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batmagadanleadoff wrote: My Mets stint wasn't much to speak of, so I won't. But here's what I will speak of. I set the all-time major league baseball record for Saves in a season. I picked up some MVP votes that season, as well. There's me down below, captured on film by the Man from Topps in the rare red KC A's unis. You know the drill. Who am I? [fimg=333]https://farm1.staticflickr.com/586/21447514823_f3058fdbcc_o.png[/fimg] Hi. I'm Jack Aker. I set the all-time Saves record in 1966 with 32.

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Lefty Specialist wrote: Oops. What's the gossip about Jim Gosger? Jim Gosger played for the Mets in three different seasons without ever appearing on a Topps Mets baseball card as a Met (team picture cards don't count). Tell me something about Bobby Heise, the first Met to accomplish that Topps negative hat trick.

Valadius wrote: Fractured right fibula for Tejada. Wow. That's adding injury to insult.

Frayed Knot wrote: But they've got to be fucking kidding me if they're going to reverse it on any of the angles that we saw. I didn't think any of the TV angles were conclusive either. And that was no take-out slide. Utley wasn't even trying to touch the bag. He went straight for Tejada who wasn't near the bag. Ripken (clean play) and Darling (dirty play) are disagreeing without saying they are.

Marshall set the all-time single season record for appearances by a pitcher, not saves. Too bad you didn't win this round. Because I've got a prize for you with your name on it.

My Mets stint wasn't much to speak of, so I won't. But here's what I will speak of. I set the all-time major league baseball record for Saves in a season. I picked up some MVP votes that season, as well. There's me down below, captured on film by the Man from Topps in the rare red KC A's unis. You know the drill. Who am I? [fimg=333:2csa43i2]https://farm1.staticflickr.com/586/21447514823_f3058fdbcc_o.png[/fimg:2csa43i2]

[fimg=333:3slnkzv5]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61uacg67r2L._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg[/fimg:3slnkzv5] An all Donruss card cover (81's and 82's exclusively).

This one came out a year ago. Never knew about it until today. Also, thanks to a heads-up from Faith & Fear, There's no denying that the seven year span between 1977-1983 was one of the darkest in New York Mets history. After all, it was during this time that the team failed to post a single winning season, traded away the most beloved Met of all-time, and took a back seat once again to their crosstown rivals, the Yankees (who were busy winning two World Series). But it was also a time in which quite a few colorful and memorable players donned the Mets uniform, while the Amazins slowly but surely began putting together the "pieces of the puzzle" that would eventually lead to a dramatic World Series win in 1986. 'The Seventh Year Stretch: New York Mets, 1977-1983' is the first-ever book to focus solely on this era of the team. Featuring all-new, exclusive interviews with players and those close to the team, the book is a fly-on-the-wall view of what was going on behind the scenes and on the field. Set up in the oral history format, 'The Seventh Year Stretch' reads like a documentary, but in book form.

[fimg=333]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5621/21857967050_dd18d68432_o.jpg[/fimg] Is this pre or post 1969? From the same photo session: I figured you were skipping this thread until the Miller prize was taken by somebody else.

Looks a lot like this guy. Winner. Winner. We have some new blood in this thread. Here are some anagrams for Cal Koonce: A Cool Neck No Ace Lock Colon Cake Cloak Once Cloak Cone A Cock Alone Cock ala One Lance Cook Today's winner get a DiY baseball card of Bob Miller as a Padre on a 1973 Topps design. We also have a Miller card with Steve Rogers's name on it. Your choice. Thank you for playing.

