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Elster88 wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: [fimg=544]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5686/22242073346_f1500e4127_o.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=544]https://farm1.staticflickr.com/584/22242171766_3fc73c0de1_o.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=544]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5796/22081432749_4a922242f3_o.jpg[/fimg] I like the clubs goat caption best and I'd go with the darker colored card, it looks more like a vintage card, at least on my screen The darker colored card is the same design as the Topps 1961 World Series cards. The lighter blue border card is a "screwin' around" variation. [fimg=644]http://caimages.collectors.com/psacertimages/25104_1598x943.jpg[/fimg]

I would've liked for the mid 60's version of Sandy Koufax to start for the Mets. But between Harvey, Matz and Niese, I would've picked Harvey had I bothered.

I didn't get this thread. Was there a chance that Harvey wasn't gonna start game #1?

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SteveJRogers wrote: Would you like that Steve Rogers Bob Miller card prize? Yes, but only if you give it to Steve and he gives it to me. I think I've given permission to move it along in the past. Which reminds me, I may PM you or Mags with a pretty decent sized list of cards that never were, not Met related though, at some point this offseason, for projects that may or may not get off the ground. OE: Actually now that I think of it, several Mets could be involved. Hey Rogers! Be honest, here. This question goes back to that goofy exchange of posts we had over that '75 Dock Ellis card in the graded case that I made for the last Pirates card thread I posted: Did I send you on a wild goose chase looking for a non-existent 2000 regional Tampa Theater Dwight Gooden card?

I'm declaring myself the winner of this thread. If I had some of Leiter's banana cake, I'd have some edible to celebrate with.

Who's up? Who's down? And is that banana cake ready yet?

Elster88 wrote: Elster88 wrote: Trivia from the post game. Name the other Met to hit a home run off two Cy Young award winners in a single postseason series. Did a '69er homer off of McNally and Palmer? Or an '88er off of Hershiser and Valenzuela? Nope and nope Well, it would've been Palmer and Cuellar instead of McNally at any rate.

Zvon wrote: Waiting for pics to pop up on the web is the hardest part with making the cards. I was very fortunate to run into a pic of Turner trying to steal the pot O' gold. [fimg=500]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8pu0Ky_66cY/ViCbNSEecyI/AAAAAAAAhz8/r3Q3SX61jkQ/s891-Ic42/2015mfcNLDSgm5-POTofGOLD-z15.png[/fimg] That leprechaun killed us this week. Here's some DIYS for our Mets unofficial NLDS MVP's: [fimg=352]https://farm1.staticflickr.com/700/21589478324_c7be14dee3_o.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=400]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5631/21591557554_ca0a4066c7_o.jpg[/fimg] Blue Border variation [fimg=400]https://farm1.staticflickr.com/718/22214593305_17af4025ff_o.jpg[/fimg]

You still up?

Gwreck wrote: Elster88 wrote: Trivia from the post game. Name the other Met to hit a home run off two Cy Young award winners in a single postseason series. Olerud in '99. Smoltz and Maddux? Smoltz and Glavine? Get the fuck outta here!

How about Olerud off of two of the Braves trio of CYA winners in '99?

That was some magic Irish Whiskey you had just before Murph's bomb.

Or a '73er off of Blue and Hunter?

Elster88 wrote: Name the other two Mets to win two starts in a single postseason series. Kooz in the '69 WS.

Elster88 wrote: Trivia from the post game. Name the other Met to hit a home run off two Cy Young award winners in a single postseason series. Did a '69er homer off of McNally and Palmer? Or an '88er off of Hershiser and Valenzuela? Or a '73er off of Blue and Hunter?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I might bake a fuckin' banana bread. Hope you save me some. I like most everything that tastes like bananas. Except for bananas.

I got this one in the bag. I could win this thread in my sleep.

Centerfield wrote: Depraved indifference being the key. I have no doubt that Chase Utley didn't go into that slide thinking "Break his leg". I think he went into that slide thinking "Take him out", with a depraved indifference over whether he broke his leg or not. Idiots who drive 100 MPH drunk out of their minds don't do it with an intent to kill people. They do it with a depraved indifference of the lives of others. I don't think that "depraved indifference" applies to professional baseball. Not that play, anyways.. And any such claim would be countered with an assumption of the risk defense. An infielder assumes the risk that a runner might take him out physically in a slide, even with a dirty slide. It's part of the game. Even illegal slides are part of the game. OTOH, a civilian driver or pedestrian doesn't assume the risk that another motorist is going to drive like an absolute maniac.

