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G-Fafif wrote: Mad Men, Season Seven, Episode Four (air date 5/4/2014), �The Monolith�. Takes place late April 1969. Don is in the late Lane Pryce�s old office, now his. Finds Lane's familiar Mets pennant tucked away. He eventually hangs it up where it used to be displayed. Later he gets drunk, calls Freddy Rumsen, suggests going to Shea and when Freddy comes by to pick him up, Don sings a couple of lines of �Meet The Mets�. Freddy takes him home to sober up. When Don awakes the next morning, he asks, �Did the Mets win?� One of the great Mets pop culture moments of recent years. I was waiting for you to put up that post. The Mad Men are coming to Mets country.

Are they ambidextrous?

[fimg=232]http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111222140534/uncyclopedia/images/b/bf/Audience-clapping.gif[/fimg] This is my annual post as premise to post a bunch of Vida Blue covers. This probably doesn't cover even a quarter of the magazine covers he made from mid -'71 thru '72. [fimg=233]http://www.will-johnson.com/wp-content/uploads/vida-blue500.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=333]http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTAyNFg4MDk=/z/rQAAAOxyeglTZEIS/$_57.JPG[/fimg] [fimg=333]http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTAyNFg3NDQ=/z/vxAAAOxyUWtSUzCM/$(KGrHqF,!qMFJEOe-iv)BSUzCL7N9w~~60_57.JPG[/fimg] [fimg=333]http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTAyNFg3NTE=/$T2eC16JHJGoE9nuQeW31BP5UDcq0Qg~~60_57.JPG[/fimg] [fimg=333]http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/Nzk2WDYzNw==/z/m1AAAOxyA4ZRMmno/$T2eC16ZHJF8E9nnC8HQEBRMmnod7dw~~60_12.JPG[/fimg] [fimg=283]http://www.tias.com/stores/adateintime/pictures/16480a.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=311]http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine/archive/covers/1971/1101710823_400.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=311]http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/si_online/covers/images/1971/0531_large.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=242]http://www.thebaseballpage.com/sites/default/files/images/207-8.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=352]http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/ODY0WDY3MQ==/z/RSUAAMXQwKdReF53/$T2eC16hHJHcFFkLlvw53BReF53lDOg~~60_57.JPG[/fimg]

Who is the only lefty throwing switch-hitting Major Leaguer to win the MVP?

Hal Breeden [fimg=403]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5277/14099397021_deb1d2446e_o.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=403]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7210/14099530112_2c5d111d1a_o.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=403]https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2931/13915985729_11ca11a1c2_o.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=403]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7191/14103035444_537699543b_o.jpg[/fimg]

Zvon wrote: In quizzes with my brothers at a certain point we'd ask for the guys initials. I'm not asking yet though. The first person that comes to mind for some reason is another Jones. Mack Jones. But he was the opposite of Cleon, wasn't he? Mack batted lefty and threw righty.

d'Kong76 wrote: You know what he means, leave it be. Officer, is there a problem here?

Edgy MD wrote: Joe Grzenda. Not looking for a pitcher. Tough quiz here, admittedly.

Now THIS is a Save situation. (Farnsworth vs. Tulo and Arenado - 1 run lead - Coors).

How would you define "last card"? 1994 Upper Deck All-Time Heroes As in his last card as an active player/MLB uniform personnel. There'll always be a rule-breaker. 1980 Ed Kranepool (last active season, 1979): [fimg=351]http://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1980/Topps/641/Ed_Kranepool.jpg?id=b0ffda04-3d45-446c-8ee0-431cbe2a3af3&size=original[/fimg]

How would you define "last card"? 1994 Upper Deck All-Time Heroes

SteveJRogers wrote: SteveJRogers wrote: Alright, moving back along, who are the two 1969 Postseason Roster Mets missing from the 1970 Topps set as Mets? Ed Charles had no card in 1970. Yup His final Topps appearance was in 1969 Technically, no. His last Topps appearance wasn't in 1969. [fimg=333]http://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1970/O-Pee-Chee/310/Missing.jpg?id=e74e17da-026e-4a21-8ab3-be7410162ed5&size=original[/fimg]

