me just being a baseball card pedant, but that Stuart isn't a real card; doesn't look right.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I suppose what I might prefer actually--and surely isn't a "hidebound opposition to technology"-- Maybe no checked swing should ever be called a strike, either, because how the hell is a batter supposed to stop his swing halfway through when he's trying to mash the ball till its threads unravel like in "°!The Natural "? Anyway, he sure likes that "hidebound" word.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I don't give a shit about how bad batmags is about to make this logic look Well then I won't bother. Anyways, I think I'm gonna switch over to. TCM for some "Noir Alley". The Mets really needed for that Lindor fly out to travel another 10 or 15 feet.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: What's good about watching this game, I was just thinking, is getting to see Mike Trout live and in real time. Outside of Mets games, if I saw more than 10 Trout at bats in real time in my whole life, it'd be a fucking miracle. And the announcers are noting the same thing as I write this. Him and Ohtani. Hardly ever see them Yeah, and when I wrote "more than 10 Trout at bats in real time in my whole life", I was probably exaggerating by a factor of two. I bet I haven't seen more than five live Trout AB's outside of Mets games. OK, I've now seen enough of Trout and Ohtani. And I'm fucking sick of the both of them already.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: What's good about watching this game, I was just thinking, is getting to see Mike Trout live and in real time. Outside of Mets games, if I saw more than 10 Trout at bats in real time in my whole life, it'd be a fucking miracle. And the announcers are noting the same thing as I write this. Him and Ohtani. Hardly ever see them Yeah, and when I wrote "more than 10 Trout at bats in real time in my whole life", I was probably exaggerating by a factor of two. I bet I haven't seen more than five live Trout AB's outside of Mets games.

What's good about watching this game, I was just thinking, is getting to see Mike Trout live and in real time. Outside of Mets games, if I saw more than 10 Trout at bats in real time in my whole life, it'd be a fucking miracle. And the announcers are noting the same thing as I write this.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: What's your favorite Angels look? I grew up with the Gil Flores look so that's what I think of first: http://img.comc.com/original/e11bff34-c662-4984-9b0e-b20357505a64.jpg> But the Torborg look with the floating halo is probably more distinctive: https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1973/O-Pee-Chee---Base/154/Jeff-Torborg.jpg?id=a7c736cd-5121-4320-a1d2-99d03bfd2870&size=original> I've already said the Collins look is the worst ever in baseball. Today they lean so hard into red it's admirable but also a little much. I also think they went too extreme on the number font but its not unhandsome. My favorite Angels look? The unis the Angels wore in 1969 and 1970, that were pretty much, exact copies of the Mets contemporary home and road uniforms, but without any logos or wordmarks. https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1970/Topps---Base/684/Jack-Fisher.jpg?id=62124a22-a6ad-4f31-9c75-a79e3220d0a5&size=original> [fiMG=255]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52133200126_514e72d616_b.jpg[/fIMG]

Yeah, this one's pretty straightforward to me and doesn't need more than a four or five word explanation. If you're tagged while you're off the base, you're out. These arguments that pop up here from time to time, trying to make a case for the opposite -- some grace period where the runner is allowed to break with the base without penalty is crazy talk, as far as I'm concerned.

I don't think that Peterson needs to pitch an inning to qualify for the W. Because Megill, the Mets starter, pitched less than five innings yet departed with the Mets leading, the scorer has discretion to award the W to any Mets pitcher other than Megill should the Mets win the game. I think that theoretically, Pererson doesnt even have to retire a single batter to get the W. A coupl'a things here: I re-read the rule for pitcher wins. My post above in the quote box is correct. But I knew that and that's not why I re- read the rule. I learned something new after the re-read that I never knew before about the rule for assigning pitcher wins --- a rule that I think is remarkable. Also, I've never ever seen this wrinkle in the rule that I just learned, ever applied. It'll likely come up when there's a vulture win. The scorer is not obligated to award a reliever the win even though the reliever is the pitcher of record and in line for the win if, in the scorer's view, that reliever's outing was "brief and ineffective". The scorer may then, in his discretion, award the win to some other pitcher, if some other pitcher appeared in the game.

I don't think that Peterson needs to pitch an inning to qualify for the W. Because Megill, the Mets starter, pitched less than five innings yet departed with the Mets leading, the scorer has discretion to award the W to any Mets pitcher other than Megill should the Mets win the game. I think that theoretically, Pererson doesnt even have to retire a single batter to get the W.

That's a lot to speculate about on behalf of others. Would you make that trade if those same circumstances existed today ... and you had the benefit of hindsight ... that is, knowing the futures of Staub, Singleton, et. al.? Me, with hindsight, I think the Mets would have been better off standing pat and not trading.

