Zvon

I'm ready for my winning streak. I don't think I've even had one win. So I am waaaay overdue.

Yea, Bench photo is reversed. Thats a great shot too. No idea if they will correct it (don't even know if Topps is aware of it-Id figure someone told 'em). These days, odds are good that they did it on purpose. I have a bone to pick with Topps. I'm looking into the details of the Archives set (looking at the checklists)and even though I'm only going for the base set, I will vent about what's being done to what used to be the fun hobby of card collecting. For instance- the Archive set is actually 330 cards. They intentionally make the last 30 cards in the set "short print" and very difficult to get. And they say, meh, it's part of the set and, meh, it's not really part of the set, and bullshit like this. Topps, suck mah balls, I'm gonna decide what I'll collect and the 300 card "base" set, that is not the entire set due to your shifty practices, is good enough for me. More on that later cause they have all kinds of side dishes that go with this set. After this set is completed I'm going back to getting only Mets as a protest of what has become of this hobby (I did that back in 1994 too, lol. And now it's ten times worse). If I had the license $$ I would market a set, and it would be a nice simple baseball card set. Overall I have few complaints about 2015 Archives. Here's one. Take a look at this card, a Bill Mazeroski from the archive set: [fimg=300:1gbq29ct]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NR9A1y0zfe0/VabwB-bypLI/AAAAAAAAcOE/kqlx3C9DHqM/s555-Ic42/83BillMaz.png[/fimg:1gbq29ct] Now there's no way that's Maz from his playing days. It's gotta be an old timers game or something, right? And that yellow. Why would you use that yellow?. There was a reason you didn't use that yellow back in 1983, you numbskulls. [fimg=200:1gbq29ct]https://bapple2286.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/dave-parker-g.jpg[/fimg:1gbq29ct]

...what you did to us yesterday. Today, you pay.

DGW, may I use these photos for my project? I had no plans on a Conforto card but these pictures are great. They are calling to me..~make me a card~.

Come on Topps! Whats wrong w/the pic? [fimg=400:i0tkcvn4]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0-AtoQ6lAjI/Va19zGBoiCI/AAAAAAAAcbA/Q644RKAAwI0/s800-Ic42/2015ta202__43448.1434142128.1280.1280.jpg[/fimg:i0tkcvn4]

Lagares: 2 Duda: 1 Harvey: 2

ATorres, you suck.

Very nice play by the squatting Nat.

Nice play Ruben, you shortstop you.

Lets go, Mets.

wow. Ha! Matt drives in two!

5-0!!?? Gah! Last I saw it was 3-0. Ronnie tried to explain away that rundown situation where they scored and sorry Darling, you're wrong. That was all on Campbell and he fucked up. He allowed himself to be distracted. His primary concern was the guy on third. Smack one Soupy. Maybe I'll forgive ya.

Gotta love headlines like these: Mets beat Cards in 18 innings despite stranding 25 runners http://news.yahoo.com/mets-beat-cards-18-innings-despite-stranding-25-021135270--spt.html The Mets' total of stranded runners tied the third-most in major league history and they became the first team since Kansas City on June 6, 1991, to leave as many runners on and still win. Only Philadelphia (27) in 1973 and San Diego (26) in 1979 left more runners stranded in a game � and both teams lost.

Zvon wrote: I love the Archives sets. I have a list of needs, Z, if you pick up more and wind up with doubles (http://bit.ly/wVFOp3), and I have a handful of doubles I can send your way if you need them too. Trout's RCs are in 2011: Bowman Draft #101 and/or Topps Update #175. I'll start sorting. I can tell you that I got almost two of every card from the 2 boxes I opened. To put it the other way there were maybe 10 cards that I didn't get doubles of out of 160. I will be happy to trade&mail, but first I have to check with one of my brothers who said he might try and build the set. He wouldn't want to do it thru the mail tho, I don't think, and If he's not visiting again til X-mas he'll have to go to the back of the line. In any case, if all 3 of us work together it should be very doable. I'll work on a list. My brother's up for a 3 way. DOH! Get your mind out of the gutter. I'm going to get one more 19.99 box tomorrow and freeze there. My bro will be down next week. I'll put up lists before then. Do you want to do this here?(does the board mind if we do this here?) facebook? Just thru Email? I'm up for however. As of now the number 1 card on my want list is Brooks Robinson (83t). Hopefully that's in tomorrows haul. Looking at your lists. You're going to have an incredible collection (if you don't already). You don't have the Brooks as of that list. I know my brother got 2 in his box when he was down for the ASG. I hope I get it tomorrow cause then his will be available. I have a bunch of doubles you can use.

Nieuwenhuis: .2 Flores: .4 Plawecki: .3 Tejada: .9 Campbell: .2 Granderson: 2 Niese: 2.5 Parnell: .4 Mejia: .6 Robles: .3 Gilmartin: 1 deGrom: .1 CTorres: .7 If this adds up I'll have impressed myself.

We needed this one bad.

I hate that Wong guy. Did he do anything today? Lemme check... GAH!

What!?? That's ridiculous. Soupy safe!

HOLY SCHMOLY! A SQUEEZE! 3-1 Mets

Wow. Wacky stuff. Bases all blued up. NO OUTS.

Damn. I had soooo much confidence in Doodoo at the end of April. And month by month it has evaporated. Even if he only swung at fastballs, he ain't hitting them either. Disappointing.

Ha, he walks deGrom. Metheny must be pissed.

This should be interesting.

If they continue to do nothing I'm confident we can outlast them at doing nothing.

If they win Fat Ass Molina better not have anything to do with it. GAH!