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batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Rusty's preferred number was 10. He wore it in Houston and in Montreal. He took 4 initially as a Met only because Duffy Dyer wouldn't relinquish 10 for Staub, who would have to wait until 1975 to finally get his 10, when it became available after Dyer was traded to the Pirates. Wow. I did not know this. Thanks for sharing. I didn't know Duffy Dyer was a dick either. Who knows? Maybe Staub never asked Dyer. I should've rephrased my earlier post. Too late. He's on my dick list. Mets score as the Cards throw them one. Damn, DP. 1-0 Mets.

METS: TAKE EVERY PITCH! At least til he gets a few over.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Rusty's preferred number was 10. He wore it in Houston and in Montreal. He took 4 initially as a Met only because Duffy Dyer wouldn't relinquish 10 for Staub, who would have to wait until 1975 to finally get his 10, when it became available after Dyer was traded to the Pirates. Wow. I did not know this. Thanks for sharing. I didn't know Duffy Dyer was a dick either.

Smoooooooooth first inning for Thor. Rusty will always be #4 to me too.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Right now, I'm naked. lololol. First Rusty and now this. The Good Lord is trying to ruin my opening day.

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Ugh. This sucks. RIP Rusty. [fimg=500]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/k5LDiAfSHHAo5kIHkCfB0eDhg2XMTG64QhJlTI5ctsdkT23kuMjwhL2e63uWZ7FTBx820-UF5dWqwa_6JdmcvJ7MUGnYh0HTvoGE2ofxRCCpR6aHR6GSvot2XjRnqasop2T4QZyNT9KPSiyIRgsp2EYn5l7xkXoMuMAFmc0Xu3K4J91sYzVB6J4pLZbKy2tQMFZfi4j1s7GbWl7Ob2tHGNSXbn-ZzEVVshqil3rVLIknUxF-5rqLYgfET-4zneVwlpZce9gtgjHqhLW82Xh2JrA4k3FhV0UbTEsAzwCXkb0S-rG0i5bRDccpwIfOc8PlHynz3O25skLFwyx0kVcTH6dIksbFaqjhI0PED2a-5GhqqMpoxeQmx97T9H6earmXyTIKqRE-xdJBeankZUokQYsmb423v3J_mEyjvC-XRw6ryyKtQ9nzs00DeFGyE1zswrAU6LJ3pTSRk8D2LqnlwtGZFn76wqwL4LdOwDYmGDbYifkGopQ0eJxV3N46KA2EWgS9bAgkInLuKACdviOv-3Gek_B9gcU1Vc5gDTRXdh9XuTtNqFBylA_iV9jon3SbAVn7GSfnqe9kohUvLeq8XEm4F900LbHObrER9h37=w692-h488-no[/fimg]

dgwphotography wrote: I went with 1991 and the fireworks, which also has a story behind it... Back then they had a fan photo contest that they would publish in the yearbook. I had won the memorabilia category from 1989, and had my image published in the 1990 yearbook. I wanted to do something different, and headed out to shoot the fireworks with the Mrs. on Fireworks night in 1990. I met Marc Levine in the parking lot, who shot what ended up being the cover photo. When my slides came back, I knew I had a great image, and that there was no way that I wasn't going to make it into the yearbook again. Then I saw the cover, and knew that there was now way they were going to publish my photo, too... I remember your fireworks photo well and even thought at first, on viewing here, that your photo was used on the '91 cover! I'm looking at your memorabilia pic in the '90 YB. Very cool. Is all that shit yours? I went with fireworks.

I keep avoiding these "expectations" threads. I keep thinking, "I'll get to that eventually". And now there's only a couple of days left and then expectations turn into realities. You guys know me though. You can assume that I would expect the best from all players donning the blue and orange. And, BTW, Reyes will do great things in 2018!

Mr. Mets debut! Say no more. 1963 ftw. I think maybe the wall of photo YB covers are being hurt by their random placing against the artsy ones. And lets all be most thankful that they didn't use a photo for the '63 cover.

