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batmagadanleadoff wrote: He played on two Met pennant winning teams. I hope he got the blingy rings to commemorate those stints, 'cause he didn't get any Mets baseball cards from Topps. "I ain't got any repeating consecutive letters in any of my names. But I'm the easiest one to solve of the remaining 'Who Am I's'? You don't need any more hints". -
This player appeared in a Topps baseball set in two different seasons: once as a Met and once as a Cub. But he only played in actual MLB games for one of the two teams. The Mets and the Cubs are the only organizations this player ever belonged to. "What the guy above me in the Cards uniform just said. Except I've got the repeating consecutive letters in my last name only".
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batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Photographed by The Man From Topps in his old stomping grounds, you won't find this ex-Met on any baseball card in a Redbird uniform. He has a World Series ring to remember his last season as a major leaguer. "What do you call it when the same letter appears consecutively in a word? Like the "l" in llama. Or the "b" in rubber? There's gotta be a word for that, right? Anyway there are repeating consecutive letters in my first name and in my last name."
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Some non-HOF'ers, all but one under 30 whom, it was thought (c. 1978-1979), might one day be Hall of Famers, if they kept up what they were doing:
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batmagadanleadoff wrote: Photographed by The Man From Topps in his old stomping grounds, you won't find this ex-Met on any baseball card in a Redbird uniform. He has a World Series ring to remember his last season as a major leaguer.
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Quizzes to Take While You're In Cleveland.
batmagadanleadoff replied to batmagadanleadoff's topic in New York Mets Talk
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This player appeared in a Topps baseball set in two different seasons: once as a Met and once as a Cub. But he only played in actual MLB games for one of the two teams. The Mets and the Cubs are the only organizations this player ever belonged to.
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G-Fafif wrote: Another fine quiz and agreed that this is a classy set. Save space for at least two more likely inductees down the road. And this guy (and in my lifetime, I hope)
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Quizzes to Take While You're In Cleveland.
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batmagadanleadoff wrote: Here are your Hall of Famers appearing in the 1959 Topps baseball set. I've purposely omitted two HOF'ers. Try and name them in the same post. No partial credit. It's hint time. Though, none of the missing HOF'ers ever played a game for the Mets, they both have Metly connections. -
Quizzes to Take While You're In Cleveland.
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G-Fafif wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Yeah, we were among giants then. Collossi. And, yeah, they likely aren't done. Nineteen-sixty-niners still with a door open to the Hall of Fame, in order of likelihood. 1. Joe Torre 2. Tony Oliva 3. Gil Hodges 4. JIm Kaat Um... 5. Rusty Staub or Davy Johnson I assume Tony LaRussa wasn't part of the 1969 set. For a second, I thought I left Cox out -- until I saw your post in the 1978 set quiz. I was ready to blame the MF MFY's. -
http://archives.cranepoolforum.net/16800/f1_t16800.shtml Wow. What a clusterfuck that thread was. No wonder attgig ain't here anymore. Good Lord, this. Who wantsa rev this one up all over again? It's two years later and Ryan Braun is about the most disgraced player in baseball. Not that this has anything to do with Jose's honor, of course. But does anyone here really think that on the last day of the season, a 25-games-out team's 78th win matters more to a player than his own chance to win his league's batting title? Ya think that players risk their health, their careers and their personal reputations by shooting god know what up their asses all so that their team might win a few more games in a season? Ya think that if he could, Tom Seaver would trade his career for Jim McAndrew's in exchange for another WS ring or two? I'd bet that Seaver wouldn't even wanna trade his career for Jerry Koosman's. "First you make the money, then you get the rings".
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Zvon wrote: Brooks again. This one was tricky. Brooks retired after the '77 season and announced his retirement early enough so as to remove any doubt. Thus, there was no way Topps would've given Brooks a '78 card. They never did that for any other retired stars. But Brooks snuck in on one of those record breaker cards.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Rickey? You're ahead of your time. And so was Rickey. (Rookie card below)
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At least they got the stadium right.
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G-Fafif wrote: The young San Diego Wizard of Oz. Too young. Rookie card below. '79 no better for Mets fans.