The more I think about it, the more I think the Dodgers suck as a first round opponent. If somehow they can survive Kershaw/Greinke, I think this team can match up against anyone else. I have no idea how the series is gonna play out, but Kershaw and Greinke don't scare me in the least. Obviously, they've had super seasons and if Kershaw's not the best player in the game, he's the second best. He's been pitching at peak Hall of Fame level for a few seasons now. But deGrom and Syndergaard are capable of having outings that would neutralize the best of the Dodgers Big Two and those outings wouldn't be anywhere near as unlikely or as outlier'ed as that Roy Lee Jackson game. And then the Mets have Matt Harvey pitching game three. On paper and from today's perspective, if the Dodgers don't sweep the first two games, I think they're in big trouble. The Mets are built very well for the playoffs. Of course, this analysis'll probably go out the window once the series starts because nothing ever goes the way you think it will. [fimg=222]https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/espn-grantland/img/grantland-logo@2x.png[/fimg] Grantland's NLDS Preview. Excerpts: Three teams enter the NLDS looking for their first taste of October glory in a long time. The Mets will try to win their first playoff series in nine years. The Dodgers hope to claim their first World Series in 27 seasons. As you may have heard, the Cubs haven�t won it all since 1908. And meanwhile, Cardinals fans have been made to suffer the outrageous misfortune of a four-year championship drought. For all the intrigue that such history provides, these promise to be two series between two pairs of very well-matched teams. Actually, you know what? �Promise� is the wrong word. As my colleague Ben Lindbergh put it in yesterday�s preview of the ALDS matchups, �I know nothing. You know nothing.� As we�re taught during every postseason, anything can � and probably will � happen. With that in mind, let�s go to the preview machine! [***] Lineups Mets manager Terry Collins hinted at it late in the season, and now he plans to follow through in the playoffs: He�s likely going to run all of his left-handed lineup regulars out there, regardless of who�s pitching. That tack could prove problematic. Daniel Murphy is a sub-replacement-level player against left-handed pitching, batting just .254/.284/.349, and his usual lousy defense3 exacerbates the problem. Except, Collins might not have any better options at second against the Dodgers� lefty-heavy staff, even if he wanted to platoon: A deep chest bruise knocked righty-swinging infielder Juan Uribe out for the NLDS, and Wilmer Flores isn�t a great option either, having lost 10 pounds as he tries to recover from a nasty case of strep throat. Collins has no such excuses in the outfield, though. Curtis Granderson batted an ugly .183/.273/.286 against southpaws this year, while Michael Conforto (.214/.267/.214) wasn�t any better. Granted, we�re getting into smallish sample sizes here, especially in the case of Conforto, who had just 14 at-bats against lefties. Still, it would be baffling if Collins starts both those players against Kershaw, Anderson, and Wood: Juan Lagares hit .273/.333/.438 against lefties this year and plays all-world defense. Beyond Yoenis Cespedes, who is terrifying and has been the best hitter on either team, there�s an outfield platoon screaming to happen. [***] The Call If the Mets can steal a win in the first two games in Los Angeles, they�re a strong bet to take the series. They have the starting pitching talent to nearly match up with luminaries like Kershaw and Greinke, and the most likely victory scenario against that pair is something like a 3-2 win. Because, for as great as Cespedes is and as strong as the Mets offense has been over the past two-plus months, this is a decidedly weaker club if Collins sticks to his left-handed regulars against someone as good as Kershaw on full rest. Murphy, Granderson, and Conforto crush right-handers, though, so that Syndergaard vs. Greinke Game 2 tilt could land in the Mets� favor. Pull that off, and the Mets get the underbelly of the Dodgers rotation: Anderson vs. the electric Harvey in Game 3, and Kershaw on a pitch count against the really-good-when-healthy Matz in Game 4. That�s how I see the series playing out: the Mets dropping Game 1, then winning the next three. Mets in four. http://grantland.com/the-triangle/2015-mlb-nlds-preview-cubs-cardinals-mets-dodgers/

Goeddel and Newy in. Gilmartin out.

Who am I in this snazzy Cub road top that resurfaced last year as throwbacks worn in actual games? P.S. Some of youse wuz talking about me recently in some other thread or threads here. [fimg=333:1x9e5j1z]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5621/21857967050_dd18d68432_o.jpg[/fimg:1x9e5j1z]

Winner. Winner. Larry Miller. Can I interest you in a Bob Miller 1973 Topps Padres DIY as your prize? It's got Steve Rogers's name on it!

Though my major league career was over by the time I put on an Oriole uniorm, the Man From Topps still took my photograph. Just in case someone might ask all of you decades later .... "Who Am I?" [fimg=333:3j9vm1gi]https://farm1.staticflickr.com/768/21839742499_c4c84eca4a_o.jpg[/fimg:3j9vm1gi]

Centerfield wrote: The more I think about it, the more I think the Dodgers suck as a first round opponent. If somehow they can survive Kershaw/Greinke, I think this team can match up against anyone else. I have no idea how the series is gonna play out, but Kershaw and Greinke don't scare me in the least. Obviously, they've had super seasons and if Kershaw's not the best player in the game, he's the second best. He's been pitching at peak Hall of Fame level for a few seasons now. But deGrom and Syndergaard are capable of having outings that would neutralize the best of the Dodgers Big Two and those outings wouldn't be anywhere near as unlikely or as outlier'ed as that Roy Lee Jackson game. And then the Mets have Matt Harvey pitching game three. On paper and from today's perspective, if the Dodgers don't sweep the first two games, I think they're in big trouble. The Mets are built very well for the playoffs. Of course, this analysis'll probably go out the window once the series starts because nothing ever goes the way you think it will.

Zvon wrote: Why Gulden's? As a Met, Grote was a pitchman for Gulden's Mustard. Print ads and TV commercials. I once searched the web for Grote's Gulden's ads but couldn't find anything. I'll bet that if I dug out my Met programs from the early '70's, I'll come across a Gulden's ad featuring Grote. I probably first learned about Gulden's Mustard from those Grote TV commercials. I didn't know anything about mustard and I didn't start to like mustard until around early High School. That was my father's fault. He liked this powerfully strong mustard that wasn't available in regular stores. My mom had to go to some specialty store to get him his mustard. It was the only mustard in the house and I tried it once and thought I was gonna die. Fumes were coming out of my nose and tears outta my eyes from that mustard. I figured that all mustards were like his. So I stayed away from the stuff for a good many years.

