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I Give Up Day 2019

Centerfield
Jun 18 2019 08:37 AM

A nearly annual tradition in this era of the Wilpon Mets. Inevitably, each season goes from the thrill of hanging on each pitch on Opening Day, to the carefree, worry-free "what's the point of it all" realization that our Mets are not contenders and will not be in the pennant race.



Has everyone hit that point yet?



The 2019 Mets might be outplaying their 2018 counterparts. I'm not sure what exact game it was, but for me, I'm pretty sure "I Give Up Day 2018" took place in the midst of an 8 game losing streak from May 31 to June 9, that saw us get swept by the O's and lose the first two to the MFY's.



Here, on June 18, we sit 34-38, 8.5 behind Atlanta. But only 5.5 games behind Philly for the second wild card (four teams in front of us). I don't think I'm quite at I Give Up Day 2019. I might be by the end of this series, but not quite yet.



I do think, though, that the only way we get back into it is if the new ball disappears and our guys find their sliders.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Jun 18 2019 08:52 AM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

I don't give up yet. I think I will if/when this road trip goes the way it looks it will. Really this series could damage us beyond hope.



There's not post 7/31 Trade Deadline so the join-or-die activity is starting earlier. Of course the Mets are typically late actors.

41Forever
Jun 18 2019 08:54 AM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

September 29! Miracles happen. You gotta believe!

Benjamin Grimm
Jun 18 2019 08:58 AM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

I don't! It's probably just about time to trade Zack Wheeler and Todd Frazier.



And Robinson Cano, of course, but that's not going to be possible.

batmagadanleadoff
Jun 18 2019 09:16 AM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

I've watched a total of about three or four innings combined over the last week and a half. If I'm home during a game, I'll try to catch Alonso's at bats, but even then....



Is that giving up? I dunno.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Jun 18 2019 09:18 AM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

I need to keep up the appearance of hope until Friday when we have tickets to see Walker Lockett pitch at Wrigley. Then maybe we'll give up.

batmagadanleadoff
Jun 18 2019 09:21 AM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=13355 time=1560870987 user_id=68]
I've watched a total of about three or four innings combined over the last week and a half. If I'm home during a game, I'll try to catch Alonso's at bats, but even then....



Is that giving up? I dunno.





I say I dunno, because I'll be watching something else on TV but following the Mets a bit on ESPN's game cast where the base runners are dots on a board.

seawolf17
Jun 18 2019 09:31 AM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

I need to keep up the appearance of hope until Friday when we have tickets to see Walker Lockett pitch at Wrigley. Then maybe we'll give up.


No shit; I'll be there Friday too. See you there.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Jun 18 2019 09:38 AM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

No way!!!



Sec 213, Row 5.



We are flying in the morning and rushing to Wrigs.

kcmets
Jun 18 2019 09:40 AM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 18 2019 09:55 AM

=seawolf17 post_id=13370 time=1560871864 user_id=91]No shit; I'll be there Friday too. See you there.


Cool coinkydink.



Give up? Four games under .500 and only 8 1/2 back! Need to go on a

tear and climb back up that ladder and it's on this freakin' road trip that

they need to do it. Someone didn't tell them that last night and that some-

one might just be needed to be shown the door if last night repeats itself.



#lgm #ygb #ymdyf

Edgy MD
Jun 18 2019 09:46 AM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

Alonso at Wrigley in a day game during a warm spell. I'd root for about seven homers bouncing around the streets of Chicago.



Storms are expected, though.

Centerfield
Jun 18 2019 09:50 AM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

Benjamin Grimm wrote:

I don't! It's probably just about time to trade Zack Wheeler and Todd Frazier.



And Robinson Cano, of course, but that's not going to be possible.


I'm sure if we throw in Edwin Diaz, we'll get a team's #1 prospect as well as another first round pitching prospect.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Jun 18 2019 10:07 AM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

Edgy MD wrote:

Alonso at Wrigley in a day game during a warm spell. I'd root for about seven homers bouncing around the streets of Chicago.



Storms are expected, though.


Can see it delaying our flight and getting rained out.

ashie62
Jun 18 2019 01:07 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

We aren't toast yet but we are in the toaster

HahnSolo
Jun 18 2019 02:40 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

The two losses last Thursday into Friday pushed me close to give-up status.

Vic Sage
Jun 18 2019 02:47 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

i like to beat the rush and give up before the season starts. I'm rarely wrong in doing so.

TransMonk
Jun 18 2019 05:36 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

Yeah, I'd say this team is meeting my pre-season expectations, so I'm not terribly disappointed. I'm down to one or two games a week and rarely the whole thing...especially when they are losing and/or look like losers.



