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Here's an easy one. I scoped out the answer. Pecota 1993 Topps Stadium Cluib How come Prince didn't solve the GMJ card?

Perez would not rule out becoming a relief pitcher. "If they want to use me in the bullpen or for one inning, I don�t know," he said. "What�s more important for me is trying to be on the team and try to help the team, because I know the past few years we�ve had trouble winning the games." I suspect that if Ollie knew he was healthy again, he wouldn't have said that.

If injuries don't bog him down, I expect Reyes to have his best year ever.

Here's a competent example of Topps photoshopping -- no more tacky cap airbrushing: Johan Santana -- 2008 Topps Heritage ('59 style Topps) -- two versions I've seen the rarer Met non-refractor Heritage card sell for over $100.00. I don't own it. I'll pass.

But give Topps credit for improving their photo-altering methods.

metsguyinmichigan wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: The Matthews one is fooling me. There were only 2 road games where Matthews played the field and the Mets scored as many as 6 runs, but doesn't look like a match for either. Maybe that's not the score of this game (I guess knowing the park would help but they look all the same to me now). It's fooling you because it's Photoshopped. That's in the first series -- issued before he played a game as a Met -- and he's actually wearing an Angels uniform. I thought there was something odd about GMJ's uniform. The front uni # looks too small, and too high up ... like one of those knockoffs that resembles an official Met uniform, but isn't quite there.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Must be. How many Mets cards show the Whitestone? That's sweet. The 78 Koosman is an action shot I'd bet was taken the same day (and by the same shooter) as the Millan one but there's no way to know for sure. That set had a nice mix of tight candids around the batting cage in addition to a few real action shots and your requisite Spring Training fake-poses. I noticed of the same thing as soon as you discovered that Koosman started the game against the Pirates where Millan was pictured. I'm looking for cards with enough context so that you have some chance to figure out the specific details.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Post more Met action photos where we can determine the actual game from clues in the photo. That's fun! Bonilla 1995 Topps Stadium Club; "Best Seat in the House"

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Post more Met action photos where we can determine the actual game from clues in the photo. That's fun! Ryan Thompson 1995 Pinnacle

batmagadanleadoff wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Post more Met action photos where we can determine the actual game from clues in the photo. That's fun! Boswell 1971 Topps, (in the style of Millan, '78 Topps) Is that Vic Davalillo, sliding into 2nd? 2010 Gary Matthews, Topps

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Post more Met action photos where we can determine the actual game from clues in the photo. That's fun! Boswell 1971 Topps, (in the style of Millan, '78 Topps) Is that Vic Davalillo, sliding into 2nd?

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Reed being a scab actually hurt a lot. He wasn't a part of the union, and cared companies needed to negotiate with the union for licensing. There were a couple players caught up in that. Topps, I believe, signed individual contracts with players, so he could still appear in sets -- and you're right, he was hampered twice when the set sizes were reduced. You must be right. I went through my cards, and discovered that all nine of my Rick Reed Mets cards are Topps cards. This can't be due to chance alone, given the large number of companies that produced cards when Reed was a Met. Also, I flipped through a few large-sized sets produced by Fleer, Upper Deck and Pacific and could not come up with any plausible explanation for Reed's omission from those sets given the number of Mets that were included, other than a scab/union issue. Reed was always a key Met and would be more deserving of a card than, say, Rich Becker or Tim Spehr.

SteveJRogers wrote: Keith Hernandez Keith is #23 on my list. But have some Keith cards. They're on me. Happy Birthday, kid. Hernandez 2005 Topps All Time Fan Favorites Hernandez 1984 Topps Hernandez and best buddy BFF Wade Boggs 1987 Fleer World Series. What's so funny, guys? Only one team gets to win.

1. Mike Piazza -- JCL 2. David Wright -- Grimm 3. Jose Reyes -- JCL 4. Dwight Gooden -- Mich 5. Todd Hundley -- Grimm 6. John Franco -- Grimm 7. Carlos Beltran -- Mich 8. Edgardo Alfonzo -- Grimm 9. Darryl Strawberry -- JCL 10. Rey Ordonez -- JCL 11. Al Leiter -- Edgy 12. Howard Johnson -- Edgy 13. Bobby Bonilla -- Edgy 14. Bobby J. Jones -- Grimm 15. Pedro Martinez -- Edgy Martinez 2006 Topps Wal-Mart Jones 1968 Topps Martinez 2008 Upper Deck Goudey Durocher 1934 Goudey

1. Mike Piazza -- JCL 2. David Wright -- Grimm 3. Jose Reyes -- JCL 4. Dwight Gooden -- Mich 5. Todd Hundley -- Grimm 6. John Franco -- Grimm 7. Carlos Beltran -- Mich 8. Edgardo Alfonzo -- Grimm 9. Darryl Strawberry -- JCL 10. Rey Ordonez -- JCL 11. Al Leiter -- Edgy 12. Howard Johnson -- Edgy 13. Bobby Bonilla -- Edgy 14. Bobby J. Jones -- Grimm 15.

