Zvon

I thought I said I was in already but I don't see it so allow me to officially say I'm in.

90 wins? Its baseball. The team don't totally suck. Anything can happen. Let's watch.

metirish wrote: �I�ve never played with a team like this � the manager talks to us like a father,� did I make this up????? No you did not.

I'm real cheap and I think premium is a great deal.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: I looked hard for a better version of the photo and I'll keep looking. I'll even shop Ebay and buy that to scan the cover, if it's out there. http://www.ebay.com/itm/WILLIE-MAYS-1972-MAYS-METS-OUTFIELDING-FUNDAMENTALS-RECORD-BOOKLET-MT-/171251812139?pt=Vintage_Sports_Memorabilia&hash=item27df67472b http://www.ebay.com/itm/WILLIE-MAYS-1972-MAYS-METS-OUTFIELDING-FUNDAMENTALS-RECORD-BOOKLET-MT-/360868393753?pt=Vintage_Sports_Memorabilia&hash=item54056eb319 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Audio-Sports-Booklet-Record-WILLIE-MAYS-/380829258803?pt=Vintage_Sports_Memorabilia&hash=item58ab315433 Thank you sir. I searched Ebay too. Do you have special connections? I think I found a posed pic that trumps Willies real card. I'm still going to see what I can do with the middle one there. That's very crisp. OE: The last one is the right proportion but to me it looks all blurry. Is that not loading for me?

I read George Weiss, a former Yank GM, thought it was undignified. From The Team By Team Encyclopedia Of ML Baseball: " As an expression of their enthusiasm, [Mets fans] began to bring posters and banners to the ballpark, some made out of bedsheets. At first, ballpark security quickly removed the banners under direction of George Weiss whose Yankee sensibilities were stunned by this undignified behavior. However, under pressure from the press, Weiss relented, and eventually the practice of displaying banners at the ballpark became encouraged. The Mets even initiated MLB's first ever Banner Day." This book also says the 73 Mets were world champs, so......

That last one looks to be waaaaaay up there. The first banner was in last row at Shea.

Count me in. Fake baseball is right in line with fake baseball cards

Ceetar wrote: metirish wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: One year, $8 million. He's one of the free agents who turned down the $14 million qualifying offer. much angst on twitter about this deal, it seems the writers can't help but take the Mets to task for spending their $8 million on Young and not Cruz, as if that was so cut and dry several months ago....God they are annoying. I'd rather have Young anyway. Writers can be so whiny. Annoying, whiny, and full of shit half the time. You really have to be reaching to take a shot at the Mets over that.

0H! Thanks for asking and thanks for answering.

Did you see what Beatles Rock Band did to our scoreboard?

SteveJRogers wrote: Looks more like a scene out of a movie or TV show than even a baseball card with today's zoom lens tech! Yea, it lost clarity when I stretched it to be square. I tried to draw the details back into his face but it's still far from crisp. Yep, it looks like it could be a screen grab instead of a photo. And the folks in the stands need to cover a few more back rows. I'm gonna continue to work that. I looked hard for a better version of the photo and I'll keep looking. I'll even shop Ebay and buy that to scan the cover, if it's out there. The thing that makes it for me is that its such a rare pic. It's an angle/view that you never see on a card. The added crowd makes it look like it could be during a game. If I could get a hi quality image of that it would be a major WOW card for me. I have a few much better quality pics of MetMays but everyone's seen them, I'm sure. And one's already been used for his '72 fantazy card. And here's the real dilemma. When I set out to collect (and replaced in some cases) all the Mets baseball cards in the late 80's the '73 Mays was the very first card I wanted, I found, and I bought. IIRC it cost me 5 bucks, gem mint. This is one of the most perfectly beautiful baseball cards known to human kind. Great posed shot, '73 topps, a very kool border. And it's Willie Mays! He's in a Met uniform! So a '73 Mays custom card is gonna have to be special in some way. How do you top perfection?

This "d" business is crazy stuff. Hey Mets, it should not be hard to give these guys better things to write about!

batmagadanleadoff wrote: metsguyinmichigan wrote: Shea would have been 50 this year. And we'll be celebrating the marriages of the 50th anniversaries of Shea Stadium and the Beatles arrival here in the good ol' USA in The Liverpool to Crane Pool Song Parody Contest, the second leg of the song parody triple crown, and the last tournament before the regular baseball season starts. It's a condensed, matchup-free tournament. You won't be required to write more than two parodies. /plug Interested? Count me in, yea, yea! Can I parody a Rutles song that is already a parody of a Beatles song? *head explodes*

metirish wrote: Bob Melvin jumps out for me.... I didn't even know he was managing. My favorite non-Met manager is Clint Hurdle, for no really logical reason.

Vic Sage wrote: G-Fafif wrote: I answer my own question here. My thanks for all your thoughts on the matter, which helped me work through my own. They are reflected in the above post as well as this one. Your little blog didn't even bother to discuss the impact on the psyche of Metdom of unlosing to the MFYs in `00. Dead. you are dead to me. lol

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Zvon wrote: Looks kool! Now you're squarely in Grimm's neighborhood with those '72's and '73's. lol. I hope he don't mind cause I'll be cuttin' thru his yard.

I read about something going on the OF wall in addition to the patch. If they are gonna do it, do it right ( I suppose I really mean: do it my way dammit!). A statue would be nice. If the Mets do that it will be a pleasant surprise. Too much? yea, a lil bit. I'd want one for Murph too. I would not mind if both were commemorated with statues (never was much of a Lindsey fan). Ralph not ever playing for the Mets is a non-factor for me. The Mets fan in me feels more strongly for him than I do for about 80% of all the players who have ever worn the uniform. Maybe more. Relatively speaking Ralph is up there in the annals of Met history and his place is by no means a small one. At least at this point of the teams existence.

I wanna own the old Kiners Korner set, like Kramer with Mike Douglas Show set. I'll invite people over and interview them. Then, when no-one comes over, I'll donate it to the team under the stipulation that it is rebuilt in the Mets museum and available for fans to sit on, and interview each other. The Kiners Korner logo/show title/header thing would be great in that left field corner, as pictured somewhere in this thread. Putting a large version of the patch on the OF wall is okay, but lazy. The patch is for the uniform, do something else special for Ralph on the OF wall (or wherever they are going to add a tribute to the stadium itself). I'm very happy that the team will make this a season long salute, so I'm not complaining. Just wishin'.

I really like the patch. Hope it's bigger than a quarter tho.

Looks kool!

batmagadanleadoff wrote: If I'm gonna post the Drysdale and Wills records, I might as well show the Mays record, too. This photo changes everything. That has to be his 73 Mets Fantazy Card! Never saw that pic before, thank you for posting it. I will have to re-proportion it. You see a lot of Willie pics from his Met days batting, but few in the field. Very kool pic.

I hope that, in his honor, people won't keep talking about how terrible the trade was. Okay. Then I'll wait a couple of weeks to tell you that as a Met, Whitey Herzog was about as livid as he ever was when he learned of the Ryan trade. And I'll take Whitey's opinion on anything Mets over just about anybody else's when it comes to scouting Mets players from that era. Whitey also surmised, correctly, that Fregosi was already injured when the Mets traded for him. Herzog didn't think that a non-baseball guy like D.M. Grant should be GM. And he said so. That was when Whitey went looking for a door so he could walk out. Would have been interesting if he stayed in the organization. I was working on these cards this week before the news broke. OE: Scheffing was GM. Grant was board chairman.

I see a third place team with possibilities.