Zvon

That's a hellofa ritzy frame. Is that affordable under the current CPF budget? Great job Grimm. Especially the most beautiful ghost of Ingrid Bergman.

So this was a real interview? Not a really bad SNL sketch?

Wow. I don't think I would have gotten that even if I kept guessing. And I'm familiar with Reynolds, though superficially. That was a good quiz [fimg=200:165tbamh]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P-ho70yDUu8/VJDE5BWiA4I/AAAAAAAAWNY/Wl4Tzg12t_E/s640-Ic42/67mfcTommieReynolds-z15.png[/fimg:165tbamh]

Conforto.

I did a little digging and only had this one photo of him on file. IIRC the color work was done by Fat Jack of Baseball Birthdays (which I heard is pulling the plug, btw). That one above, there just not enough information there to make it worth coloring. This one is good but I'll keep looking as opposed to making a card of such an extreme closeup. I always prefer my cards to show the chest/METS/NEW YORK in frame. I could add a body to this if I have to. [fimg=400:et9k6omd]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fRgjGU47GAQ/VqraarAINUI/AAAAAAAAk7k/vTFpOd2Zmr4/s800-Ic42/BobJohnsonINFColor7.jpg[/fimg:et9k6omd]

I love crazy stuff like this. [fimg=400]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZwk6qBWQAEXamD.jpg[/fimg] I wonder if the entire lime green uni glows in the dark. I hope so.

Bob Johnson. I never made a card for this guy? Somebody, gimme a color shot of Johnson!

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Zvon wrote: Gosger's hat looks like that because he (like many other players) would fold the hat backwards, folding the brim forward and under the bridge of the cap, wrapping it around the hat. Then they'd stick the folded hat in their back pocket. Interesting. I never thought of that. I've seen plenty of pictures of Mets caps folding in that fashion over the years. But in my mind, all of those pics are from the flannel uniform era. I figured that the 70's caps are different and don't leave those fold marks. Willie Mays did that all his time w/the Mets. I never saw him in an overly worn cap (as a Metropolitan) so I bet he'd get a new cap every month or so. I collect baseball caps, have all my life. And early on as a teen playing baseball I would do that, emulating Mays, and the bridge of the cap would eventually look like Gosger's. I'm talking after a few months. So I stopped doing it. I was always very concerned with the bridge of my caps, and sometimes I even stuck a cardboard support in there to make it even more pronounced. Ha, I remember I thought I looked so kool. These days the mesh material that supports the bridge of the cap is much better, much stronger than the caps of the early 70's. And even these days from time to time I'll see a player folding the cap old school and slipping into their back pocket.

[fimg=400:24c6th5k]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-j0HKX_X2uuA/Vqbh4AhoqZI/AAAAAAAAk3k/NpL8hy3rK0E/s800-Ic42/2016mfc%25252331-z16.png[/fimg:24c6th5k] This is going to be such a good season!

Clueless Koolaid Guzzler wrote: Orange Koolaid. ....who woulda guessed?

Further inspection indicates that the notation was only on Gil's '72 O-Pee-Chee card and not his Topps. I guess I'm conflating Topps and O-Pee-Chee.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: I think that the best explanation for why that DIY has Padres on it is because it was done in the style of O-Pee-Chee cards. I thought Topps itself did that a few times in the early 70's but I must be mistaken. Running a search the only notation on a Topps card I see deals with the passing of Gil Hodges. batmagadanleadoff wrote: I came across this Gosger photo in my photo search. This one's very likely from 1969. I say so because of the way the cap creases on the right side of the photo. I think that caps from Gosger's 70's stints with the Mets didn't do that. But I wasn't interested in this photo because it's too much of a head shot and I was looking for more body. I have this vague memory of Dave Marshall losing his glove. Hank Aaron hit an opposite field HR against the Mets at Shea. Marshall went to the wall and leaped as high as he could, trying to rob Aaron of a would-be HR. Not only did Marshall not make the play, but in the process, he lost his glove, which landed on the other side of the wall. The game had to be stopped so that Marshall could be reunited with his glove. Does anybody remember this? Or am I imagining this? I can't say for sure but I may have seen this. I know practically every time I saw the Mets play the Braves in those days Aaron hit a homer. Gosger's hat looks like that because he (like many other players) would fold the hat backwards, folding the brim forward and under the bridge of the cap, wrapping it around the hat. Then they'd stick the folded hat in their back pocket.