1970 was also my first ever Mets yearbook. And I loved it, poured over it, absorbed it, learned so much about the players on the team then. And I love that cover for a number of reasons, all I think touched on here already. Benjamin Grimm wrote: In the bottom row, Reyes, Pelfrey, Bay, Maine, and... I have no idea. His name starts with FE but I have no recollection of who it might be. G-Fafif wrote: That was Jeff Francoeur. Yea, that's Frenchy. All I recall of his time here was that he yakked a little more than he raked. I had no problem remembering his KABOOM pic tho. batmagadanleadoff wrote: 1970 was my first yearbook, a gift from a relative. That must have been so cool to get by surprise. batmagadanleadoff wrote: Would you all say that the 2010 yearbook cover was terrific if it employed the 1970 design, with Bay and Francoeur among the Mets in the film strips and a three panel background scene that included Sheffield's 500th HR, opening day at the brand new stadium, Castillo's infamous ninth inning error or David Wright wearing his oversized Great Gazoo batting helmet? An inspirational idea. I'll make a 1970 like remake for 2018 but it doesn't see the light of day unless we make the post season this year. A Boy Named Seo wrote: I gave 2010 a sympathy vote. Wha?! There's no sympathy in baseball! Nor in YCD!

G-Fafif wrote: RHP Zack Wheeler demoted on March 24. There goes that rotation everybody's been sort of dreaming about a little, maybe. Wow. And he was pissed about just going to the pen. I think Collins would have been very hesitant to do this. The pen, sure, but not a send down during ST. Calloway is a tough love motivator type. I like

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Tom Seaver as a hitchhiking vampire???? lololol!

41Forever wrote: Went with 1983 because of Seaver! That's enough of a reason right there!^ Also art over lack of substance. I want to try and slide the squares around on the '96 one and get those tiles to line up and form the right picture. [fimg=200]https://www.partypalooza.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/SmileyPuzzle_540x540.jpg[/fimg]

First draft of back cover. After I did it, it occurred to me that saying something about how the Mets drive us to drink might be more apropos. But the back cover has got to go to something involving beer, right? Wow, looking at the more recent yearbook back covers it looks like they have steered clear of that custom. I only had the 1989 and 1990 yearbooks down off the shelf. Just looked at the yearbooks for 2010 and 2011. Those have Mets/Citi Field ads. 2013 is the last I possess and that's an ad for the All Star Game at Citi. .....nevermind.

My proposed yearbook cover: Niiiiice! And you didn't raise the price! yay! Well, my work here is done, albeit by someone else. DIBS ON THE BACK COVER!

cooby wrote: It'd prolly be better than the one they come up with! Ha! That didn't occur to me. I just had this idea to publish an "unofficial" Mets Yearbook, loaded with dark matter and satire in the spirit of National Lampoon's high-school yearbook parody. This is an idea, man. Sign me up for the graphic department. Writing is not my strong suit. I have to write a fictional interview with Ray Sadecki concerning the (not so famous yet) Sadecki Spot and I don't know where to begin, how to end, or what to say in the middle. Anyone want to do that for absolutely no remuneration? I can afford to give full credit. My plan is to make a comic/panel type of post for that.

If they don't release the yearbook cover soon I'll have to whip up my own. And that's not a promise, that's a warning.

1990 revised: I still liked Davey J. as manager (fired March 1st at 20-22) and was surprised when he was canned, but the fact that they gave the gig to Harrelson smoothed over any anger. And Buddy won 26 of the next 34 games! We were in 1st place going into September, but a 17-16 record to close out the season left us out by 4 games (behind the Buccos). I'd take a 91-71 record any time (especially these days). Strawman's last season in orange and blue. Yea, that pic of Buddy was a bad choice. It is Buddy though, and without the net it would be a nice artsy image. But....there's the damned net dividing my conciousness. The layout is okay, with the angles and the blue, orange, and.....green!? Wha? Well, it's a good contrast to the best logo known to man and the universe. On a one to ten I'd give this baby a 5.8. 1989 revised: Not much good I can say about 1989. Well, HoJo, but that's about it. We limped thru 1989 but still won a lot of games. Very disappointing after 1988. Speaking of logos, I love creating them myself and I love a good one when I see it. This is an excellent one. Like the Mets official logo, this one was arrived at as the result of a logo contest (sponsered by Newsday). Anthony Frisina of Commack, N.Y. won the honor and how cool and exciting that must have been for him. All he left out was the bridge and I'll let that slide (the baseball stitches too, which was wise). This cover gets an 8.6 in my little yearbook book as well as my vote.

