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More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

metsguyinmichigan Mar 05 2010 12:57 PM

Uniwatch has been interesting this week. Topps airbrushed -- more likely, Photoshopped these days -- a Mariners uniform on Cliff Lee, but for some reason decided the Mariners needed to honor Harry Kalas, too, leaving on the memorial patch. And, the Mariners' road uniforms say "Seattle," not the team name.

G-Fafif Mar 05 2010 01:10 PM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

Cliff Lee pitched for the Mariners at Citi Field?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 05 2010 01:19 PM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

I don't know if that's Citi-- our Spongetech ads are in left field, no?

metirish Mar 05 2010 02:07 PM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

I don't think that Lee's left arm either.....look closely at that.

G-Fafif Mar 05 2010 02:34 PM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr"]I don't know if that's Citi-- our Spongetech ads are in left field, no?

The orange stripe would seem to indicate Mets ... although what that would have to do with Citi Field is beyond me. But I could swear the place was lousy with SpongeTech ads.

Frayed Knot Mar 05 2010 03:04 PM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

[quote="metirish":1hxe3wco]I don't think that Lee's left arm either.....look closely at that.[/quote:1hxe3wco] Probably done by the same guy who faked all those photos of Oswald holding the weapons.

metsguyinmichigan Mar 05 2010 05:02 PM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

No air-brushing here! A fun card.

Ceetar Mar 05 2010 05:36 PM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

[quote="G-Fafif":2dufo6ef]Cliff Lee pitched for the Mariners at Citi Field?[/quote:2dufo6ef] Nah. That's not Citi. I just browsed the bunch of pictures I have from roughly that angle, and while we do have rotating ads there, they're smaller, more 'embedded', and no orange stripe.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 05 2010 05:59 PM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

[quote="metsguyinmichigan"] No air-brushing here! A fun card.

I want.

Ashie62 Mar 06 2010 08:13 AM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

buy 4 packs of 2010 Topps Baseball at $1.99 and you'll pull a Mr. Met Lee is seriously photoshoped This is Topps lowest end set "Opening Day" and will be correct by the time Bowman ships later this month

Valadius Mar 06 2010 08:44 AM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

The more I look at Mr. Met, the more I see Bobby Valentine.

seawolf17 Mar 06 2010 07:20 PM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

[quote="Ashie62":27a2ru2y]buy 4 packs of 2010 Topps Baseball at $1.99 and you'll pull a Mr. Met[/quote:27a2ru2y] Ashie's right and wrong. It's in the "Opening Day" set -- not the regular base set. The OD packs will set you back 99 cents for seven cards. The mascot cards are 1:6 packs, I think, so it's not so easy. (There are 25 mascots in the subset.) I pulled just the Ranger in five packs.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 09 2010 03:15 PM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

Spongetech won't be coming back to Citifield. The 'pons sicced their goons on them when they turned out to be deadbeats. I've always found businesses that advertise with the Mets -- and almost nowhere else -- a little strange. Wondering how long till Arpielle Forklifts and Invest In Gold Coins NOW go belly up.

Ceetar Mar 09 2010 04:30 PM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

[quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket":224jg3hy]Spongetech won't be coming back to Citifield. The 'pons sicced their goons on them when they turned out to be deadbeats. I've always found businesses that advertise with the Mets -- and almost nowhere else -- a little strange. Wondering how long till Arpielle Forklifts and Invest In Gold Coins NOW go belly up.[/quote:224jg3hy] The invest in gold is EVERYWHERE. but yeah, who kows if Arpielle will even be there in 2010. I know it was one of the more criticized ads (for those that even care about such things) last season. Any mascot race thing they do is gonna be better than the digital lighttower race.

Edgy DC Mar 09 2010 05:46 PM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

Non-traditional Mets advertisers: [list:1sil2mue][*:1sil2mue]Foxwoods (Indian reservation casinos are probably looking more like traditional advertisers every year)[/*:m:1sil2mue] [*:1sil2mue]Spongetech[/*:m:1sil2mue] [*:1sil2mue]Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union 441[/*:m:1sil2mue] [*:1sil2mue]New York State Smokers Quitline[/*:m:1sil2mue] [*:1sil2mue]Procede/Giuseppe Franco/exact same product sells for $450 in Beverly Hills[/*:m:1sil2mue] [*:1sil2mue]Acton Carting[/*:m:1sil2mue] [*:1sil2mue]New York City Carpenter's Union[/*:m:1sil2mue] [*:1sil2mue]IDEARC Media[/*:m:1sil2mue][/list:u:1sil2mue]

seawolf17 Mar 09 2010 07:11 PM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

