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Edgy MD wrote: Mets have achieved something. Let's not speak of disgrace. You wouldn't wanna talk about that run even if the Mets didn't win a single game all season. But let's congratulate Fred Wilpon for his second first place finish in almost 30 years. We should all be thankful that he was probably read the riot act and more or less strongarmed into hiring someone like Sandy Alderson who wasn't gonna take any shit at all from Fred's stupid son, or else none of this season would probably be happening.

Big Sexy at a Clemson University football game. Talk about your Big Man on Campus.

Gwreck wrote: They can't control years when the Yankees also finish first. The Mets had a better record and finished first in 2006. Can't control for the Yankees? What's the difference? We're talking about a 25 year period. Do you know what the odds are of that happening? That 25 year run should never happen. Not in our lifetimes. Not in 10 of our lifetimes. 1990's no coincidence. That's around the time Fred more or less started to run this franchise. How do you make excuses for that?

It's been 25 years. That sure explains a lot. Fucking Wilpon(s). What a disgrace.

G-Fafif wrote: You're welcome. Forward this post to the New York Times.

Couldn't care less about the no-no ... was more concerned about Seaver's 10 straight K's record. Thank you, Curtis.

Fittingly, three out of this month's four Schaefer winners are the new guys. It's practically a brand new team out there on the field. Nice cards. I'm gonna miss 'em.

Frayed Knot wrote: Svrluga (pronounced just like it's spelled) is their national baseball guy (as opposed to the Nationals beat writer guy). He recently wrote a short book on the behind the scenes look at the lengthy baseball season (clubhouse/equipment guys, etc.) which was mostly Nationals-centric but would be similar with any team. Much lighter material in that one. [fimg=150]https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/posts/2015/06/51_f1ST534L._SY344_BO1204203200_/7d06fce34.jpg[/fimg] How was it (if you read it)?

You left out Hershiser.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Zvon wrote: I like the Sadeck Spot but my deGrom cards glows in the dark! KOOL! I accept this award. I'd like to thank my family, my friends, and most of all the CPF for putting up with me all these many years. Thank you *waves & bows* Thank you.*gets teary A bonus card on account of your thank you speech. [fimg=333]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5721/21719373918_b5f751d632_o.jpg[/fimg] If I felt like doing a Nats/Expos card thread this weekend (and I don't) I would've included this card .... [fimg=365]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5656/21304081124_a2e544645f_o.jpg[/fimg]

George Stone

Felix Millan

Orel Hershiser.

Kevin Mitchell

Mike Bordick Orel Hershiser Willie Mays

Edgy MD wrote: Cool. Did they go back to the Baker Bowl for this one? Up close, it looks like that outfield wall's made out of shingles.

Zvon wrote: I'm not worthy. And I liked the first one better. And I only had one speech prepared. Gah! It's OK. Your one speech was so moving that I went and got the Colon graded. [fimg=355]https://farm1.staticflickr.com/642/21911865721_30228a8191_o.jpg[/fimg]

Zvon wrote: I like the Sadeck Spot but my deGrom cards glows in the dark! KOOL! I accept this award. I'd like to thank my family, my friends, and most of all the CPF for putting up with me all these many years. Thank you *waves & bows* Thank you.*gets teary A bonus card on account of your thank you speech. [fimg=333]https://farm1.staticflickr.com/710/21917650196_84bd13c502_o.jpg[/fimg]

d'Kong76 wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Luzinski's the interloper. No bull. You win. Well, technically... Yeah, I see whatcha mean. You got the Bull, too. For you, we have a Lute Barnes Big League Chew. You might wanna work out a trade with Zvon. You've got leverage over Zvon because he really digs the Sadecki Spot, which is in the background of the Barnes card. [fimg=355]https://farm1.staticflickr.com/597/21707617248_04875b8d0b_o.jpg[/fimg]

Long informative Washington Post piece on the fall of the 2015 Nats. Lotsa Mets content. (Third of three-parter on the 2015 Nats). "In Jonathan Papelbon, Nationals got their closer � and their kiss of death" https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/trade-for-jonathan-papelbon-had-disastrous-results-for-the-nationals/2015/09/30/0aef1564-66ee-11e5-8325-a42b5a459b1e_story.html excerpt: But inside the Washington clubhouse, the Clippard trade still resonated, a point further emphasized because the Nationals would be competing against their old teammate in a pennant race. Several Nationals couldn�t rectify the idea that the club had traded away Clippard, a reliable eighth-inning pitcher, in part because he was going to make $8.3 million in his final year of arbitration. These players, speaking on the condition of anonymity, believed the financial part of that decision didn�t marry well with the seven-year, $210 million contract given to Scherzer. Now here came Papelbon, who would be guaranteed $11 million for 2016. �We thought we were building a clubhouse here with players who were going to do things the Nationals Way,� one player said. �But then they don�t keep some of those guys, and they bring in others who haven�t come up that way. What does that teach you? How does that breed loyalty?� On that Saturday morning, Werth arrived at the ballpark and looked at the lineup card posted on a bulletin board that hangs on the wall just outside the main clubhouse. Clint Robinson was penciled into left field, where Werth plays. Rendon was penciled into the leadoff spot, where Werth had been hitting. Werth�s name wasn�t on it. Throughout the season, when everyday players are going to get a day off, the manager typically finds a way to get the message to a player the night before. The player then can do with that information whatever he wants � get in a more rigorous weightlifting session that night, arrive at the ballpark a little later the next day, whatever. More importantly, a player with a day off can mentally decompress and, for once, relax. According to individuals with direct knowledge of the situation, Werth hadn�t received such a message from Williams. This wasn�t the first time, and Werth wasn�t the first veteran to experience what players considered an oversight once, an egregious error beyond that. What might have been a minor blip in a successful season became a boiling point. Incensed, Werth ripped the lineup card off the wall, bellowing that it was going to change. Then, according to several people who were present, he confronted Williams � not just about whether he would play that day but about what most of the clubhouse considered to be a chronic lack of communication with his players. Among the most jarring barbs, from Werth to Williams: �When exactly do you think you lost this team?� The incident was the most visible and vocal in a summer that had devolved into chaos. From the players� point of view, there were several problems with Williams and his leadership; communication was at the forefront. �He doesn�t talk to people in here,� one veteran said late in the year. This manifested itself in ways large and small, and many of the would-be problems ran through Knorr, the bench coach. Such a structure is typical in a major league clubhouse, with a coach used as a sounding board, a go-between, so that little problems don�t get to the manager, that the manager is only presented with major issues.

What's Greg Luzinski doing in there? And McCarver...oh, these aren't all Mets/Phils? I see a lot of traitors up there. Except those playing out their careers, like Koos, Buddy, Tug, Sid, McDowell, Dykstra, Turk, Wally(?), Hahn, Thomas, Pratt, Pedro, and Pheil. The rest are bums. The '71 Deron Johnson: top 5 koolest 71t card. McCarver, like Bobo Newsom might have, talked his way into this thread. Luzinski's the interloper. No bull. You win. We have a DIY 1973 Topps Bob Miller Padres card -- regular version or the Steve Rogers version. Step right up and pick a card to claim your prize. Ha. I do not accept this award. You make me a card and make sure it's a Metropolitan. Here you go. deGrom DIY'ed on a modern version of a 1948 Leaf. I had this one in my back pocket. [fimg=466]https://farm1.staticflickr.com/603/21883526152_09660f036f_o.jpg[/fimg]