I kinda miss the kid from the early 60’s, I’m not digging these photo covers at all.
The 1971 Mets Yearbook Cover
Link: The Real Dirty on Topic X
I’m not going to get into that topic today – the message has spread to other sites and that’s all I can do from here. Â The Real Dirty weighed in, and not everyone in their comments section is a fan.
Blue Mets ball-logo now behind home plate
Thanks to @baymenxpac for this screen-grab…look what the Mets added behind home plate.
Howie would be pleased. Â Caught a little Howie last night, he apparently does not like pitchers batting 8th. Â Howie has a way of saying things without actually saying them. Â Love it.
37,479 last night!
Nice crowd last night: 37,479! Â Some other notes (courtesy of the Mets, I’m not this good of a reporter…actually not a reporter at all!)
Future Hall of Famer Jon Niese won one of his career 287 wins (lots of tough luck early in his career)and picked up his seventh win of the season with 6.0 innings of one-run ball…Over his last six starts, the lefthander is 3-2 with a 2.09 ERA (nine earned runs/38.2 innings)…It was his ninth start of the season allowing one run or less
R.A. DICKEY: Mets Team Physician Dr Struan Coleman saw R.A. Dickey in the clubhouse during the game. He is symptom free and has full strength of his left leg. He is cleared to pitch
MIKE HESSMAN: Made his Mets debut (last night), fouling out to third base as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning…The Mets selected Hessman’s contract from Buffalo (AAA) of the International League yesterday when catcher Rod Barajas went on the 15-Day Disabled List with a mild left oblique strain.
Scraping the bottom of the Mets ebay barrel
I loved this guest post..I’m just going to turn the keys over to Sparks and enjoy. Â FYI – ebay makes it hard to grab images so you’ll have to click the links yourself. Â I suggest you right click and “open in new tab” but that’s me.
Every so often, I’ll do a full sweep on ebay for “mets jersey.” Mostly, it’s to keep an eye out for rare jerseys in which I may have some interest, but an interesting bonus is seeing all the crazy stuff out there for sale. By “crazy,” I don’t mean the usual slate of hideous “fashion” jerseys, but the truly unique, the laughable knockoffs, the mismatched, and hilariously mislabeled. Here’s what the my latest sweep on “Thank Heaven This Road Trip is Over” Sunday produced:
If you’ve got “New York” lettering, and you’ve got a generic jersey, you, my friend have got yourself a Mets jersey. Or not.
http://cgi.ebay.com/NewYork-Mets-Vintage-Jersey-/280536648217?cmd=ViewItem&pt=US_Baseball_Fan_Shop&hash=item4151498a19
Because as everyone knows, the centerpiece of the logo the Mets created in 1962 was the World Trade Center, completed 9 years later.
This would go well with those velour sweatpants in your closet:
I’d say “alternate” is putting it rather mildly.
I understand putting your own name on a jersey is cool and all, but do realize it puts a dent in the resale value:
I’m guessing this is actually Knicks-related and mislabeled, but more importantly, note that the condition is “used,” meaning someone actually purchased this thing at some point in the past.
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-YORK-METS-34-Jersey-Dress-Womens-Small-/270611351385?cmd=ViewItem&pt=US_Baseball_Fan_Shop&hash=item3f01b18759
So let me get this straight….People won’t put an accurate font on a David Wright jersey, but they’ll spring for the tri-color drop-shadow for a catcher who last played in 1965?
And I quote: “This is a New York Mets 1982 Dave Kingman Road Jersey!”
Another obvious “Frankenstein” job (there are a few of these available):
On second thought, THIS would go even better with those velour sweatpants (2 available):
Oh, the fans are true for the…yellow and navy blue?
This is described as “SWEET,” which is appropriate since it looks like a pickle.
Bad fonts and mismatched colors are bad. Asking $400 for them is insane.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Daryl-STRAWBERRY-18-New-York-Mets-Throwback-MLB-Jersey-/150452301753?cmd=ViewItem&pt=US_Baseball_Fan_Shop&hash=item2307a7efb9
And to close things out, we have this. Nothing at all wrong with it, but it’s interesting to see such a fine specimen of this most forgettable look:
Great job Sparks. Â It’s good to know that if I get hit by an asteroid you guys will be able to keep the site going without me….you’ll need the secret login from Media Goon though.
I kind of want a Swoosh jersey. Â They are so bad and random I want one just to wear to Osh41’s BBQ.
Buy your damn tickets for Sunday already.
