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Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

metsguyinmichigan Nov 16 2011 09:54 AM

David Howard announced that the team would have historical bobble heads this year, one player for each decade starting with Seaver for the 1960s. So, who are your guesses for the rest of the decades? I'm guessing: 1970s: Koosman (but Willie Mays would be sweet!) 1980s: Strawberry (though Mookie, Hernandez or Gooden all would be fine choices.) 1990s: Piazza 2000s: Wright

HahnSolo Nov 16 2011 09:57 AM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

70s: Tug 80s: Straw 90s: Piazza 00s: Wright

batmagadanleadoff Nov 16 2011 09:59 AM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

I'd guess Piazza for the 00's. Wright isn't exactly historical. But he could be by the time the 00's bobble is made available. Tough decision for the '80's. I'd ordinarily go with Mex, but this year, I'd guess Kid.

HahnSolo Nov 16 2011 10:04 AM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

Good thinking about Carter. If not Piazza, then who for the 90s? Alfonzo, Franco, Leiter?

metsguyinmichigan Nov 16 2011 10:08 AM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

Good point about Wright -- Howard did say "alumni," of which Wright is not. Reyes might be by then..... I can't believe I forgot about Carter, too. My bad. Maybe Fonzie is in there somewhere?

batmagadanleadoff Nov 16 2011 10:09 AM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

HahnSolo wrote: Good thinking about Carter. If not Piazza, then who for the 90s? Alfonzo, Franco, Leiter? I dunno. Piazza/Wright is a stronger combination than Piazza/any '90s Met. I guess that the three Mets you mentioned (Alfonzo, Leiter, Franco) are the likeliest of the 90's Mets to be given a historical bobble. Maybe Hundley. Personally, I'd like to see an Olerud bobble. Or an Anthony Young. But that's me.

batmagadanleadoff Nov 16 2011 10:14 AM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

If it was up to me, I'd go: 60's - Throneberry 70's - Theodore 80's - Keith 90's - AY 00's - Madoff -- who might yet turn out to be the biggest hero in Mets history.

batmagadanleadoff Nov 16 2011 10:18 AM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

HahnSolo wrote: Good thinking about Carter. If not Piazza, then who for the 90s? Alfonzo, Franco, Leiter? They could do Piazza 90's/Jackie Robinson 00's. They probably wanna do that.

batmagadanleadoff Nov 16 2011 10:19 AM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

batmagadanleadoff wrote: HahnSolo wrote: Good thinking about Carter. If not Piazza, then who for the 90s? Alfonzo, Franco, Leiter? They could do Piazza 90's/Jackie Robinson 00's. They probably wanna do that. Even odds on whether the unis say Mets or Dodgers.

metirish Nov 16 2011 10:25 AM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

Is Leiter on good terms with the org?, Franco is back in the fold and he was there for the duration on that decade, it should be him.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 16 2011 10:31 AM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

They already did Leiter, Franco and Piazza if I'm not mistaken (and I prolly am) My guesses will be Kranepool 60s Mazzilli 70s Carter 80s Alfonzo 90s Wright 00s

metsguyinmichigan Nov 16 2011 10:38 AM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: They already did Leiter, Franco and Piazza if I'm not mistaken (and I prolly am) My guesses will be Kranepool 60s Mazzilli 70s Carter 80s Alfonzo 90s Wright 00s Already announced that Seaver will represent the 1960s. Krane might be a good choice for the 1970s!

Benjamin Grimm Nov 16 2011 10:52 AM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

How about Rusty Staub for the 1970's? Keith for the 80's. (This is the toughest call.) It's also hard to decide which decade to put Piazza in. I'd probably have to go with the 00's, which leaves the 90's (an awful decade overall, until the very end) to Fonzie.

metsmarathon Nov 16 2011 11:19 AM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

bonilla for met o' the 90s

dgwphotography Nov 16 2011 11:30 AM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

70's: Kranepool 80's: Hernandez 90's: Franco 00's: Piazza

G-Fafif Nov 16 2011 12:49 PM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

Would have gone with Casey for the '60s. There's a face made for bobbleheads.

Ceetar Nov 16 2011 01:01 PM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

G-Fafif wrote: Would have gone with Casey for the '60s. There's a face made for bobbleheads. You could probably reasonably slide Seaver to '70s. But then Seaver wouldn't be first.

G-Fafif Nov 16 2011 01:07 PM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

The kids love managers. But with Tom assigned, I'd go...hmmm... 1970s: Tug 1980s: Kid 1990s: Mike 2000s: Jose Though I still say one per year rather than one per decade.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 16 2011 01:24 PM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

G-Fafif wrote: Would have gone with Casey for the '60s. There's a face made for bobbleheads. Exactamundo. They could just shrink the statue they've got in the HoF-- perfect mold. I like pairs. (Maybe "interacting" with interlocking bases?) 60s: Casey/Throneberry (if they're really going for the spirit of the thing) 70s: Seaver/M. Donald Grant 80s: Carter/Doc 90s: Valentine/Fonzie or Bonilla/Rickey (card-playing, natch) 00s: Beltran/Reyes (we're talking alumni, no?)

Edgy MD Nov 16 2011 01:26 PM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

MLBS Bobbleheads: 60s: Pearl Bailey 70s: Richard Nixon 80s: Glenn Close 90s: Jerry Seinfeld Aughts: Chris Rock

HahnSolo Nov 16 2011 01:58 PM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

Edgy DC wrote: MLBS Bobbleheads: 60s: Pearl Bailey 70s: Richard Nixon 80s: Glenn Close 90s: Jerry Seinfeld Aughts: Chris Rock At the risk of my wife not talking to me for a month, I would totally buy this complete set.

TransMonk Nov 16 2011 02:09 PM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

70's: Tug 80's: Doc 90's: Franco 00's: Piazza

G-Fafif Nov 16 2011 02:11 PM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

Bonus points for the first Mets bobblehead that looks remotely like its subject.

metsguyinmichigan Nov 16 2011 03:44 PM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

I call for a special Joan Whitney Payson bobble!

batmagadanleadoff Nov 16 2011 05:06 PM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

G-Fafif wrote: Bonus points for the first Mets bobblehead that looks remotely like its subject. I know you're talking about the 50thAnn. bobbles, but I nominate the Bob Murphy half of the Kiner/Murph bobble for these bonus points. I believe that Murph already won the damn bonus points.

Ceetar Nov 16 2011 05:25 PM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

btw, I tweeted this thread in the hopes to draw in new members. Didn't seem to work.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 16 2011 05:58 PM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

metsguyinmichigan wrote: I call for a special Joan Whitney Payson bobble! DeRoulet riding a jellybean-pooping Mettle might be more fun/useful.

Ceetar Feb 14 2012 01:21 PM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

Mets 50th Anniversary Bobblehead Series to feature: Seaver (4/22), Staub (5/26), Hernandez (6/17), Alfonzo (7/21) & Piazza (8/25)

metsguyinmichigan Feb 14 2012 09:31 PM Re: Choose your bobble! Mets by the decade

Ceetar wrote: Mets 50th Anniversary Bobblehead Series to feature: Seaver (4/22), Staub (5/26), Hernandez (6/17), Alfonzo (7/21) & Piazza (8/25) can't argue with those picks, and the Seaver bobble looks AWESOME!!!