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batmagadanleadoff wrote: Should we name that spot where Mets pose in front of the black tarp batting eye? Isn't that just the Sadecki Spot from another angle? That could be called the (Ralph) Terry Tarp

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Edgy MD wrote: That's Tom Seaver's brother, Larry Bowa's cousin, and Art Howe's twin. Zvon's gonna eat your lunch when he gets on here. Crap, just finished my lunch before I logged in.

Is the middle Sox -- No. 24 -- Ken Henderson? I believe it is. With Bob Shaw and Arty Howe. Bob Shaw now: http://www.snipview.com/q/Bob_Shaw_%28baseball%29

batmagadanleadoff wrote: How'd you get Twitchell? Face recognition? One of the hints? What? I knew his face right away but couldn't get his name til you mentioned Lockwood. That pic of Hornsby is priceless.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: What's with the stick up this guy's ass? And how about instead of a victory lap he reveals something useful about how it got found? He ruins a fine clip with his whiny bullshit.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: [fimg=366]https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8682/16551116791_6020644943_o.jpg[/fimg] "I was a Met for one season and I'm the only Met from that year's squad to never appear on a Topps baseball card as a member of the Mets. Who am I"? "I shagged fly balls alongside Nelson Briles and Skip Lockwood". I once appeared in an All-Star Game. I pitched an entire inning without giving up a run and struck out the only future Hall of Famer I faced. Wayne Twitchell

batmagadanleadoff wrote: "I didn't miss playing for the crappy Mets. In fact, the team they traded me to won the next World Series. I got bling for that. Who am I"? Jack Lamabe, 67 Metropolitan. How's that last name pronounced?

Frayed Knot wrote: Definitely not a steal of home, Jackie's or anyone else's. Ceetar wrote: why are there two on deck circles. are those on deck circles? They're awfully close and only on the first base side. Neither one of those are on-deck circles. They were, in effect, on-deck mounds. They're not raised obviously, but hurlers would use those back in the day to throw to a plate that was near the backstop as a pre-game warmup. I guess they were considered preferable to the bullpen for whatever reason. There's one on the 3rd base side also. Not quite sure why there are two on the 1st base side (in addition to the batter's circles). I never heard this before. I do have a pic of Warren Spahn warming up on one, or more than likely posing on one (at Shea). It was my belief that 2 of the circles were used for a pre-game workout. Coaches hitting fungos to left and right field would stand in the circles up the baselines. And sometimes one would be used to hit fungos to outfielders, and the other one hitting groundballs to infielders (the one circle that is closest to home might only be for infield fungos-other two outfield). I don't know this for a fact but I figure coaches wore the grass out in the spots they would fungo from over the years, and eventually they decided to just create a small area w/no grass for him to hit from.

Edgy MD wrote: Black looks like an enchanted woodlands creature. lmao.He does.

dgwphotography wrote: He's the second coming of Jason Bay: 12 HR 57RBI .245 BA .329 OBP .374 SLG BOOOOO! John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Seriously? 20-70 280/340/450 // 790 in 500 trips. YAY!

batmagadanleadoff wrote: My notes indicate it ain't Bobby Gene. But considering everything after your guess, that guy is a passable BGS. Cliff Cook? If that's a pitcher please let us know. I'm not even considering pitchers.

Pretty sure there is no color footage of Jackie stealing home in 55. That certainly could be the Polo Grounds though. This is weird because the pitcher looks like the films running backwards.

If he manually hand wrote individual letters to every fan of baseball, numbered & signed, I might forgive him.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Some mad posing action on the diamond at Butterball Field. Roger Craig practices his pitching poses for the photographer behind him. Could that be The Man From Topps himself about to shoot an unidentified Met on the dirt infield? I forgot. Who am I? Me. The guy on the infield dirt with a bat in his hands just behind Roger. That's a tough one. Such a blurry image. I'd really have to take a shot in the dark.

In 1980, Lee Mazzilli led the Mets in games played both at first base and in center field. Nine other Mets also played those positions that season. (Two of them, like Maz, played both first and center. Name the nine. One guess per post. Elliot Maddox!

I assume you just read about Pettite.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: [fimg=334]https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8596/16543344181_8d8666e999_o.jpg[/fimg] "I'm another in a series of Met connected major leaguers shot by the Man from Topps in the original snazzy Padres uniforms. I was also one of nine Mets to play back-up one season to the guy with the Met connections pictured below this text. Who am I"? I know this guys face. Dagnabbitt. Its on the tip of my tongue. Last name Morales?

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Who am I? I'm the first ever Who Am I to appear in a Met uniform in this thread. I'm the first Met ever to appear near the famed Sadecki Spot this year, in this thread. I'm the first ever Who Am I to appear in this thread this year without a cap. Boy that's a lot of first evers in this post. [fimg=455]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7407/16505284896_a955a790f4_o.jpg[/fimg] "If you still don't know Who I am, then I might as well tell you Who I'm Not. I'm not Joe Coleman. I'm not Andy Messersmith. And I'm not Johnny Bench. So sue me". I am Les Rohr.

And watch. He'll end up doing something big to fuck us during the season. Probably run over Harveys arm. I liked EY. I thought he was misused. But the guy didn't seem to have any "baseball sense".

I'm all over e-bay looking to complete this set: Freakin' awesome. Cept' I wanna play t'ird! defgav from Baseball Card Breakdown gif'd it up: [fimg=200]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FzA58TGQpMo/VNLqvqZrAdI/AAAAAAAAHP4/TYKNUrZQW6k/s1600/50c1stpitch3.gif[/fimg]

I'm sure everyone here has read lil' Met Guys classic expose: [fimg=300:294xhd4o]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ttweCCt8TEY/VNPYY-tQKRI/AAAAAAAAXLo/qKDWFwdcFzw/s576/bmgbook1.png[/fimg:294xhd4o]

I tried to get a box of 2015 Topps today. I was on the way out to dinner so I only had time to check Target & Walmart. No hobby shops close by anymore. Neither store had em. I grabbed another box of 2014 Topps update that came with 2 packs of Chrome UD. First chrome pack: DING! DING! deGrom chrome rook debut. Second chrome pack: DING! DING! Montero chrome rook. First regular pack: DING! DING! deGrom rook debut. Third reg pack: DING! DING! Quintanilla: The throwing variation. Still have a few packs to open, but I'm very happy with my haul already. Got a chrome Tanaka rook, if anybody cares. Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: I can't figure out what Topps is trying to do with the new designs. What's in the border? Is that supposed to be rocks? Infield dirt? And what's with the white lines around the team logo and in the background under the name? Is that some kind of electronics motif? It was a pain in the ass to reproduce that design for the custom Mets cards. I like the design & I expect to like it better when I see one with my own eyes.

CONTENTION! I wanna hear that performed.

themetfairy wrote: Matt Harvey. We'll either soar with him or sink with him, but it's all about him. I have to go with the good lady. If we are going anywhere in the long or short run, Harvey is key from now until the Wilpons can't afford him. I think we should chip in and get Ed a Mets key ring

Wow. Look at that deGrom. FUTURE STARS. Kool!