One of those things I forgot to link – so here’s some holiday weekend reading for you.
I can’t remember exactly when I decided to collect the autograph of everyone who had played for the New York Mets and to collect them on 3×5 index cards, but the year was probably 1966, the team’s fifth year in existence.
I realized that the only way to have an attainable goal in autograph collecting was to have a limited focus with the distinct possibility of completion. I decided that every Met was within my grasp and the challenge was worth the goal.
Forty-five years later, I have a collection that features an autograph from everyone to play for the Mets. They include stories both happy and sad, every player from the Asian Rim, and all the Hall of Famers, most of whom — like Duke Snider and Warren Spahn — were merely passing through the Polo Grounds or Shea Stadium on their way to Cooperstown.
rare mets autographs in my collection-
bob scheffing (gm)
joe mcdonald(gm)
joan payson(owner
johnny murphy(gm)
lou niss(traveling secretary)
coleman mitchell (ch 9 producer,he went on to become a staff writer on the t.v. show rhoda)
jim thompson vice president
don grant vice president
bill shea.