Great cardwork, as usual. But you missed your shot at flexing your O-Pee-Chee chops with Ike. [fimg=303]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IJl1kKerJb0/TpzJcifeZ9I/AAAAAAAAL5g/qKc02yQ2C4I/s1600/1982_opc_griffey.JPG[/fimg] [fimg=233]https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRGjpBDMc1JwJKXnMhA2gvJg2pzTyK5iuVsZj2tabuWr3CQsUpKZQ[/fimg] [fimg=222]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fp0hwcqvCtI/Th-5rvr-qBI/AAAAAAAALKY/NT2dslbdxwo/s1600/1979_opc_hargrove.JPG[/fimg]

The Sadecki Spot on '80's cardboard: [fimg=444:2cqgte14]http://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1980/Topps/189/Kevin_Kobel.jpg?id=58251399-a5cb-4903-8204-3c2d80542e42&size=original[/fimg:2cqgte14]

In 1975, Cleon Jones's last season with the Mets, there were two active baseball players who batted righthanded and threw lefthanded -- both out of MLB by early 1976 -- Cleon, of course, being one of the two. Who's the other?

SteveJRogers wrote: Alright, moving back along, who are the two 1969 Postseason Roster Mets missing from the 1970 Topps set as Mets? Ed Charles had no card in 1970.

You're the King of the Whoms.

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metsguyinmichigan wrote: It's the tail on the iconic Mets on the home ['93's and '94's] that I found upsetting. You can blame eff Wilpon for that. I will. He became the de facto owner in charge of the Mets around the time that Al Harazin became the team's GM. And MLB needs at least a year's lead time to authorize a uniform change. So yeah .... the timing is right ... there went eff Wilpon deciding to put his personal stamp on the Mets brand and image and about the first order of business was a pointless (and Dodger-like) remake of the classic Mets home uniform wordmark.

Lute Barnes never had a card. Phil Hennigan was on other Topps cards before his Met stint. I'm not sure if they were on the post-season roster, though. In fact, I'd be surprised to learn that they were on the post-season roster. I guess Yogi didn't go bench-deep in the post-season.* 'Cause judging by your quiz, there were several active Mets who never got off the bench in October. *Well of course Yogi didn't. (See, e.g., "The George Stone Fiasco")

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: I believe it was on the anniversary of the Rockies first game -- which was at Shea. But the celebration was in Denver. And the Mets wore "the wardrobe of failure" -- the jerseys with the tail. Seriously, what the hell were they thinking with those jerseys? Right you are. Link with game video. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130416&content_id=44951512&notebook_id=44997676&vkey=notebook_nym&c_id=nym I gotta tell you, and this is from years on this forum, but whenever I think about those '93-'94 jerseys, I almost immediately think of how much you hate 'em. Awful. Which is not to say I don't have one with MURRAY 33 on the back... Details. Home or Road? '93 or '94? It'd have to be a '93, I suppose.

metsguyinmichigan wrote: metsguyinmichigan wrote: I believe it was on the anniversary of the Rockies first game -- which was at Shea. But the celebration was in Denver. And the Mets wore "the wardrobe of failure" -- the jerseys with the tail. Seriously, what the hell were they thinking with those jerseys? Right you are. Link with game video. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130416&content_id=44951512&notebook_id=44997676&vkey=notebook_nym&c_id=nym I gotta tell you, and this is from years on this forum, but whenever I think about those '93-'94 jerseys, I almost immediately think of how much you hate 'em. Awful. Which is not to say I don't have one with MURRAY 33 on the back... Details. Home or Road? '93 or '94?

batmagadanleadoff wrote: I believe it was on the anniversary of the Rockies first game -- which was at Shea. But the celebration was in Denver. And the Mets wore "the wardrobe of failure" -- the jerseys with the tail. Seriously, what the hell were they thinking with those jerseys? Right you are. Link with game video. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130416&content_id=44951512&notebook_id=44997676&vkey=notebook_nym&c_id=nym I gotta tell you, and this is from years on this forum, but whenever I think about those '93-'94 jerseys, I almost immediately think of how much you hate 'em. Game thread: http://archives.cranepoolforum.net/19400/f14_t19403.shtml

metsguyinmichigan wrote: I believe it was on the anniversary of the Rockies first game -- which was at Shea. But the celebration was in Denver. And the Mets wore "the wardrobe of failure" -- the jerseys with the tail. Seriously, what the hell were they thinking with those jerseys? Right you are. Link with game video. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130416&content_id=44951512&notebook_id=44997676&vkey=notebook_nym&c_id=nym I gotta tell you, and this is from years on this forum, but whenever I think about those '93-'94 jerseys, I almost immediately think of how much you hate 'em.

The Mets once wore their home jerseys against the Rockies in Denver. When? Why?