I think we have our answer. Next question: Why does that card say "SAN DIEGO PADRES"? Because it a DIY digital card, using Marshall's real 1973 card and a Man From Topps photo. As you can see, Topps went with Marshall looking upwards so the cap logo wasn't visable as they doctored up the Met blues for Padre mustard yellow, yet kept pinstripes that the Padres wouldn't incorporate on uniforms for more than a decade! And that's why I made the card. His regular card was hideous. Marshall deserves a few more too if I ever get around to it. Cause him and Boswell had the koolest sideburns ever. Putting the NOW WITH PADRES on the scoreboard was a joke, and I wrote that I paid the scoreboard guy to do that so I didn't have to do what we see here on his '72 mfc alternate card. [fimg=300]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oYmtiTsYQus/UzEXKwrwoAI/AAAAAAAAN2k/SN_Z3Y6sL80/s605-Ic42/73ZPCMarshall-z14.png[/fimg]___[fimg=300]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lgalA0IGoxU/UyZqIwoBYTI/AAAAAAAANik/b0ExWKQzbzM/s607-Ic42/73OPCMarshall-z14.png[/fimg]

Excellent! Very strange to have an offseason where all my wishes come true.

I will confirm that is most certainly Dave Marshall. The guy in the dugout is either Agee or Clendenon. The white glove and posture makes it look like it could be either. The glove/wristband set up leans towards Clendenon as opposed to Agee. [fimg=300]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xODt2jXmGaQ/UrC_tnS2kWI/AAAAAAAAKGY/MhG4CnwvXQw/s640-Ic42/71tTommieAgeeZ14.png[/fimg][fimg=300]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MDb4oOdF524/UrCzMN7kyII/AAAAAAAAKE4/ORF-49Uo6Rk/s549-Ic42/71tDonnClendenon.png[/fimg]

[fimg=500:1oy73ffw]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-laxM3zVSg_4/VqWp-UIfmOI/AAAAAAAAk24/9MaKqUk7SSU/s966-Ic42/ThisIsWarren001.png[/fimg:1oy73ffw] I just got this one but I had a colorblind friend and I always asked what color he saw. I thought it was artistic curiosity but maybe I was just being a dick.

Yes. I don't like any that came up for me so far. None fit.

There's a generator that makes these that's making the rounds on fb. I can't find the link atm. I could tell this was a spoof of one of those. Yea, the parakeet makes it.

themetfairy wrote: [fimg=400]https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/12548883_10208263294041443_2775297157975896841_n.jpg?oh=ccf67294ec19d3a365c3dd714b97dab6&oe=5743226C[/fimg] lolol, classic. You make that? I'd like to share it.

Kingman?

#mymancrushisback lol.

Ran into this on fb:

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Centerfield wrote: Zvon wrote: Gah! I knew I forgot to stock up on something before the storm. Looks like there's a shot of brandy left. What a swing of emotion for you from about an hour ago. Crazy. Yea, really. Who needs a drink. I want to recreate that rush I had when I read the good news. At that point us getting him really was more than just the impossible dream. I didn't think I'd say this, but I'm going to enjoy this snowstorm. Cause it'll all be gone by April. And we got Cespedes back. I think something has to be done with Lagares if we can get a decent piece for him. Unless he gets the primary backup role. I'd prefer they keep him and get rid of that Azawhatever guy. But in a sense that is wasting Lagares. He still could be an everyday centerfielder....somewhere.