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Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

SteveJRogers May 01 2014 10:33 AM

Inspired by the Topps Archives posting of who among the 1986ers can be found on cardboard as Mets, I give you the following quiz when it comes to Met related postseason teams: First up, Toppless Mets for the 1973 NL Champions *Note, because the stats on the back, and, for the most part, the pictures reflect the prior year, I use the next year's sets for the bulk team set building: Of the 27 Mets listed on their Postseason Roster (using the NLCS programs from both Riverfront and Shea as sources), only 5, well TECHNICALLY 4, do not have a solo card as a Met in the 1974 Topps set, name them. Standard 1 guess per player rules.

Benjamin Grimm May 01 2014 10:44 AM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

Willie Mays?

SteveJRogers May 01 2014 10:58 AM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

Yup. And that is the technical one since he is prominently swinging away in one of the Postseason/World Series cards. His last base set card as an active player was in the 1973 set.

d'Kong76 May 01 2014 11:26 AM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

Mets only used six pitchers in that series, so the remaining three are pitchers? Not sure if I just gave a hint or asked for help haha.

Frayed Knot May 01 2014 12:07 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

SteveJRogers wrote: First up, Toppless Mets for the 1973 NL Champions I refuse to participate in this quiz because I think the idea of putting out pictures of topless Mets is cheap exploitation and I won't be a part of it. Plus I bet it was all fucking Jeff's idea. Now if they wanted to put out cards of topless Met wives that'd be a different story. Hey, in the fight against exploitation, you can't do it all so sometimes you have to pick your battles.

SteveJRogers May 01 2014 12:14 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

d'Kong76 wrote: Mets only used six pitchers in that series, so the remaining three are pitchers? Not sure if I just gave a hint or asked for help haha. Well, there are four left, but yes three hurlers.

SteveJRogers May 01 2014 12:21 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 01 2014 12:26 PM

Mays' '74 Topps apperance: And Mays' 1973 card: Nice 1974 Faux Card from DickAllenHOF blog Another beaut of a faux one

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 01 2014 12:26 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

Is that Ike Hampton on deck in that shot? Or is that a batboy? Or soemone else??

Mets Guy in Michigan May 01 2014 12:59 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

The elusive Dave Schneck.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 01 2014 01:11 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

Dave Schneck wasn't black!

Zvon May 01 2014 01:13 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Is that Ike Hampton on deck in that shot? Or is that a batboy? Or soemone else?? That's batboy Greg Cox.

Mets Guy in Michigan May 01 2014 01:14 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Dave Schneck wasn't black! Noooo, I meant the original question!

batmagadanleadoff May 01 2014 01:17 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

The Met who set a MLB playoff record for first baseball player to have a chunk of his baseball cap eaten by an opponent.

SteveJRogers May 01 2014 01:19 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

metsguyinmichigan wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Dave Schneck wasn't black! Noooo, I meant the original question! Schneck was not on the postseason roster.

batmagadanleadoff May 01 2014 01:22 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

batmagadanleadoff wrote: The Met who set a MLB playoff record for first baseball player to have a chunk of his baseball cap eaten by an opponent. The guy on your left-most. [fimg=433]http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/OTY1WDEzNTg=/z/oQcAAOxyB9RS1vvh/$_57.JPG[/fimg]

batmagadanleadoff May 01 2014 01:23 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

Zvon wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Is that Ike Hampton on deck in that shot? Or is that a batboy? Or soemone else?? That's batboy Greg Cox. This is what happens when you immerse yourself in early '70's Mets team pictures.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 01 2014 01:28 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

metsguyinmichigan wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Dave Schneck wasn't black! Noooo, I meant the original question! LOL. Thanks Zvon for whipping out the Cox.

batmagadanleadoff May 01 2014 01:33 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

Top row, in between equipment manager Nick Torman and the Kooz. [fimg=844:3hrxdnuy]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7319/13838606434_b0621bf591.jpg[/fimg:3hrxdnuy]

batmagadanleadoff May 01 2014 01:38 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: The Met who set a MLB playoff record for first baseball player to have a chunk of his baseball cap eaten by an opponent. The guy on your left-most. [fimg=433]http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/OTY1WDEzNTg=/z/oQcAAOxyB9RS1vvh/$_57.JPG[/fimg] The guy who wasn't good enough for the 1974 Mets. [fimg=404]https://bapple2286.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/311.jpg[/fimg]

batmagadanleadoff May 01 2014 01:41 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 01 2014 01:49 PM

I'm guessing Jim Gosger. Guessing, cause I'm not sure if he was on the post-season roster. I know he didn't have a card in '74. In fact, he's Toppless as a Met altogether, despite playing for the Mets in three different seasons.

