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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Does a wider crop tell you anything?: [fimg=777]https://goldinauctions.com/ItemImages/000005/5537e1_lg.jpeg[/fimg] That picture's sharper. I embiggened it to look for more clues. [fimg=333]https://pccdn.perfectchannel.com/christies/live/images/item/VintageFilmPosters25099/5812424/original/CSK_10275_0069.jpg[/fimg]

That's really on the dark side for Jerry May. The guy looks like he's wearing glasses, just like Ike Hampton, who was also a #20. I think that the Ike Hampton as a '73 phantom Met might be a possibility.

Could Ike Hampton have been a phantom 1973 Met?

batmagadanleadoff wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Could it be from 73? Who's the guy in the dugout? Can't be '73 because that's Agee in the dugout, even though he looks more like Ike Hampton. Does Gosger's uniform look more like flannels or more like polyester double-knits? If it's double-knit, then that picture ain't from '69. That's a possibility. This would mean that you'd have to update the uniform history. Maybe that would explain why George Theodore switched from 18 to 9 mid-season '73. Maybe Gosger wanted his old 18 back. But then who's the guy in the dugout? If it's a '73 photo, the guy can't be Agee and Hampton didn't debut until '74. Hampton was a September call-up, and by then Benny Ayala had 18. So the pieces don't fit. Unless that guy in the dugout is somebody other than Agee or Hampton.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Could it be from 73? Who's the guy in the dugout? Can't be '73 because that's Agee in the dugout, even though he looks more like Ike Hampton.

HahnSolo wrote: Shawn Green? Green was a two-time all star. Benjamin Grimm wrote: Am I the only one who doesn't understand the Pepsi ads and the TV Guide covers? This goes back to the last Vida Blue content quiz where Jesse Hudson was the answer. All of the illustrations are the work of famed commercial artist Bob Peak, who also did the Blue Time Magazine cover at the top of the thread. [fimg=444]http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/petulia4-big.jpg[/fimg][fimg=444]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3255/2416428944_6460bca993_b.jpg[/fimg]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Is that Shea Stadium? Or could it be a spring training game? That's definitely Shea Stadium. Besides, the Mets didn't acquire Gosger until July of '69.

What's the deal with this photograph? It's of Jim Gosger. He's wearing #18. That means that the picture's from 1969. But here's the thing: The Mets didn't wear their skyline logo patch during the '69 regular season. At home, they wore the NL centennial patch on the left sleeve, and no patch on the right sleeve. For the post-season, the Mets home unis had the skyline logo patch on the left, as shown in the photo, and the NL centennial patch on the right side. But Gosger wasn't on the post-season roster. So what's the deal? And that doesn't look like a post-season crowd anyways -- too many kids in too many choice seats. Possibilities: The Mets wore the skyline patch during the '69 regular season for some games. (Not likely, yet it's the most plausible explanation) That's Dave Marshall instead of Jim Gosger. (less likely)

What's the deal with this photograph? It's of Jim Gosger. He's wearing #18. That means that the picture's from 1969. But here's the thing: The Mets didn't wear their skyline logo patch during the '69 regular season. At home, they wore the NL centennial patch on the left sleeve, and no patch on the right sleeve. For the post-season, the Mets home unis had the skyline logo patch on the left, as shown in the photo, and the NL centennial patch on the right side. But Gosger wasn't on the post-season roster. So what's the deal?

Edgy MD wrote: Kevin McReynolds. Not a bad guess, but no. [fimg=444]http://farm1.staticflickr.com/6/76846950_4aeecee25e_b.jpg[/fimg][fimg=444]http://pinupgirls.gallery/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Bob-Peak-03.jpg[/fimg]

G-Fafif wrote: Another intriguing Q. Gotta be long, solid, unspectacular careers. Guessing Richie Hebner, Jose Valentin. Good one on Hebner. One more to go. The guy you didn't get happens to top this list -- he has baseball's all-time highest lifetime WAR without ever being selected to an all-star game. [fimg=444]http://pinupgirls.gallery/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Bob-Peak-13.jpg[/fimg][fimg=444]http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4510/ya-cri.293/0_4a807_16c50875_XXL.jpg[/fimg]

G-Fafif wrote: Guy I really wanted to be right was Mike Torrez, but his claim to fame is having one of the best careers w/o an ASG appearance. Ok, then --- among position players, two of the top ten in highest lifetime WAR without ever being selected to an ASG were once Mets. Who are they? [fimg=333]http://www.stampcommunity.org/uploaded/tomiseksj/20120519_ScottC104.jpg[/fimg][fimg=633]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IKcTyHmdBhA/TbGCPOQ3H0I/AAAAAAAAuqs/-Cdk7Tnn03g/s1600/Peak55.jpg[/fimg][fimg=363]http://images-cdn.moviepilot.com/image/upload/c_limit,h_1272,w_936/t_mp_quality/50-best-movie-posters-of-the-70-s-c4fc0017-340f-4426-97ae-f055852ea11f-jpeg-223381.jpg[/fimg]