[quote="Edgy DC":u2knvkkf]Non-traditional Mets advertisers: [list:u2knvkkf][*:u2knvkkf]Foxwoods (Indian reservation casinos are probably looking more like traditional advertisers every year)[/*:m:u2knvkkf] [*:u2knvkkf]Spongetech[/*:m:u2knvkkf] [*:u2knvkkf]Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union 441[/*:m:u2knvkkf] [*:u2knvkkf]New York State Smokers Quitline[/*:m:u2knvkkf] [*:u2knvkkf]Procede/Giuseppe Franco/exact same product sells for $450 in Beverly Hills[/*:m:u2knvkkf] [*:u2knvkkf]Acton Carting[/*:m:u2knvkkf] [*:u2knvkkf]New York City Carpenter's Union[/*:m:u2knvkkf] [*:u2knvkkf]IDEARC Media[/*:m:u2knvkkf][/list:u:u2knvkkf][/quote:u2knvkkf] How about those scrap metal guys? Aren't they on games all the time?

DocTee Mar 09 2010 07:26 PM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

I always thought it odd that ARMITRON (official timepiece of the NY Mets), and not Timex, was the sponsor of the clocks at Shea. Don't recall ever seeing an ad elsewhere, but the local Queens connection must've accounted for the placement.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 09 2010 08:08 PM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

Am I misremembering there being a LONGINES clock at Shea?

batmagadanleadoff Mar 09 2010 08:16 PM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

[quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]Am I misremembering there being a LONGINES clock at Shea?

batmagadanleadoff Mar 09 2010 08:20 PM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

[quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]Am I misremembering there being a LONGINES clock at Shea?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 09 2010 08:23 PM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

Hmmmm... the AL and NL scoreboard switched sides at some point. I always recall the latter arrangement.

Ceetar Mar 09 2010 08:26 PM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

[quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket":h05eezy1]Hmmmm... the AL and NL scoreboard switched sides at some point. I always recall the latter arrangement.[/quote:h05eezy1] The AL on the right disturbed me as well. (The small amount of teams too) In the second picture there, the Phi Phils abbreviation made me laugh, and the ad in the middle bottom "The 10 minute head: have you timed it yet" sounds vaguely dirty.

batmagadanleadoff Mar 09 2010 08:36 PM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

[quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket":1wtzw1o0]Hmmmm... the AL and NL scoreboard switched sides at some point. I always recall the latter arrangement.[/quote:1wtzw1o0] I own that older scoreboard. It's in my collection. The Mets discarded it when they decided to put the AL teams on the left side.

DocTee Mar 09 2010 09:15 PM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

Armitron was later. there was a small one on the RF mezzanine (where number of pitches, speed, etc would be displayed), plus a larger one in CF

Edgy DC Mar 09 2010 09:49 PM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

[quote="batmagadanleadoff"]

A rare shot of the scoreboard with the original use for the top square to project players' faces as they came to bat.

Did batmag just tell me that he owns a discarded Shea scoreboard?

batmagadanleadoff Mar 09 2010 09:53 PM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

Elgin replaced Longines ... in 1977 (I think). In 1980, the Elgin (nee Longines) clock was replaced by ad space. A new Bulova clock appeared top center, where the big Met logo (and slide show contraption) once was.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 09 2010 10:12 PM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

[quote="batmagadanleadoff":25z6gvyk][quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket":25z6gvyk]Hmmmm... the AL and NL scoreboard switched sides at some point. I always recall the latter arrangement.[/quote:25z6gvyk] I own that older scoreboard. It's in my collection. The Mets discarded it when they decided to put the AL teams on the left side.[/quote:25z6gvyk] Um... WHAAAAA? For realsies?

batmagadanleadoff Mar 09 2010 11:34 PM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":1d08igro][quote="batmagadanleadoff":1d08igro][quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket":1d08igro]Hmmmm... the AL and NL scoreboard switched sides at some point. I always recall the latter arrangement.[/quote:1d08igro] I own that older scoreboard. It's in my collection. The Mets discarded it when they decided to put the AL teams on the left side.[/quote:1d08igro] Um... WHAAAAA? For realsies?[/quote:1d08igro] Realsies. Wanna know what else? Last year, when no one was looking, I took all the Shea Stadium parts and reconstructed the ballpark in my backyard. I moved the old scoreboard with the AL schedule on the right to left field, and left the newer scoreboard in right. I'd invite you but I couldn't get any stadium seats. It's strictly SRO. And rickety.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 10 2010 06:32 AM Re: More Topps airbrushing (non-Mets division)

Yes, but how's the parking?