I don't know if it was "giving up", but I didn't consider this team would be a competitive one at jump street.

MFS62
Jun 18 2019 07:21 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

=TransMonk post_id=13439 time=1560900982 user_id=71]
Yeah, I'd say this team is meeting my pre-season expectations, so I'm not terribly disappointed.


When you're a pessimist, you're never disappointed.

As I mentioned in another thread, my cable provider has temporarily dropped SNY and is in negotiations to re acquire it. The way they've been playing recently, I'm not sure whether that is a good thing or a bad thing. So I guess that means I haven't reached my give up day yet.

Later

Edgy MD
Jun 18 2019 08:04 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

I think it's my I Double Down Day.

G-Fafif
Jun 18 2019 08:49 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

Whenever that day comes, it just got pushed back by one.

metirish
Jun 19 2019 06:50 AM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

I have the games on but not expecting much from a .500 team.

Centerfield
Jun 26 2019 07:35 AM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

There yet? It's funny. I was out last night and saw the Mets were up. Next time I checked I saw they had coughed it up again. Barely had a reaction. But, I wake up, and check the standings and see that we are still only 4.5 back of the Wild Card.



So, I don't know.

Fman99
Jun 26 2019 07:39 AM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

I haven't given up, 4.5 back in the WC means a hot week and they're right there. But, man, this bullpen, I'm getting pretty jaded about the late innings. I don't know that it's fixable with these particular guys. They all suck.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Jun 26 2019 09:26 AM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

Yeah the lackluster NL is the only hope. I probably said this above but what drives me nuts is that this club is getting unbelievable performances from 2 guys and generally puts points on the board every night. It's the failure to turn that into any kind of momentum that makes you wanna give up.



Watch we'll get some reliable bullpen work and Alonso will suffer his first MLB slump.

nymr83
Jun 27 2019 05:54 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

Today. right around the 9th inning.

Centerfield
Jun 27 2019 08:05 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

Move over. Can you get the bartender's attention?

G-Fafif
Jul 05 2019 09:11 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

I'm down to the caveat that anything is possible, stranger things have happened, yada cubed. Tonight, Game 88 — another deGrom outing wasted, another bullpen implosion, the blown call at the plate that couldn't be reviewed because Mickey used his challenge on a Quixotic quest five innings earlier — sealed 99.99% what I've been no less than ~98% certain of since early May. The last two percent are always the toughest to admit.

Edgy MD
Jul 05 2019 09:38 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

It's a perfect storm, when your team has three wonderful all-stars having wonderful all-star seasons, and you have a game where all three are contributors, but the rest of the roster is performing like such dead weight, that they can't carry them across the line.



I think I mixed three or four analogies and metaphors there. Fuck.

Fman99
Jul 06 2019 04:44 AM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

It's hurtful to me but I generally hang around at least until the NFL training camp season starts and I can think about what a shit show the Jets might be this year. Hashtag Eff Emm Ell

MFS62
Jul 06 2019 05:03 AM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

I rooted for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the 1962 Mets.

I never give up.

Not my style.

But, man, these guys are making it tough.



Later

whippoorwill
Jul 06 2019 07:35 AM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

If this is the bullpen we're stuck with I give up

Johnny Lunchbucket
Jul 24 2019 08:38 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

July 24. I gave up.

kcmets
Jul 25 2019 08:16 AM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

A loss today and I'll finally join the club.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Jul 25 2019 09:40 AM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

They just haven't solved their problems, and the organization's arrogant overconfidence and resulting lack of preparation is evident all over.

Centerfield
Jul 31 2019 11:34 AM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

Five games out. Five teams in front of them. Two months left to go. The next nine games are against non-contenders. deGrom pitching tonight...

Methead
Jul 31 2019 11:48 AM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

And if the Diamondbacks and Giants are sellers today, that weakens 2 of those 5 teams.



God help me.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Jul 31 2019 12:02 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

I went and searched for this thread I was so determined to give up.



Stupid SHaMs

seawolf17
Jul 31 2019 01:20 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

DON'T YOU DARE GIVE UP ON THIS TEAM, DAMMIT

Johnny Lunchbucket
Jul 31 2019 01:22 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

I'm going back on my word. I'm a broken fan

Frayed Knot
Jul 31 2019 01:24 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

Even a broken fan is right twice a day y'know.







Wait, what?

kcmets
Jul 31 2019 01:56 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

I'm so glad I forgot to give up.

ashie62
Jul 31 2019 02:00 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

I am optimistic on the Metsies. An Ashie rarity

Centerfield
Jul 31 2019 03:31 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

Diamondbacks got weaker. And I don't think SF has the horses to sustain.

