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Craig Swan, Card Subject
Edgy MD Jun 12 2012 11:54 AM |
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HahnSolo Jun 12 2012 12:29 PM Re: Craig Swan, Card Subject |
Looks like Meathead Stivic in the 1976 card.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 12 2012 12:37 PM Re: Craig Swan, Card Subject |
Where's he pitching in that 81 shot? Looks too "big" for Wrigley.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 12 2012 12:52 PM Re: Craig Swan, Card Subject |
My Spidey sense tells me that Craig Swan will one day discover this thread while Googling himself.
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cooby Jun 12 2012 01:05 PM Re: Craig Swan, Card Subject |
I hope so.
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metirish Jun 12 2012 01:21 PM Re: Craig Swan, Card Subject |
Gold, all of it , even you Swanie.
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Edgy MD Jun 12 2012 02:01 PM Re: Craig Swan, Card Subject |
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The 'Stick?
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batmagadanleadoff Jun 12 2012 02:01 PM Re: Craig Swan, Card Subject |
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Looks like Wrigley to me. It's not the big stadium -- it's the tiny crowds.
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Edgy MD Jun 12 2012 02:09 PM Re: Craig Swan, Card Subject |
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Where the heck is 1975?
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batmagadanleadoff Jun 12 2012 02:12 PM Re: Craig Swan, Card Subject |
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There ain't no 1975. You have to boomph your way out.
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Edgy MD Jun 12 2012 02:21 PM Re: Craig Swan, Card Subject |
That sucks. And he gets no less than two cards with two faces for his five lousy innings with California in the second half of 1984.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 12 2012 02:22 PM Re: Craig Swan, Card Subject |
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You are right. Looks like the Jackson and Scott cards were taken on the same day -- check out Juan Epstein in the white T-shirt in the front row of both. That game could only have taken place then on Sept. 24, 1979. Swan shot from the same angle pitched the day before. edit, Whoa, check out Scott's line in that game: He started, went 1/3 of an inning and surrendered 7 runs on six hits and a walk. Falcone is shot on a different day, maybe a weekend by the size of the crowd.
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batmagadanleadoff Jun 12 2012 02:28 PM Re: Craig Swan, Card Subject |
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At least Swan's represented. I'd guess that about 25% of all Mets ever never appeared on a single card in a major league Mets uniform.
Didn't Swan get hurt like right after signing what was then the most lucrative contract in franchise history?
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batmagadanleadoff Jun 12 2012 02:35 PM Re: Craig Swan, Card Subject |
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SSPC produced large sets in '75 and '76. Swan appeared in the '76 set but was MIA the year before.
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Edgy MD Jun 12 2012 02:36 PM Re: Craig Swan, Card Subject |
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I kinda remember that debacle. Look at him, though. He's pitching scared.
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batmagadanleadoff Jun 12 2012 02:40 PM Re: Craig Swan, Card Subject |
Nobody shows up for a Mets/Cubs game, last week of the '79 season. I am shocked. Shocked.
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G-Fafif Jun 12 2012 02:47 PM Re: Craig Swan, Card Subject |
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Nine Mets "never got a regulation-sized, acceptable card from anybody," majors or minors, according to Jason Fry of Faith and Fear in Flushing, both sources with which I'm familiar.
Jason has not only created a special set for the "Lost Nine" (like what Grimmy does for the Schaefers, but he had them printed up on regulation Topps card stock "because I am insane") but is working on a new version because they just weren't perfect enough the first time.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 12 2012 02:48 PM Re: Craig Swan, Card Subject |
Wrigley was the scene for many of these thrilling shots:
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G-Fafif Jun 12 2012 02:50 PM Re: Craig Swan, Card Subject |
Was Donruss based in the Midwest? How dare they not take every shot at Shea!
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batmagadanleadoff Jun 12 2012 03:02 PM Re: Craig Swan, Card Subject |
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Yeah, but Fry's gotta rely on decidedly non-Metly cards like these to fill out his Holy Books:
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G-Fafif Jun 12 2012 03:08 PM Re: Craig Swan, Card Subject |
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Oh, that's a given. Nevertheless, I'm surprised he hasn't reanimated those who are no longer with us, placed them in period-specific uniforms and issued Topps updates for all of them.
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batmagadanleadoff Jun 12 2012 03:12 PM Re: Craig Swan, Card Subject |
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That sounds like the super-secret project I'm working on.
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SteveJRogers Jun 12 2012 07:27 PM Re: Craig Swan, Card Subject |
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Guy out on Long Island runs a Mets Collector's Club, and they regularly trot out a handy Mets Collectables checklist every couple of years, now it's in a CD-ROM format. Well, anyway, in that set's listing they list a card that supposedly shows Burris in his Met uniform. I have yet to see this variation. I think there may be another variation that has been corrected to say Cubs as well.
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metsguyinmichigan Jun 12 2012 07:38 PM Re: Craig Swan, Card Subject |
I had completely forgotten that Swan went to the Angels.
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Edgy MD Jun 12 2012 08:42 PM Re: Craig Swan, Card Subject |
That Burris card is weak. The guy led the Mets in wins, which, granted, was as impressive as Daniel Murphy leading them in homers.
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batmagadanleadoff Jul 01 2012 04:51 PM Re: Craig Swan, Card Subject |
Do you consider this Burris card
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Zvon Jul 01 2012 06:12 PM Re: Craig Swan, Card Subject |
I collected Met baseball cards for a long time and in the mid 90s had every Met card ever put out by the big card co.s.
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