I got a blister box of Topps 2018 standard and Heritage, and a few packs of 2017 Update. Got 9 Mets total, which I consider a pretty good haul. Topps standard doesn't do anything for me. I did get a limited 490/500 1970 World Series card with Brooks Robinson on it, very kool. But I'm not gonna play the Topps short print game. That turns me off. I'm gonna focus on Heritage, especially because the World Series cards look like this:

Poking around on the ol' server I found a couple of orphaned checklist pages some might find interesting/useful: http://www.kcmets.com/MetsCardsDonruss81to91.html http://www.kcmets.com/MetsCardsTopps62to71.html Other unfinished pages of interest (but with cool images): http://www.kcmets.com/MetsScorecards.html http://www.kcmets.com/MetsPublications.html That's great. I used to turn the SURF book into a checklist by drawing little check boxes next to the card picture.

Ceetar wrote: I buy his plate discipline adjustments. This guy's gonna have a great Mets season. .240/.360/.430 114 wRC+ 33 HR. 15 BB%, 21 K%. 4.2 fWAR 9 HBP, 3SB, 2 walk-off hits, one a homer, the other in the playoffs. Real good defense. 8/18 with 4 HR, 2 doubles, and 11 RBI in the Subway Series. I'm with Ceets. I mean, if you're going to expect (or predict) anything in regards to any Mets player, why not shoot for the moon? Hope for the best. There are folks who strive to dream and have high hopes, to believe, and there are those who deal in the cold facts of reality and strive to be accurate and correct. And both make great Mets fans!

....hes gonna move his ass more. (I'll type more stuff here later)

Nymr83 wrote: Where is the Plawecki thread? Oh well, I will just leave this here to taunt Travis then! http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=22783509 I saw that yesterday. Niiiiiice! Great play by Plaw. During the season I'd expect the runner to be a little more aggressive in his slide, but I have to give Mattman some credit for really moving his ass. Played perfectly by both.

Frayed Knot wrote: I'll forever hold this image of Mr. Charles in my memory. R.I.P [fimg=180]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/wI8EXH59x0QUFok08_67cphHpVT0JCr-Kv1ne9keBLWP82YHe8O_kQtxKs0RkFr5KsfqFgUsOrgkSpMmo0-qL-vYA7p7G693RdJ-PA25ZP-yC6IIWgXMxAzVAbHOegm09eTML1CXvEzCpstuDStiQuqY1gZvwr27OnCMn1A3vNm5Rvf9oE4ZEyqk_Fm8Xg7ixrujolGTCnLdRWNKUWQYKc11Vitb2FNySfK6AiHKKoy5uOibh13qNDHNdcwnEDpbHRigo_DFDNay2DSrgA2WVctW7TNM9WWxd_jnlHL13WtawgkLTENXSvskSLImaWK6883Z4lvgUHYoZOo9NAXZa8UAu3RWRr7BLRxi0_pbtxBe1DKzR3LSDDGoZlWW0vLz4_57Im-0biEc9KnQD0QAAwCtpl6kEn0udJ2ZWosY4BxfI400IC7s_8k9Tx--I1ZMzsZCHvHV-ZQZNY7tFXFiIIvvNXHP_H3YeXoDXFGOcJXNKeCXvuOkRdaLaDzB7mwW-kr5Y0bimppAW70kE49Tkttw-Zksvf_uBzW52loKE_m21pPQZGKDGNsGxH81sVRKFVJ21ySnL4MhKGvfnC0YLnuuD2Zluv6qOEylxU0Q=w320-h452-no[/fimg] Especially when you consider that that was his final act on a field as an active player. Yeaaaaa. Man, look at that smile. A character of the game.