Lol, love the Agee. Is the Gulden's card a real one? I'm honored you used my Rusty. Hey, I want to make a card for Terry Collins from his playing days, circa 1973-77. I have found some B&W minor league pics of him but none of him in a MLB uniform (Dodgers/Pirates). Anyone know of a usable pic? Below is the best I could find, not MLB and I don't know that I want to spend time colorizing that. Great pic tho. He's so young. Thanks. Your Staub is the best DIY of Houston Rusty I ever saw on the web. The Grote's a fake. I made it. I made three cards in that thread: the Gulden's Grote, the '72 Agee and the second Tommy Davis card, which is a stylized version of a '48 Bowman. Look at Agee's mug there. You just know he's pissed off at something. [fimg=333]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5663/21986087566_a1bdf0a00f_o.jpg[/fimg] Didja notice Grote's cap? What's the deal with it? Is that what the rebranded '65 Astros initially intended to wear up until a last minute re-design? The Colts never wore that cap. I got nuthin' on Collins. And it took me longer than usual just to find that manager card in the thread, which is a regional issue (Mother's Cookies).

Frayed Knot wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: I think my analogies work. I mean marijuana's illegal. And heroin. And cocaine. But cigarettes are legal? Isn't that enough "selective legality" for you? No, because I don't view cigarettes and heroin as remotely analogous therefore I don't find different laws applying to them to be simply arbitrary. But there's no such Mo Vaughn sized gap between betting on sports (almost universally illegal in this country) vs betting on fantasy sports (legal). Nor are the distinctions from above as tortured as the logic that says fantasy sports betting needs to be allowed because it's a skill not a mere game of chance but yet lotteries which are pure chance are not only allowed by the gov't but run by it and games with at least as much skill as fantasy like poker and such remain mostly banned. "Remotely"? Really? Well, you're entitled to your views.

Frayed Knot wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: This is hardly news. I mean, cigarettes are legal ferchrissakes. Food manufacturers are allowed to put High Fructose Corn Syrup in the things we eat. I have no idea what cigarettes and high-fructose corn syrup have to do with this discussion. As I said, I'm not particularly interested in whether gambling restrictions are tightened or loosened, I'm just against the selective legality of it all and the hypocrisy that comes with it. I think my analogies work. I mean marijuana's illegal. And heroin. And cocaine. But cigarettes are legal? Isn't that enough "selective legality" for you? BTW, I agree with every single point you make on this issue. I guess what I'm saying is that I probably wouldn't get so worked up about it at this point in my life to write a coupl'a paragraphs on it. I'm not fazed at all by the policy decisions that give this form of entertainment the coat of legality.

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Mets sport sparkling new gear... [fimg=750]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/workout1.jpg[/fimg] ... swaggering new attitude ... [fimg=750]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/workout2.jpg[/fimg] ... and a stupid new micro-scandal as Matt Harvey is the only player not to show up to the mandatory gathering, attributing his absence to traffic. MLB made 'em for every playoff team. As a BTW, I never go for the team gear they market every season. That's not entirely true. I have a decent collection of Mets jerseys, game worn and authentic looking recreations. But I never go for the t-shirts and sweaters and other stuff baseball markets every year. But this year, I'm really digging those Majestic Hoodies every team is wearing. I'm talking about these:

Frayed Knot wrote: And just to clarify some stuff from before: - I don't gamble, on anything -- not even scratch-off tickets or office football pools -- but nor am I an anti-gambling crusader so how much of this stuff is legal or not is really of little concern to me. But it's the seemingly random selectivity and hypocritical nature of what gets declared legal and what remains banned, and, maybe more importantly, WHO gets to run gambling operations and who doesn't that needs to be fixed. In the case of these fantasy leagues, it's the fact that they're legal and unregulated while potentially competing forms of gambling are either illegal and/or highly regulated gives them a virtual license to print money (including insider dealings ... wow, whoda thunk that?!?) because of some odd definition finagling. It's like the worst form of crony capitalism -- your business isn't just favored, it's competition proof -- only with questionable legalities and unregulated rules thrown in. Those who remember OTB in NY should remember that it was one of the most corrupt -- and therefore politically popular -- arms of city and county governments ever invented. It was a virtual monopoly on legal gambling at the time and it acted as such. To be tabbed to run the local OTB chapter was considered the plum job in all of political patronage. And we haven't even gotten into Indian casinos yet. This is hardly news. I mean, cigarettes are legal ferchrissakes. Food manufacturers are allowed to put High Fructose Corn Syrup in the things we eat. The families of 9/11 victims got millions while others similarly situated get nothing. And so it goes. It's policy. It happens every day.

I did miss it. Do you tabulate the October games? I don't remember what you did in past seasons? Are there October Schaefer awards based on just a few games? I see that there are voting threads for the October games. So many questions from someone who didn't vote a single game all season.