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Zack Wheeler gets the makeover treatment on Makeover Monday. We've busied up his card a bit, one of our earlier 1st series releases, now consistent with the 3rd series release and the current trend of our Batman Mets cards. And we've unfuzzied Zack himself a bit so youse can see him better. Check out Zack's new and improved interlocking NY Mets cap logo! [fimg=600]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48614642086_2bac5f79bf_c.jpg[/fimg][fimg=600]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48328698426_6803cf1158_c.jpg[/fimg] It's also readers' mail week all week long and so, because youse asked for it, youse got it. [fimg=600]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48629989011_f92d12571d_c.jpg[/fimg]

Good catch. Well, I had a link, so I intended to show some card from COMC. Maybe it was this card. Occassionally, I'll use a Minor League card if I can't get anything else, because I like to represent as many players as possible.

Edgy MD wrote: Works for me! Thanks! I guess "Myron Ginsberg" = "Joe Ginsberg," but WTF is "Allen Gallagher"? I think I figured out the Gallagher mystery. Or at least I have a theory. Occasionally, Check Out My Cards will screw up a link so that when you think you're linking to a particular player, another one'll come up. I used old links for this thread and one of them might have changed or gotten corrupted over the years. And so , voila Gallagher. If so, that means that there's an ex Met/Indian who was meant to appear in this thread but didn't.

It's Readers' Mail week here at the Batcave and we get mail. Lots of it. A loyal follower, Roger Kaputnik, writes the following: Dear Batman card makers: I got a Tweaky Tuesday Carlos Gomez in a pack of cards and I was not impressed. What kind of a fiendish scheme are youse running at Typewriter Cards, putting the John Astin Riddler on a Batman Mets card instead of the Frank Gorshin Riddler? Astin was the inferior Riddler. Doesn't your staff know that Gorshin was nominated for an Emmy award for his portrayal of The Riddler on Batman? I'm sendin' back my Gomez. Keep it. Roger Kaputnik [FIMG=522]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48617844018_4e80f88438_c.jpg[/FIMG] Dear Roger: Thank you for your interest in our Batman line of Mets cards. Casey Stengel would've been amazed at these cards had we printed them in 1966, during the Batman craze of that year. But we think you're a bit over concerned. You worry too much and you should never worry. Instead, try and exhibit some of that patience Batman is well known for. Patience has helped Batman escape many jams, including the Riddler's never-ending diabolical plots to end the caped crusader's run as Gotham City's premiere crime fighter. We think your patience will be rewarded. Meanwhile, now is as good a time as ever to explain our guidelines for deciding just who from the Batman TV show universe gets to appear in the "says box" of our Batman Mets cards. Our "says box" guests include every single headlining special guest villain -- every version of every special guest villain. That means all three Mr. Freezes, all of the Catwomen -- especially all of the Catwomen, including the Lee Meriweather Catwoman who never appeared on the TV show but starred in the 1966 Batman movie -- because we believe that one can never get enough Catwomen, and ... wait for it ... patience, Roger ... both Riddlers. That would include the Frank Gorshin Riddler. So as you can now see, your patience will be rewarded. Also appearing in the "says box", will be every recurring character on the Batman TV show, including, obviously the terrific trio of Batman, Robin and Batgirl. We won't, however. include any of the special guest villains' henchmen and henchwomen, underlings and molls, unless they were given a leading or distinctive role in a particular Batman episode. So don't worry and again, thanks for writing. And as a special treat for taking an interest in our Batman Mets cards, we've enclosed a new as yet unreleased furshlugginer Batman card with this letter for you to enjoy. It's a sneak preview just for you. We're also returning your Gomez card, which we're confident you will enjoy more than ever, now that we've clarified some of your concerns. So thanks again and please continue to collect our Batman cards. Collect them all! The Bat-Staff. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48618529632_448021fabb_c.jpg>

Lefty Specialist wrote: They started out tame and then erupted into delightful silliness. Ralph and Elizabeth Warren! Keith and Kramer! Cher! Milton Berle as a Heckawi Indian! I love Milton Berle as an Indian. It might be my favorite of the bunch. But it's vying with Mel Brooks's Indian chief from Blazing Saddles on the Stan Jefferson card. Tough call. [FIMG=245]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48601810357_41905794b4_c.jpg[/FIMG][FIMG=245]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48592377227_3be0f9a831.jpg[/FIMG] Meanwhile, I see another Milton Berle baseball card appearance in the future, this time, on an as yet unreleased Batman card. Great job; must have taken hours! Thanks, but not really. I saved all the links from the last time I posted an Indians card thread the last time they played the Mets, I think three years ago. Now, making all of those "Giant Sized" Indians cards -- that definitely took a few hours. But I made those cards around when the Mets and Indians last played, again, about three years ago. So posting this thread this time around didn't take too long. P.S. I know how much you like Chief Wahoo. I do, too.

During deGrom's start before last night's, one of the announcers mentioned that in his 10 no decisions this season, deGrom's ERA was 1.55. Now it's lower.

Lefty Specialist wrote: DeGrom gets screwed yet again by the Noffense. It's not enough that deGrom struck out 13 and allowed just one run in seven innings. He had to hit a homer to avoid being on the losing end of this game.