Zvon May 01 2014 01:44 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Dave Schneck wasn't black! Noooo, I meant the original question! LOL. Thanks Zvon for whipping out the Cox. Ha! ( I read in an article yesterday that using HA instead of LOL is wrong because HA supposed to mean it's not as funny as LOL - I don't agree with this. I use HA for the funnier stuff) batmagadanleadoff wrote: This is what happens when you immerse yourself in early '70's Mets team pictures. This is true, but in the Butterball thread I named him as Leo Foster, so I still have a bit to learn.

SteveJRogers May 01 2014 03:46 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

batmagadanleadoff wrote: I'm guessing Jim Gosger. Guessing, cause I'm not sure if he was on the post-season roster. I know he didn't have a card in '74. In fact, he's Toppless as a Met altogether, despite playing for the Mets in three different seasons. Gosger was not on the postseason roster.

SteveJRogers May 01 2014 03:48 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: The Met who set a MLB playoff record for first baseball player to have a chunk of his baseball cap eaten by an opponent. The guy on your left-most. [fimg=433]http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/OTY1WDEzNTg=/z/oQcAAOxyB9RS1vvh/$_57.JPG[/fimg] Yup. So that is 2 out of 5.

SteveJRogers May 01 2014 04:00 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

Next quiz, only two of the 26 1969 Postseason Roster Mets were not in the 1970 Topps set as Mets.

SteveJRogers May 01 2014 04:05 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

Going back to the 1973 squad, some hints on the three left: One pitcher is well known in Met circles and is in plenty of early 1970s Met sets. The other pitcher appears in several early 1970s Topps set with another franchise, but not officially as a Met until the 1991 massive All-Time Roster set that was a stadium give away sponsored by The Wiz. No idea whom he is represented as with FaFiF's Jason's Holy Books. And finally an infielder whom 1973 was his only cup of MLB coffee, and as far as TradingCardDB.com seems to indicate has never been on a trading card.

d'Kong76 May 01 2014 04:19 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

I cheated, so can't play ... good thread!

batmagadanleadoff May 01 2014 04:21 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

Lute Barnes never had a card. Phil Hennigan was on other Topps cards before his Met stint. I'm not sure if they were on the post-season roster, though. In fact, I'd be surprised to learn that they were on the post-season roster. I guess Yogi didn't go bench-deep in the post-season.* 'Cause judging by your quiz, there were several active Mets who never got off the bench in October. *Well of course Yogi didn't. (See, e.g., "The George Stone Fiasco")

SteveJRogers May 01 2014 04:26 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

Lute Barnes never had a card. Phil Hennigan was on other Topps cards before his Met stint. I'm not sure if they were on the post-season roster, though. In fact, I'd be surprised to learn that they were on the post-season roster. I guess Yogi didn't go bench-deep in the post-season.* 'Cause judging by your quiz, there were several active Mets who never got off the bench in October. *Well of course Yogi didn't. (See, e.g., "The George Stone Fiasco") Nope, and nope. No idea how this guy rated being on the PS roster sheet, must be because he was on the roster while Buddy or someone was on the DL. OE: Yup. On roster replacing an injured Met in early Aug.

SteveJRogers May 01 2014 05:09 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

batmagadanleadoff wrote: I guess Yogi didn't go bench-deep in the post-season.* 'Cause judging by your quiz, there were several active Mets who never got off the bench in October. 17 position players listed, 6 did not play in the NLCS, only two, including the guy I'm looking, for did not see World Series action, and they were both missing from the NLCS playing records (so chances are he really wasn't on the eligible to play roster). Also of the 10 pitchers 3, oddly enough all three pitchers involved in the quiz, did not see postseason action, with only one of the 7 other pitchers to miss a series, and that was the NLCS.

Mets Guy in Michigan May 01 2014 07:30 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

I know Apodaca has a shared 1974 card-- with the infamous Apadaco error -- and wondered if he made the postseason roster.

SteveJRogers May 01 2014 08:19 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

metsguyinmichigan wrote: I know Apodaca has a shared 1974 card-- with the infamous Apadaco error -- and wondered if he made the postseason roster. Nope. Neither did Swan whom also is on a shared Rookies card in 1974.

batmagadanleadoff May 01 2014 08:22 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

You're the King of the Whoms.

SteveJRogers May 03 2014 11:25 AM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

Answers to the other three 1973 Postseason Mets missing from the 1974 Topps Set: Along with Seaver, Koosman, Jones, McGraw, Harrelson, Boswell, Garret, Grote, Dyer and Kranepool, one of the '69ners still with the club, finished out his Topps run with this card in the 1973 set: Former Expo, but brought into New York in July of 1973, and would play his final MLB game in 1974. He did rate a card as an Expo from 1971-1973 Cardless infielder, brought up for a week or so while Bud Harrelson was on the DL in August, Brian Ostrosser

SteveJRogers May 03 2014 11:27 AM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

Alright, moving back along, who are the two 1969 Postseason Roster Mets missing from the 1970 Topps set as Mets?

batmagadanleadoff May 03 2014 12:04 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

SteveJRogers wrote: Alright, moving back along, who are the two 1969 Postseason Roster Mets missing from the 1970 Topps set as Mets? Ed Charles had no card in 1970.

d'Kong76 May 03 2014 12:14 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

Ron Taylor or Don Cardwell? Oh wait, that's two guesses. Ron Taylor?