I saw some games there in April of 2015, too, against the Braves. I've been to Marlins Stadium many times, but not since Jeter became GM and they implemented a lot of re-designs to the stadium and the Marlins unis. All of the games I saw there were night games. I would've liked to see at least one day game there because the back wall of the stadium behind the outfield is made of glass and during the day, you could see downtown Miami through the glass, with its classic Miami look -- bright white skyscrapers against a beautiful blue sky. But I never experienced that view in the darkness of the night. I thought it was a cool stadium, interesting is the better word, with its pop art flourishes all over, but I liked the stadium more in pictures than in person. In person, with the closed roof, the stadium had a very claustrophobic feel to it. Also, the stadium food, I thought, was nothing special and by today's higher standards for stadium food, especially Citi Field, kind of subpar. Their attendance is weak, and for Mets game, there are, without a doubt, more Mets fans present than Marlins fans. More Mets gear, too.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Edgy MD wrote: I know Mo Vaughn wore it and stuff, but that uni Terry Collins is rocking didn't really do it for anybody, did it? Agreed. I hate those unis. They're from when Disney owned the Angels for about five or six years. They did win their only WS, though, under Disney. IMO maybe the worst MLB baseball uni ever Could be. Hey! There's another thread if someone wants to start it: ugliest baseball uniforms ever.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I guess this is the good-news counterpart to the other thread. I'll open with Lenny Randle, Howard Johnson, David Cone, and R.A. Dickey. I was just thinking to start this thread. I also had Hojo. And RA Dickey, who's probably gonna end up being the king of this thread. I'll also go with Todd Hundley. And Jake deGrom. He's been excellent pretty much from his MLB debut. But nothing about his college or minor league history hinted at the level of dominance deGrom attained with the Mets. He didnt even pitch initially, in college. His background was as a converted pitcher who had Tommy John surgery.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I guess this is the good-news counterpart to the other thread. I'll open with Lenny Randle, Howard Johnson, David Cone, and R.A. Dickey. I was just thinking to start this thread. I also had Hojo. And RA Dickey, who's probably gonna end up being the king of this thread. I'll also go with Todd Hundley.

Frayed Knot wrote: That's merely an agreement in advance of the arbitration process which was delayed due to the off-season lockout. League-wide arbitration decisions have been coming down over the last week or two but Contreras, like all the other arb-players, was already tied to his team for '22, only the numbers remained TBD. None of this means he can't be traded between now and whenever the deadline is these days. I know. Re-read my post. I added a sentence or two, probably just before you wrote your post.

Maybe not this season. Cubs and Contreras reach deal for 2022 season. https://news.google.com/articles/CBMiaWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmVzcG4uY29tL21sYi9zdG9yeS9fL2lkLzM0MDYzODQ0L2NoaWNhZ28tY3Vicy13aWxsc29uLWNvbnRyZXJhcy1hdm9pZC1hcmJpdHJhdGlvbi1zb3VyY2Utc2F5c9IBdmh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmVzcG4uY29tL21sYi9zdG9yeS9fL2lkLzM0MDYzODQ0L2NoaWNhZ28tY3Vicy13aWxsc29uLWNvbnRyZXJhcy1hdm9pZC1hcmJpdHJhdGlvbi1zb3VyY2Utc2F5cz9wbGF0Zm9ybT1hbXA?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aenhttps://news.google.com/articles/CBMiaWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmVzcG4uY29tL21sYi9zdG9yeS9fL2lkLzM0MDYzODQ0L2NoaWNhZ28tY3Vicy13aWxsc29uLWNvbnRyZXJhcy1hdm9pZC1hcmJpdHJhdGlvbi1zb3VyY2Utc2F5c9IBdmh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmVzcG4uY29tL21sYi9zdG9yeS9fL2lkLzM0MDYzODQ0L2NoaWNhZ28tY3Vicy13aWxsc29uLWNvbnRyZXJhcy1hdm9pZC1hcmJpdHJhdGlvbi1zb3VyY2Utc2F5cz9wbGF0Zm9ybT1hbXA?hl=en-US≷=US&ceid=US%3Aen Doesn't mean the Cubs can't trade him near the deadline. Just means the Cubs avoided arbitration.

Edgy MD wrote: I know Mo Vaughn wore it and stuff, but that uni Terry Collins is rocking didn't really do it for anybody, did it? Agreed. I hate those unis. They're from when Disney owned the Angels for about five or six years. They did win their only WS, though, under Disney.

Edgy MD wrote: I think I read earlier that today has been the anniversary of Bobby-in-Disguise Day. Yes. The 23rd anniversary! It really is Valentine Week.