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  1. Zvon
    There ya go. dDek does it!
  2. Zvon
    John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: And what's with METS (R) and NL (TM). Get that shit off my baseball cards. Totally agree. I was gonna say something too. It defaces the card as far as I'm concerned. It ruins the visual flow.
  3. Zvon
    Edgy MD wrote: Bases jammed for Recker with no out in the seventh. Tsk,tsk. Tailor made. OUCH, that hurt. Castellanos goes down.
  4. Zvon
    Here are some words that strike terror in few Tejada to Flores to Soup A trio of Mets that just failed to turn two Tejada to Flores to Soup Ruben's delivery was up by the eye The transfer was spiked then as Wilmer let fly Did Campbell catch it? I can't help but sigh Tejada to Flores to Soup classic. Lets get back in this now.
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    Baseball's back baby! I had a nightmare that we never changed the left field wall. [fimg=400:1nnhdulg]http://research.sabr.org/journals/images/1983/cartoon_2.jpg[/fimg:1nnhdulg]
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    [fimg=300]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/2c/6f/c1/2c6fc1c50199e5cc206e1ade6cee3536.jpg[/fimg] Could it be possible he posed in someone elses uni just for the photo? Like maybe The Man From Topps came down and wanted a photo of Bud for his card so the equipt guy said, here, slip this on for now.
  7. Zvon
    The mystery thickens. Everyone always forgets poor Mr.Murphy! Maybe his presence is an indicator of the year. In 1964 he was the Mets Administrative Assistant. In 1965 he was Mets team Vice President. Which of those gigs puts him on a field with Casey in Spring Training? If you say both I'll Moe you in the eyes. But I suppose it could be both. GAH!
  8. Zvon
    batmagadanleadoff wrote: No doubt in my mind that he's wearing #6 in this photo. I'll say that's 1965 without anything to back it up. Lets tweet it to Buddy and ask him.
  9. Zvon
    batmagadanleadoff wrote: "The Man From Topps had to dig deep into his archives for the earliest pictures shot at Shea to uncover this one of me. So which one-time Met am I"? [fimg=555]https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8666/16691227225_15c711c936_o.jpg[/fimg] Ken Henderson. Scoreboard trumps batting cage. [fimg=200]http://topps.pixafy.netdna-cdn.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/2000x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/a/u/auction_hend_730.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=400]https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8627/16524546838_69f67fa728_o.jpg[/fimg] Everyone always forgets about Mr. Murphy. And I'll bet my 25th Anni Mets cap that is Ron Hunt on the left. How tall was Casey? Cause Murphy looks a full head taller.
  10. Zvon
    I think what Shilling did here was...yea, I'm gonna say it, historical. I'm sick of people hiding behind their monitors or devices and not being held accountable for what they say on-line. What he did here will make many aware that there ARE consequences, so watch what you put out. I met Shill a few times as a Phil and what I remember the most was him staying after games, signing autographs for fans, two of his children right by his side. I thought that was pretty kool.
  11. Zvon
    I hope down the line this becomes one of those things they point at and say: "and THATS when they began play like champs".
  12. Zvon
    TransMonk wrote: I'm not sure how much disrespect was intentional in what Murphy said, but I personally think he said too much and I wish he would have kept his mouth shut. I really don't think any dis was meant, but I also wish he didn't open his pie hole. I hope this just fades away but I'm afraid it won't. If the Mets were on the fence before, and I think they were, now they definitely don't resign him.
  13. Zvon
    Edgy MD wrote: How can a Derek Jeter word cloud not include "intangibles"? Or "cinnamon"? ...or "gift-basket".