SteveJRogers May 03 2014 12:30 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

d'Kong76 wrote: Ron Taylor or Don Cardwell? Oh wait, that's two guesses. Ron Taylor? Nope

SteveJRogers May 03 2014 12:35 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

batmagadanleadoff wrote: SteveJRogers wrote: Alright, moving back along, who are the two 1969 Postseason Roster Mets missing from the 1970 Topps set as Mets? Ed Charles had no card in 1970. Yup His final Topps appearance was in 1969

batmagadanleadoff May 03 2014 12:40 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 03 2014 12:44 PM

SteveJRogers wrote: SteveJRogers wrote: Alright, moving back along, who are the two 1969 Postseason Roster Mets missing from the 1970 Topps set as Mets? Ed Charles had no card in 1970. Yup His final Topps appearance was in 1969 Technically, no. His last Topps appearance wasn't in 1969. [fimg=333]http://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1970/O-Pee-Chee/310/Missing.jpg?id=e74e17da-026e-4a21-8ab3-be7410162ed5&size=original[/fimg]

batmagadanleadoff May 03 2014 12:43 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

How would you define "last card"? 1994 Upper Deck All-Time Heroes

SteveJRogers May 03 2014 12:45 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

batmagadanleadoff wrote: How would you define "last card"? 1994 Upper Deck All-Time Heroes As in his last card as an active player/MLB uniform personnel.

d'Kong76 May 03 2014 12:51 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

SteveJRogers wrote: Nope Argghhh!

batmagadanleadoff May 03 2014 12:54 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

How would you define "last card"? 1994 Upper Deck All-Time Heroes As in his last card as an active player/MLB uniform personnel. There'll always be a rule-breaker. 1980 Ed Kranepool (last active season, 1979): [fimg=351]http://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1980/Topps/641/Ed_Kranepool.jpg?id=b0ffda04-3d45-446c-8ee0-431cbe2a3af3&size=original[/fimg]

d'Kong76 May 03 2014 05:46 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

You know what he means, leave it be.

batmagadanleadoff May 03 2014 10:24 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

d'Kong76 wrote: You know what he means, leave it be. Officer, is there a problem here?

SteveJRogers May 05 2014 09:22 AM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

No takers on the last 1969er? He does have a 1970 card, though with his logo scrubbed off of the cap, and listed as a Houston Astro: As noted in the 1986 Topps Archive Collection thread, there is no Topps card of John Gibbons as a Met, though he is in the 1987 Donruss set. Kevin Elster doesn't get his Topps rookie card until 1988 But he is in both the Donruss and Fleer 1987 set and those are the only two postseason roster 1986ers not to have a 1987 Topps Card.

SteveJRogers May 05 2014 09:41 AM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

All 26 guys on the 1988 Mets Postseason Roster (NLCS program roster sheets list an DL'd Bobby Ojeda) are represented as Mets in the 1989 Topps set. Though during the season the Mets had their very first stadium giveaway trading card set, sponsored by Kahn's Hotdogs. The set was given away early in the year, so obviously late-season acquisitions like Bob McClure are not in it, but other than McClure, the only other guys on the 1988 Postseason roster not in the set are Gregg Jefferies and Keith Miller. Both would be in the 1989 set, though Miller in a one-time only "update" set that was given away late in 1989 that included Frank Viola. McClure would remain SGA Met-less, except of course for the massive all-time roster Wiz set in 1991.

SteveJRogers May 05 2014 10:31 AM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

1999, 2000 and 2006 coming soon, so much wackiness involved with products in those years, and not just from Topps! Plus there is the entire 1999 Play-in Game Roster to contend with!

batmagadanleadoff May 05 2014 04:56 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz Edited 2 time(s), most recently on May 05 2014 11:47 PM

No takers on the last 1969er? He does have a 1970 card, though with his logo scrubbed off of the cap, and listed as a Houston Astro: Coupl'a other players from that set appearing in a Mets uniform, but for another team: * *Davis might be in Seattle Pilot duds. OE -- Jack Fisher added.

SteveJRogers May 05 2014 07:19 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

Selma could be in his 1969 Cub greys.

batmagadanleadoff May 05 2014 09:13 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

SteveJRogers wrote: Selma could be in his 1969 Cub greys. Selma's in pinstripes.

batmagadanleadoff May 05 2014 09:51 PM Re: Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

Add Jack Fisher to this bunch. * *Davis might be in Seattle Pilot duds.