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January 1, 2010

Pictures of the 1982 New York Mets Yearbook (Part 1)

Happy New Year! This morning we take a look back to the 1982 Mets yearbook. By George we got it! George Bamberger has a good baseball pedigree, and George Foster recently hit 50+ home runs for the Reds without taking steroids!

The blue, orange and you pinstriped look was getting a little shaky by the early 80’s…the nameplates added some ugliness.

I like this blue uniform look. Since sales is an issue with the black jerseys (our first of many black uniform complains of the new year), why not retire them and sell blue ones in 2011?

Here’s a young fellow named Wally Backman. If I didn’t stink at taking pictures his face wouldn’t be obscured by glare.

Kids, you know that scary Mike Scott fellow from the 1986 Astros. He was a Met once, and he wasn’t very good. Yes, this is the same man.

That’s it for the yearbook today – more from 1982 tomorrow, and more Mets stuff throughout the day on the normal morning/noon/afternoon/night schedule!

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December 31, 2009

Tomorrow: Pictures of The 1982 Mets Yearbook

Cerrone really inspired me…I just took a bunch of pictures of my old yearbooks….

I grabbed 83, 78, some ’93 scorecards….but tomorrow we’ll visit the 1982 Mets yearbook for no reason other than that’s the first one I picked up.

In the meantime, I ask you two questions:

1. What is Neil Allen (#13) wearing?

2. Do you think the Cardinals would be stupid enough to give us Keith Hernandez for him if we asked?

December 31, 2009

Five Questions For An Average Mets Fan (Fan #76)

As weall get ready for the Luis Castillo Ball Drop, here’s Matthew with today’s 5 Questions:

1. When did you start following the Mets?

I have pictures from 1971 as a toddler in a Metsâ€™ hat and uniform. Dad â€“ a former Giant fan â€“ was at opening day at Shea, 1964.

2. What is your favorite Mets memory?

At Shea as a college freshman in the upper deck for game 6 in â€˜86. Got the tickets one hour before the game when a friendâ€™s flight got canceled. Felt like the building was going to collapse. Didnâ€™t leave the parking lot until about 6am.

3. What is your worst Mets memory or experience?

The last 2.5 years. Seriously. Worse than having to root for Kevin Kobel and Frank Taveras. There have been so many individual moments â€“ both on and off the field â€“ since Beltran Kâ€™d looking that Iâ€™ve stopped counting.

4. If you could change one off-field thing about the franchise what would it be?

Replace the Wilpons with owners who care about winning, not about â€œputting a good product on the field.â€

5. If you owned the team starting tomorrow, what is the first thing you would change?

My pants. It would be pretty exciting. More concretely, Iâ€™d probably replace Minaya with someone who had a clear, long-term plan and the baseball acumen to make the Mets into a larger, richer version of the Twins: a smart, competitive franchise that hustles, understands the game, and is self-sustaining.

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December 31, 2009

1986 New York Mets Pennants

Morning all, I’m a little slow off the draw today having slept til 8! (It’s loud here most mornings at Mets Police HQ).

I don’t want to bog the site down with the drive to 250k visits but a big thanks to Matt over at Metsblog who threw Mets Police a major hookup link last night, Matt even posted a pic of his ’86 banner which inspires me to share mine….

Until my coffee kicks in you’ll need to turn your head sideways. Back in September 1986 I was so excited that the Mets actually won anything I rushed out and bought this gem. In some ways it’s kind of cooler than the more common WS banners.

Here’s my version of the ’86 World series pennant. In between the ball logo (the one with the NY on it, note the modern version doesn’t have the NY) and the word Champions is a list of all the players.

That yellow one is a Steelers banner, not that I’m a Steelers fan but when I was a kid the walls of my room were covered with pennants – lots of NFL (for 10 years my “Oakland’ Radiers one was cool, then they went back) and there was an Orioles one I remember. I don’t recall how they were acquired, you’d have to ask mom, but I still have them.

I’m often tempted to bring this into work but I fear some knucklehead will take them, so they are in the basement until I trust Junior with them.

Speaking of ’86 here are Dan’s pictures from the 1986 Tickertape parade.

Thanks to all those helping with the drive to 250k…there was lots of love on Twitter, I’ll thank those folks over there @metspolice

(I think my S is not working so well, already caught two s-related typos. Maybe I need more coffee).

December 31, 2009

Share Your Mets Pictures: Caber Reyes

Here’s a Share Your Shots that seems appropriate for New Years Eve. Open up some Caber Reyes later tonight but don’t get behind the wheel.

Share Your Shots: [email protected]

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