Time really flies as you get older. I would've sworn we only did these cover derbies for two years.

=LWFS post_id=19646 time=1566522375 user_id=84] Squall should pass quickly. We're westward, and got the same storm forty minutes ago; it was gone in ten.

Senator Warren was a good sport for appearing in this context. But nobody would turn down a chance to pose with Ralph. Senator Warren appeared only on condition that she be provided with a headband and feather that matched the colors and pattern of her suit outfit. [FIMG=288]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48592268756_a5ee8710af.jpg[/FIMG]

I was just about to give the answer. D'ya want some more time? Nah, I made a couple of guesses and then looked and all wrong. Well okay then. You didn't look this guy up because you never woulda figured that the interloper is the guy that was involved in probably the most famous transaction between the Mets and the Indians. For all the fuss, Harry Chiti never played a single game for the Tribe. I guess the Indians were smarter. [FIMG=268]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48599689816_2272ffeafd_n.jpg[/FIMG] [FIMG=300]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48601677011_7ac190e083_c.jpg[/FIMG]

Edgy MD wrote: Mike Vail's card looks like one of those Oscar Gamble Sharpie specials. Yeah. I found that one on the web a coupl'a years ago when I was accumulating DIY's of ex-Mets for these threads.

=kcmets post_id=19594 time=1566499318 user_id=53] Tuesday! I just looked through cards again for interloper and was gonna say Kaiser didn't belong but bbrdotcom tells me he and his 11.57 ERA did appear in 6 G in 1993.

=kcmets post_id=19464 time=1566410726 user_id=53] Guess it's bust my pelotas week. Try newly created FIMG /FIMG.

It's all about Batgirl in the 3rd series of Batman Mets cards, in stores now. And we've got the Batgirls for you. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48599867106_5eb18c2dfb_c.jpg>

Yeah. I know. That grin looks like a Hannibal Lecter mouthguard. And Bartolo Colon looks like he could be a special guest villain on Batman on this card below. He's rockin' the evil villain's mustache and his hands are in a scheming pose. http://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/Topps-Heritage/354/Bartolo-Colon.jpg?id=94693000-f48a-4541-a0b3-4cc935932b16&size=original>

Edgy MD wrote: Well, Rafael Santana's uniform is an interloper, and Ralph Kiner was never technically a Met. Raffy's uni might not be right, but that was the best card I could find. Besides, the notation on the card identifies him as a Tribesman. Raffy's not an interloper. He simply lacks a good Indians card. And Kiner was given honorary status on these card threads a long while ago. Tim McCarver, too. And probably some others. Rube Walker. Mel Stottlemyre. But thank you for playing.

Edgy MD wrote: Works for me! Thanks! ...but WTF is "Allen Gallagher"? .... yeah, I was wondering myself. Meanwhile, did you catch the interloper? It's not Gallagher. That's a mistake. I think.

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=nymr83 post_id=19385 time=1566336779 user_id=54] Crazy, these weren't guys who bounced around the minors and made league minimum for a year either, Castillo at least should have been set for life.

=kcmets post_id=18060 time=1565205917 user_id=53] I'm waiting for a fake villain... "Holy imposter, batmags! Ralph Nader was never on Batman.

Here at the Batcave, we take all of our reader mail quite seriously. And thanks to some tips from our avid readers, we've decided to tweak some of our earlier releases. It's Tweaky Tuesday and we've tweaked the lunchbox ad on Brandon Nimmo's card for and Stephen Nogosek's body. Nogosek's sleeve patch now rocks like the Batusi. Plus, as an added attraction, a new release form the 3rd series, now available at a store near you. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48585685892_05b074776e_z.jpg>https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48573659991_081be1e7a4_z.jpg>https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48585541791_d10be0b857_z.jpg>

Lefty Specialist wrote: Has Aaron Altherr had anything to celebrate? Besides JD Davis' injury, that is? Altherr''s thrilled that he gets to stand so close to Batgirl.

Today, on Makeover Monday, we revisit, and revise, Aaron Altherr. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48573549696_2f93dd41e3_z.jpg> https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48380993142_4342db449f_n.jpg> Siren will be reassigned to another Met. Tune in tomorrow on Tweaky Tuesday. Same Bat-Time! Same Bat-Thread!

The Mets must be doing something right as the next 4 games are on either ESPN or MLBN: http://mets.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/broadcasts/national.jsp?c_id=nymhttp://mets.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/broadcasts/national.jsp?c_id=nym In addition to their recent torrid pace, the Mets have a lot of star power -- marketable names. Actually, a heck of a lot of star power for a team that hasn't contended for most of this season and isn't much over .500. deGrom's a star and the reigning Cy Young award winner. Syndergaard's baseball's hardest thrower and has one of the highest ceilings in the game for pitchers. Alonso's on pace to shatter every Mets single season HR record, might break the MLB single-season HR record for rookies and is not that far off the pace of Ruth and Maris's single-season HR records, which are the real standards in that category if you wanna discount the steroid era records. Ruth 60, Maris 61, it's essentially the same record and if not for steroids, those marks would've held for almost 100 years. And McNeil plays like a batting champ, even though he's currently out. But you know all this.