d'Kong76 wrote: Here's the whole shebang... [youtube]iL2KsomXxbU[/youtube] Thanks. I just finishing watching the slide again a coupl'a times. In real time. And in stopping and pausing and stopping and pausing mode. It's inconclusive to me. Utley's dirtiness, that is. Utley had already begun his slide a tick before Tejada spun or pirouetted counter-clockwise. I'm not sure that Utley had time to anticipate that Tejada's would spin counter-clockwise. Had Tejada spun clockwise instead, he probably wouldn't have been exposed blindly and he'd also be positioned differently and thus might have escaped physical harm. I'm not convinced that Utley knew which way Tejada was gonna spin. I think that the conventional or typical play in that setup is for the infielder to spin clockwise until his front shoulder is in line with the first baseman for the throw to first. It was a bang bang play at high speed between athletes competing at their sport's highest level. Of course, I'm nor blaming Tejada for anything. I just think that his reverse spin might not have been anticipated.

dinosaur jesus wrote: Going out of the baseline to take out the fielder does happen all the time, it's almost never called, and it's not generally considered a dirty play. That's all true, but everyone who keeps repeating that is missing the point. What makes this play dirty is that Ruben's back was turned. It was turned when Utley left his feet, and was still turned when Utley hit him. And the other defense of Utley, that Ruben was out of position (because of Murphy's poor feed and his own bad decision to try for the double play) is also beside the point. Utley could see that Ruben was defenseless, and he went after him anyway. I'm open-minded to all of this. Later tonight, maybe before the game, I'll take a good look at the slide in light of what you're explaining. I recorded that game, but when I went to check the result, I discovered that my recording ended in the 6th inning. So my recording didn't include the whole brouhaha and the post-game analysis. My remote control is very touch-sensitive and I figure I must've inadvertently pressed the stop record button while I was watching the game. That happens once or twice a year to me. But I still have the pre-game from the following game so I'll take another look.

Ceetar wrote: yeah, no. Utley didn't intend to injure Tejada in the same way a boxer doesn't intend to injure his opponent. But baseball isn't boxing, and it's not meant to be a full-contact sport. Not entirely true. Plays at second base are inherently dangerous and frequently involve full contact, even when the runner's slide is legal. Especially when the runner's slide is legal. Plays at the plate where the runner tries to score on a catcher who already has the ball -- even more so. Those plays often result in full contact. The neighborhood play is an attempt to mitigate the risks of injuries from plays at second base and it's existence essentially confirms the danger of that play. Baseball isn't boxing, but its players are exposed to serious injury from the natural and expected play of the game, just the same. Ceetar wrote: And by deviating from the baseline to intentionally hit a player, and sliding AFTER you're out, you're intending to hit him. Sure, Utley didn't mean for him to get hurt. Might as well have said "I hope you land on your feet!" I dunno. It seems that you're saying that all illegal plays are dirty. We agree that Utley thought he was out before coming into contact with Tejada. That's why his slide was illegal. No one's saying the slide was legal. Except the Dodgers, their fans and Cal Ripken. Utley assumed he'd be out and was concerned solely with preventing the double play so that the lead runner could score and the inning could continue. It was a smart play because interference plays are enforced weakly and inconsistently and Utley knew that. That's a problem that baseball made, not the players. So long as the umps don't call that play, the players'll continue to make illegal take out slides, especially in the post-season. And it'll be easy to rationalize: "How could that slide be dirty if the umps hardly call it"? This'll all probably change soon enough because of the Utley slide, because of the injury Tejada sustained, because it happened in the playoffs, on National TV between a game involving the two largest markets, and because everyone knows that the final result was unjust even though the replay umps followed the rules precisely.

Zvon wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Would you like that Steve Rogers Bob Miller card prize? Yes, but only if you give it to Steve and he gives it to me. Well, at least I know you want that card. That's a start.

Winner! Winner! John Pacella! Hats off to you, Zvon. Would you like that Steve Rogers Bob Miller card prize? [youtube:1wt8wb3q]MhrLVTl2pxU[/youtube:1wt8wb3q]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Here's me in Lakeland, Florida, the last days of my major league baseball career, posing for what might be the only internet photo of me in a Tiger uniform. Hats off to you if you can figure out who I am. Who am I? [fimg=444]https://farm1.staticflickr.com/762/22116390052_e5710a48fe_o.jpg[/fimg] I woulda gotten more votes than Jack Heidemann for induction into the Mets Porn Star mustache Hall of Fame if only I'da thought to go 'stache during my Mets days. Well, hats off to Jack Heidemann. And Craig Swan. And Luis Rosado, I guess. You know, now that I think about it, I did go 'stache when I played for the Mets. I wonder if I'm in their Porn Star mustache Hall of Fame? I wonder if my Mets 'stache was porn-worthy? I'm gonna check on all of this and get back to y'all.