  14. Zvon
    My brother stopped by with this news of a 2015 Topps Jeter error card. It's a special card, the one pictured below (archetype sub set). On the error there is no foil name. He said he saw it on Ebay for around 45 bucks. He got one in a pack and put it up for $50. I knew I got one of those cards so I looked thru my 2015 sub-set cards and the one I have is not the error. But right behind Jeter was a Mariano Rivera Archetype with no foil name. I was like holy shit and my brother said he was not aware of this card and that there's none up on Ebay. So this is a Rivera error, no foil name. You think this would be worth more than the Jeter? I also got 2 Tanaka Future Star cards. Hey Rogers, if you have any parallel Mets I'm open to trades! The Eyoung parallel card scanned nice. I'm going for a team set of these rainbow parallels.
  15. Zvon
    When does the first spring training game air? I had a dream last night I was watching baseball. I can't wait til April 6th!
  16. Zvon
    Looks like a young Howard Cosell.
  17. Zvon
    https://www.google.com/maps/@27.785275,-82.640055,3a,75y,204.11h,90.95t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sb2glBcGY2vYvQMWAJ0v1mw!2e0 Use that link as a starting point to navigate the Butterball Field neighborhood with Google Maps. The water tower's in the initial photo view as a reference point. There's garbage cans where my google girl used to be. [fimg=300]https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-v0hx_rnnrOE/UkdLL8qSu7I/AAAAAAAAFPs/76XIPV27VvU/s1024/girl4cMEwgooglegirl.jpg[/fimg] *sob I went searching for anything I could find back when we first got into this. These were in my Sadecki Spot folder.
  18. Zvon
    batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: [fimg=955]http://www.crescentlake.net/uploads/1/0/3/4/10343399/162632_orig.jpg[/fimg] This one's confusing. It's not Butterball Field because there's no water tower out in left field, among other things also missing. But if it's the Clendenon side, why are there residences beyond the left field wall? Unless that picture pre-dates 1923, when the water tower was built. That could work. http://www.crescentlake.net/water-tower.html This one I'm not so sure about. Only because the Yankees began wearing uniform numbers in 1929.
  19. Zvon
    batmagadanleadoff wrote: Another aerial view. [fimg=555]http://www.russmattbaseball.com/data/b-tb/images/venues/HugginsStengelField.jpg[/fimg] These are great photos Mags. You can see the faint outline of what was Butterball Field in this one.
  20. Zvon
    I probably got every Met series 1 card except the one that I was going for. Wright, Muffy, Grandy, Duda, Lagares [Future Star](excellent!), Wheeler, Colon, Herrera (RC), E.Young Jr (reg and a rainbow looking version), Matzuzaka, and a pretty kool Strawman special: Mets select Straw at #1 in 1980. No deGrom. GAH! How does that always happen in bb card collecting? I wanted one freakin' card ! (I collect the other Mets too though, so in a way I did rather well) seawolf17 wrote: As always, Zvon or whoever, if you buy any '15 and pull any parallels of any of my Stony Brook guys (Tom Koehler and Nick Tropeano and Joe Nathan ALL in the set), let me know. I'm not totally up on what's what in today's card lingo. Is a parallel card a rainbowey looking one? Or the gold border 00/2015 one? Or the Walmart and Target colored cards?
  21. Zvon
    batmagadanleadoff wrote: [fimg=733]http://i.imgur.com/kkS2fVy.jpg[/fimg] The cigarettes in the sock is a powerful fashion statement. I wore that style. There was really no other place to put the pack. The OTD vid is freakin' awesomely classic. Thank you for sharing that Greg. I was so pissed at the Mets after they moved Seaver I wouldn't even open the sports pages for a loooong time, not to mention tuning in.
  22. Zvon
    ^That is a killing!
  23. Zvon
    Just got my first packs of the year. Got a $20 blister box and a smaller box that was $10. Maybe the smaller is a blister box. I don't know what they call these things anymore. Gah! I got a big box and a small box. DING! My first Met card of 2015 (in the first pack too) is....drumroll please........Zach Wheeler! That is a good omen.
  24. Zvon
    ^1967? I think that's Yogi on the mound.
  25. Zvon
    "Thank you for watching Bad Program Covers. I am your host Leonard Pinth-Garnell." "I think we'll all agree those were outrageously, hilariously, and excruciatingly baaaaad."
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