[fimg=255]https://cococrispafro.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/dock_ellis.jpg[/fimg] That's incredible. No Stars Jesus Alou Dave Kingman Jerry Grote (was an all-star but not a teammate of Blue's ... plus, see hint above) [fimg=444]http://www.thebestlittlefilmhouse.com/ekmps/shops/tblfh01/images/my-fair-lady-original-uk-quad-poster-1964-art-of-audrey-hepburn-rex-harrison-by-bob-peak-linen-backed-and-ready-to-frame-633-p.jpg[/fimg][fimg=444]http://comicsalliance.com/files/2012/08/dashboard.jpg[/fimg][fimg=444]http://image.invaluable.com/housePhotos/PosterConnection/29/302129/H2180-L21469578.jpg[/fimg]

No Stars Jesus Alou Dave Kingman Jerry Grote (was an all-star but not a teammate of Blue's) [fimg=644]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5077/5915636607_1734a585a0_o.jpg[/fimg]

No Stars Jesus Alou Dave Kingman [fimg=444]http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/write_light/11965346/1365616/1365616_original.jpg[/fimg][fimg=444]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3633/4558348664_6f50a33776_o.jpg[/fimg][fimg=444]http://www.athra.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Camelot-by-Bob-Peak_1.jpg[/fimg]

[fimg=333:36nbzed0]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s7AZ4VQpkgY/Ub46bhae2gI/AAAAAAAADag/tcNpzL3bjrI/s1600/TVGuide-FantasyIsland.jpg[/fimg:36nbzed0][fimg=333:36nbzed0]http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp68/loba33/scan0011.jpg~original[/fimg:36nbzed0]

Hint: Youngblood's the only correct answer that was selected to the All-Star team as a member of the Mets.

[fimg=444:2lln0090]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/54/67/2f/54672fce8e4e66c5902d5660f9e721ea.jpg[/fimg:2lln0090] [fimg=444:2lln0090]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/a2/ee/41/a2ee41fd4efaa186b020d71844bde32a.jpg[/fimg:2lln0090][fimg=433:2lln0090]http://pinupgirls.gallery/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Bob-Peak-25.jpg[/fimg:2lln0090]

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[fimg=444]http://beyondthemarquee.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/A-Fistful-of-Dollars-Bob-Peak.jpg[/fimg]

Twenty two different one-time Mets were major league teammates of Vida Blue at one time or another, on one team or another. Of those 22, five were all-stars. Who are the five all-stars? One guess per post. [fimg=444:3tewxtzw]http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine/archive/covers/1971/1101710823_400.jpg[/fimg:3tewxtzw]

[fimg=444:6nfetk98]http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2506959.1453561383!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_400/back-0123-copy.jpg[/fimg:6nfetk98] I'da deducted points for originality if they'd went with Yes-Pedes.

Mex17 wrote: One more financial point before we can put that to bed for the season and enjoy some baseball. . . The pundits have been wrong every step of the way concerning this contract negotiation and now they are all but guaranteeing that this will only be a one year stay and I refuse to take that as gospel! Say this year goes as planned and Yo still loves the team and the city and the Wilpons love what they see on the balance sheet and Alderson is convinced that there would not be a falling off the cliff in production from an age 33 Cespedes. Is it so unreasonable to think that they can all mutually agree on turning the remaining 2 years at $50 million into three years at $66 million (reducing the annual salary from $25 to $22) while also kicking in an additional $9 million in deferred money (say $1 million a year for nine years when he is in his fifties) so that they can say that he has "nine figure contract"? It's something to think about for next November. It might take a lot more than that, especially if Cespedes has a star 2016 season. Yo's opt-out will give him the leverage to force the Mets to renegotiate the last two years big-time in order to keep him. Definitely TBD becuase this has been one of the most unpredictable FA pursuits that I can recall.

Fuck the Wilpons. They sucked even when they spent big.

Smart move all around. Cespedes may be setting himself up for a monster deal if he has a star 2016 and the NL adopts the DH for 2017. If the Nats signed Cespedes, they'd work out their OF logjam for one season only, and would then likely have a star DH for the year after. Plus they're the team the Mets simply have to beat, it would appear. So the Mets improve and simultaneously strike a preemptive.