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His time with the Tribe was brief, and thus, Toppless. On his Met cards, (that's cards -- plural), he never wore the shirt he oughta have been wearing. -
Met Hunter wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: On his Padres resume, there's one heckuvanoutstanding season. On his Met resume, there's nothing but the quiet desperation of a player on the fringes of major league baseball. Topps never bothered to put him on a card in a Met uniform. But The Man From Topps -- he loves those early San Diego duds and the candy colored stands that circle the inside of old Shea Stadium. bump Dave Roberts That's Dave Roberts, who throws left and signs left. He was Cy Young caliber in 1971 and an under the radar sleeper stealth draft pick if you ever played the 1971 Strat-O-Matic set. He had a crappy W-L record that year because the '71 Padres were one of the most offensively inept teams to come around in the last 50 years.
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metsguyinmichigan wrote: That's Bob Miller! Or, prodigal Bob Miller. See what I did with double X rated? Get it? Double ex? Double ex-met? lolololol
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This is what happens when The Man From Topps is nowhere to be found. The Man From Topps must've been two teams behind with this double X rated Met because the Met in question didn't come to Shea Stadium from Pittsburgh.
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A few weeks into his debut, Willie Mays sucked moose balls, too. I took the easy way out.
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Zvon wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: This Toppless Met might've gotten a Mets card if The Other Man From Topps didn't go all Kindergarten color by numbers with his box of crayolas over this photo. For one season, he was one of the league's best pitchers hurling for San Diego. Koolest hat comic style airbrush ever. Off the top of my head without checking I wanna say Brent Strom. But I'm pretty sure I got the last name wrong.
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This Toppless Met might've gotten a Mets card if The Other Man From Topps didn't go all Kindergarten color by numbers with his box of crayolas over this photo. For one season, he was one of the league's best pitchers hurling for San Diego.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: To me this is another signal of the steady deterioration of the franchise under the Wilpons that has also manifested itself in stuff like carelessly neglecting to build CitiField with any regard for personality; becoming the least desirable team in baseball for a minor-league city to align with; the team whose illegally earned money was wasted on making a show of competitiveness rather than invested in the effort competitiveness actually required etc etc etc down the line. I hate them. Tonight, a Faith and Fear reader referred to Jeff Wilpon as "Fredo" in the comments section. 2X9E9n6GHC8
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Better view of the other side of the side fence at the Sadecki Spot in background to this photo. It rarely appears in photos because it's a paved parking lot. Oh yeah. The player in the foreground. Who is he?
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batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: This one-time Met with the blazing fastball once held the major league record for most strikeouts by a relief pitcher. He never appeared on a Topps baseball card in a Padres uniform, but as you can figure by now, in the end, The Man From Topps, with his personal jones for early Padres uniforms, got his Kodak moment. bump It's Dick Selma
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HahnSolo wrote: Fourth image from top, looks like a painting (drawing) of a lefty, perhaps in an Astros uniform? I'll guess Mike Hampton. I think you're right. I didn't see that. The image is so large, I woulda hadda use the scroll bar below to see the edge of the photo, which I didn't.
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I think the kitchen sink is in the photo below the photo you think it's in. I think you're looking at the bathroom. Though it's odd to display a liquor bottle in a bathroom. I'm guessing Jeff Kent.
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batmagadanleadoff wrote: That's the ex Met's bedroom? When did the Mets have a 14-year old on the roster? Never mind. That's gotta be the kid's bedroom.
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batmagadanleadoff wrote: This one-time Met with the blazing fastball once held the major league record for most strikeouts by a relief pitcher. He never appeared on a Topps baseball card in a Padres uniform, but as you can figure by now, in the end, The Man From Topps, with his personal jones for early Padres uniforms, got his Kodak moment. bump
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batmagadanleadoff wrote: On his Padres resume, there's one heckuvanoutstanding season. On his Met resume, there's nothing but the quiet desperation of a player on the fringes of major league baseball. Topps never bothered to put him on a card in a Met uniform. But The Man From Topps -- he loves those early San Diego duds and the candy colored stands that circle the inside of old Shea Stadium. bump
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Quiz Difficulty Rating: Eezie Peezy. Only the Man From Topps has photos of this ex-Met in a Phillie uniform.
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That's the ex Met's bedroom? When did the Mets have a 14-year old on the roster?
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General All Purpose Baseball Card Thread
batmagadanleadoff replied to batmagadanleadoff's topic in New York Mets Talk
Ceetar wrote: while wanting the second admission is part of it, I suspect a larger part of it is the players union and the increased conditioning players do (and the value of said players). Playing two games in one day, especially when you don't need the extra day to travel, can be grueling. It's the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$. It always is. Teams would be scheduling quadruple-headers if the owners were convinced that more money would be made that way. Teams didn't draw nearly as many fans 30 -40 years ago and the size of the season-ticket holder base was tiny. That's why they played two then but not any more. -
Wait'll ol' man eff Wilpon retires. Oh brother.
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batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: You wanna extend the format of this quiz to players who were never Mets? I doubt I'd do any better. OK, just this once, a Who Am I? featuring a player who never belonged to the Mets. You won't find this extremely well known pitcher on Dodger cardboard. You'd be lucky to even find a photograph of the guy in Dodger Blue. Unless you're The Man From Topps. Though he never belonged to the Mets, you might say that the Mets belonged to him. Father of the '64 fathers day perfecto, Jim Bunning, US Senator.
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More bang for the buck in Georgia. Lots more. ( No surprise).
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G-Fafif wrote: The Fonzie estate alluded to above. Alfonzo built a $6M home in Queens, next to what looks like a regular NYC apartment building??
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batmagadanleadoff wrote: Wh@se Ex Mets H*me Am I? T@m Gl%v!ne's.
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That house is on the market for $1.9M.
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Edgy MD wrote: Benson. No, but he lives in the same state as Kris Benson.