Edgy MD
Jul 31 2019 05:14 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

The Cardinals gave up Boots Day when they traded him for Rich Nye.

nymr83
Aug 02 2019 07:01 AM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

the bastards are drawing me back in. damn it.

Lefty Specialist
Aug 02 2019 07:10 AM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

=nymr83 post_id=17375 time=1564750862 user_id=54]
the bastards are drawing me back in. damn it.



Yeah, right? I know that somewhere down the line they're going to rip my heart out and stomp on it for being dumb enough to fall for them again.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Aug 02 2019 08:29 AM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

If the SHaMs keep up their current .722 winning percentage we'll finish 92-70.

LWFS
Aug 02 2019 08:26 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

Make that 91-71

kcmets
Aug 03 2019 02:00 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

Not that I keep track of such things, but in addition to the Mets the other four

teams ahead of them in the wild card 'race' also drop another game back. Last

night's loss was huge and a win would have resulted in rare quintuple happiness.

batmagadanleadoff
Aug 03 2019 04:27 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

I don't pay much attention to how many teams are ahead of the Mets in the race for the WC . It's still too early in the season for that, I figure. I mainly look at the games behind. I figure if the Mets win, the rest of that stuff will take care of itself. There's still enough season left where all those teams ahead of the Mets will be playing each other plenty, guaranteeing a loss in those head to heads. This is what youse call the net games behind stat, which I couldn't give a shit about until sometime after Labor Day.

kcmets
Aug 04 2019 11:33 AM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

Blowing an opportunity to climb over a team (and everyone likes to say

there's too many teams to climb over) is always bad with only two months

left. Yesterday they erased a 'games back' and the others mostly did too. The

day before they could have climbed over ARI - eliminating, at least temporarily,

one of the dreaded 'tmttco's. Fewer teams to climb over has to be better than

tmttco the first week of August or after Labor Day.

batmagadanleadoff
Aug 04 2019 01:54 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019


Blowing an opportunity to climb over a team (and everyone likes to say

there's too many teams to climb over) is always bad with only two months

left. Yesterday they erased a 'games back' and the others mostly did too. The

day before they could have climbed over ARI - eliminating, at least temporarily,

one of the dreaded 'tmttco's. Fewer teams to climb over has to be better than

tmttco the first week of August or after Labor Day.




Blah, blah blah. Have some Batman cards. This three pack includes a 2nd series Jacob deGrom variation and a Batman69 insert.





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kcmets
Aug 04 2019 02:28 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

Thanks, you're very talented.



Not my taste though, much more a Ben-Grimm-style card guy..

smg58
Aug 04 2019 04:05 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

I have officially un-given up.

whippoorwill
Aug 04 2019 04:20 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

Love these cards

nymr83
Aug 04 2019 06:54 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

ALL IN FAVOR OF DELETING THIS THREAD AND HIDING OUR SHAME?

batmagadanleadoff
Aug 05 2019 01:03 PM
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=whippoorwill post_id=17595 time=1564957212 user_id=79]
Love these cards



Thanks. Me too. Did you used to watch Batman?

whippoorwill
Aug 05 2019 02:04 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

I sure did! I was in kindergarten when it first was on tv and looked forward to it every week even tjough i had no idea what night it'd be on.



To this day in my head i hear ‘nana nana nanan nana na! Batman! In Color!'

batmagadanleadoff
Aug 05 2019 07:16 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019


Thanks, you're very talented.






Thanks, right back atcha. What I wanted to say in the other post in this thread is to follow up on not being so concerned about the other teams, yet. I don't fret about the Mets, as you say, lost opportunity to move ahead of the DBacks the other day because that Mets loss will hurt them just the same even if the DBacks had lost on that day. I think this is all a convoluted way of really saying, "Just win, baby". I mean, to use an extreme example that still kinda makes the point, a team that loses on Opening day is behind half the teams in the league, assuming every team starts on the same day. See what I mean? So what.

nymr83
Aug 05 2019 08:50 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019



Thanks, you're very talented.






Thanks, right back atcha. What I wanted to say in the other post in this thread is to follow up on not being so concerned about the other teams, yet. I don't fret about the Mets, as you say, lost opportunity to move ahead of the DBacks the other day because that Mets loss will hurt them just the same even if the DBacks had lost on that day. I think this is all a convoluted way of really saying, "Just win, baby". I mean, to use an extreme example that still kinda makes the point, a team that loses on Opening day is behind half the teams in the league, assuming every team starts on the same day. See what I mean? So what.


yeah, i'm on board with "just win", gone are the days of 100 win teams missing the playoffs with 4 divisions and no wildcard. win enough and you'll get there. it probably needs to be at least labor day before i worry about what the other clubs do every day

batmagadanleadoff
Aug 05 2019 10:17 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019




Thanks, you're very talented.






