Last month, I entered the “Almost the Easiest World Series Contest on the Web” run by Mark at Collector’s Crack: Alaska’s #1 Sports Card and Collectibles Blog. Out of 43 entrants, I was the only one who correctly picked the San Francisco Giants as the winners of the 2014 World Series. (And that turned out to be a good thing, because I would have missed all the tie breakers.)
My prize arrived yesterday, complete with a certificate recognizing me as the grand prize winner.
There are just 14 games to go in the Mets’ season, and I’m still putting together my 2014 Topps Heritage team set.
One of the readers of my website was kind enough to offer to send me four of the cards that I still needed – Terry Collins, Jenrry Mejia, Zack Wheeler and Dillon Gee. (How many of them will be Mets in 2015?)
I want to thank Geof for surprising me with these Mets baseball cards (and a Mets windbreaker.) They brightened my day, and are giving me something to talk about besides last night’s discouraging loss to the Brewers.
How can you go wrong with Tom Seaver? (I haven’t bought any Gypsy Queen cards this year – is this a parallel or did they go black & white with the set?) Continue reading “Mets baseball cards, from Tom Seaver to Zack Wheeler”
The New York Mets unveiled this image of a special Zack Wheeler bobblehead that will be given away on Saturday, June 14th to fans who purchase tickets for Firefighter Appreciation Night. Tickets are available in the Promenade for $35 and at field level for $65. See mets.com/fire for additional details.
This would be a perfect companion to the Dillon Gee firefighter bobblehead that the Brooklyn Cyclones gave away a couple of years ago.
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I more or less overlooked Topps’ annual Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects set when it came out last November.
I got a few cards in a Christmas gift, and a few more in a birthday gift… and I started to wonder how close I was to completing the Mets team set. It turns out that I have most of the ones that matter to me.
The Mets have six players in the 130-card draft picks portion of the base set, one in the 45-card rookies part and one in the 45-card top prospects segment. They have the same eight players in the Chrome versions, and then there are three “common” inserts. (Here’s a link to the full checklist on Topps’ website.)
I’ve got the eight regular cards plus the Kevin Plawecki insert – I’ll have to find the Matt Harvey & Rafael Montero inserts at some point.
Draft Picks
BDPP1 Dominic Smith
BDPP38 Andrew Church
BDPP39 Casey Meisner
BDPP40 Ivan Wilson
BDPP72 Luis Guillorme
BDPP107 Gaither Bumgardner
Top Prospects
TP-22 Noah Syndergaard
Rookies
20 Zack Wheeler
Chrome Draft Picks
BDPP1 Dominic Smith
BDPP38 Andrew Church
BDPP39 Casey Meisner
BDPP40 Ivan Wilson
BDPP72 Luis Guillorme
BDPP107 Gaither Bumgardner
Chrome Top Prospects
TP-22 Noah Syndergaard
Chrome Rookies
20 Zack Wheeler
Futures of the Franchise
FF-MH Matt Harvey
Bowman Scouts Breakouts
BSB-KP Kevin Plawecki
BSB-RMO Rafael Montero
Continue reading “2013 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects Mets checklist”
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