1. Mike Piazza -- JCL 2. David Wright -- Grimm 3. Jose Reyes -- JCL 4. Dwight Gooden -- Mich 5. Todd Hundley -- Grimm 6. John Franco -- Grimm 7. 8. Edgardo Alfonzo -- Grimm 9. Darryl Strawberry -- JCL 10. Rey Ordonez -- JCL 11. Al Leiter -- Edgy 12. Howard Johnson -- Edgy 13. Bobby Bonilla -- Edgy 14. Bobby J. Jones -- Grimm 15.

1. Mike Piazza -- JCL 2. David Wright -- Grimm 3. Jose Reyes -- JCL 4. Dwight Gooden -- Mich 5. Todd Hundley -- Grimm 6. John Franco -- Grimm 7. 8. Edgardo Alfonzo -- Grimm 9. Darryl Strawberry -- JCL 10. Rey Ordonez -- JCL 11. Al Leiter -- Edgy 12. Howard Johnson -- Edgy 13. 14. Bobby J. Jones -- Grimm 15.

Edgy DC wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Rick Reed Reed had the bad timing to play for the Mets when the card companies reduced the size of their larger sets. During those years, it was unlikely for the third or fourth guy in the rotation to get a card. Reed deserved better treatment from the card makers: he's one of the 20 or 25 best starting pitchers in franchise history. I have only nine Rick Reed (97-01) Mets cards. By comparison, I have 34 Anthony Youngs (91-93) and 30 Pete Schoureks (91-93). The early '90s saw the most large sets per season. Perhaps Reed's scabbiness also hurt his case. I doubt it, but that would be a shame if it was true. Reed deserved better all-around, not just from the card companies. It always bothered me that Reed was shunned by some. I could see scabs being mistreated in other industries where the employees and skill sets are more fungible, and there is a real risk of losing your job to a scab. But the idea that those replacement players, collectively, ever posed any threat to the established major leaguers, I thought, was ignorant and mean-spirited.

1. Mike Piazza -- JCL 2. David Wright -- Grimm 3. 4. Dwight Gooden -- Mich 5. Todd Hundley -- Grimm 6. John Franco -- Grimm 7. 8. Edgardo Alfonzo -- Grimm 9. Darryl Strawberry -- JCL 10. 11. Al Leiter -- Edgy 12. Howard Johnson -- Edgy 13. 14. Bobby J. Jones -- Grimm 15. Wright looked like he had a shot at catching Piazza -- until last season. But he won't catch Mike so long as Topps is the only company printing cards.

Edgy DC wrote: Rick Reed Reed had the bad timing to play for the Mets when the card companies reduced the size of their larger sets. During those years, it was unlikely for the third or fourth guy in the rotation to get a card. Reed deserved better treatment from the card makers: he's one of the 20 or 25 best starting pitchers in franchise history. I have only nine Rick Reed (97-01) Mets cards. By comparison, I have 34 Anthony Youngs (91-93) and 30 Pete Schoureks (91-93). The early '90s saw the most large sets per season.

1. Mike Piazza -- JCL 2. 3. 4. Dwight Gooden -- Mich 5. 6. John Franco -- Grimm 7. 8. Edgardo Alfonzo -- Grimm 9. Darryl Strawberry -- JCL 10. 11. Al Leiter -- Edgy 12. Howard Johnson -- Edgy 13. 14. Bobby J. Jones -- Grimm 15.

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Gooden! Yes! If Straw makes the top 15, then Gooden, who was still a Met four years after Straw signed with LA, has to be on that list. metsguyinmichigan wrote: As for Kranepool, I thought you were an older collector. I am. ????? metsguyinmichigan wrote: Gary Carter, despite being a Met for a fairly short time, is in a bunch of sets. Gary's got that Seaver/Ryan veteran card thing going on, too. Carter, 2008 Donruss Threads

1. Mike Piazza -- JCL 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. John Franco -- Grimm 7. 8. Edgardo Alfonzo -- Grimm 9. Darryl Strawberry -- JCL 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Bobby J. Jones -- Grimm 15.

1. Mike Piazza -- JCL 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. John Franco -- Grimm 7. 8. 9. Darryl Strawberry -- JCL 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. There might be a small margin of error attached to my list, due to faulty record keeping or that my collection isn't complete --- but there's not an iota of doubt that Mike Piazza appeared on more baseball cards as a Met than any other Met. Nobody else is close. And so long as the current status quo remains, with Topps the only official licensee authorized to produce cards with MLB's logos, nobody's gonna catch Mike.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. John Franco -- Grimm 7. 8. 9. Darryl Strawberry -- JCL 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Seaver is #17 on my list, but with a bullet. A recent trend in baseball cards is to include cards of retired players in the current sets. So, for example, Topps' base set, in addition to including the two dozen or so current Mets that are deemed most card-worthy, might also include a Nolan Ryan or a Tom Seaver in a Mets uniform and under the same design template as the other base cards. Seaver is on pace to break into my top 15, probably this year. Seaver 2010 Topps Seaver 2010 Topps National Chicle