Thanks, right back atcha. What I wanted to say in the other post in this thread is to follow up on not being so concerned about the other teams, yet. I don't fret about the Mets, as you say, lost opportunity to move ahead of the DBacks the other day because that Mets loss will hurt them just the same even if the DBacks had lost on that day. I think this is all a convoluted way of really saying, "Just win, baby". I mean, to use an extreme example that still kinda makes the point, a team that loses on Opening day is behind half the teams in the league, assuming every team starts on the same day. See what I mean? So what.


yeah, i'm on board with "just win", gone are the days of 100 win teams missing the playoffs with 4 divisions and no wildcard. win enough and you'll get there. it probably needs to be at least labor day before i worry about what the other clubs do every day


Yeah. At some point, that NGB stuff will defniitely matter. I just don't believe we're there yet.

batmagadanleadoff
Aug 07 2019 12:50 PM
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Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Aug 19 2019 02:38 AM

Holy News flash! The Mets don't give a shit whether or not youse gave up. This sweep was so enjoyable that I think I'll give youse all another three pack.



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Edgy MD
Aug 07 2019 12:53 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

Raquel Welch and Ratso Rizzo? I missed more Bat-villains than I realize.

batmagadanleadoff
Aug 07 2019 12:56 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

Edgy MD wrote:

Raquel Welch and Ratso Rizzo? I missed more Bat-villains than I realize.


Silly you! The Bat-Villains don't appear on the Batman69 inserts.

G-Fafif
Aug 07 2019 12:56 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

Can't wait to see Jed Lowrie's card, presumably printed in January.

batmagadanleadoff
Aug 07 2019 12:58 PM
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Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 07 2019 01:20 PM

=G-Fafif post_id=18053 time=1565204180 user_id=55]
Can't wait to see Jed Lowrie's card, presumably printed in January.


Lowrie's gonna have to play his way onto a Batman card. Same goes for Yoenis.

G-Fafif
Aug 07 2019 01:08 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

Yoenis at least made the Players Weekend Nickname list, an honor that eluded the elusive Mr. Lowrie.

kcmets
Aug 07 2019 01:25 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

I'm waiting for a fake villan...



"Holy imposter, batnmags! Ralph Nader was never on Batman.

batmagadanleadoff
Aug 07 2019 01:29 PM
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=kcmets post_id=18060 time=1565205917 user_id=53]
I'm waiting for a fake villan...



"Holy imposter, batnmags! Ralph Nader was never on Batman.



I actually thought of sneaking in a fake villain. A Bat-Interloper, if you will. But in the end, I decided against it because, I figured, the fake villain would spoil the integrity of these cards.

Edgy MD
Aug 07 2019 02:10 PM
Re: I Give Up Day 2019

Good Fake Bat-Villains



The Grandmaster: Meticulously schemes against Gotham City and Bat-Man, carefully getting all his pieces in place, anticipating several moves ahead, before swooping in for the checkmate.
[list]

  • [*]Cliffhanger: Batman is forced to play a game of chess against his own Bat-Computer, with himself, Robin, Commissioner Gordon and Chief O'Hara as pieces!

  • [*]Proposed Actors: Russell Johnson, Howard Keel.
  • [/list]

    The Cereal Killer: So hopped-up on Sugar-Snaps, the Cereal Killer makes Frank Gorshin look positively somnambulent, as he poisons the breakfasts of several Gotham VIPs, threatening global stability as Gotham is about to host The World Meeting of Bankers, for whom skipping breakfast just isn't an option.
    [list]
  • [*]Cliffhanger: Smothered in a three-story box of Toasty Oats, lined with a sealed bag, and denuded of their signature utility belts, Bat-Man and Robin's only hope of getting out before suffocating is to find the massive, secret prize and utilize it in their escape! Can they track the CK to his lair from the address on the giant proof-of-purchase seal before breakfast is served all across the city?!!

  • [*]Proposed Actors: Burt Lahr, Earnest Borgnine.
  • [/list]


    The Vixen: Dressed like a she-fox by day, she glams herself up and goes undercover a night, seducing Gotham's wealthiest and most gullible, who find her charms irresistible. Once she has them alone, she sprays them with a hypnotic foxy-toxin, which not only renders her marks unconscious, they wake up thinking that they've had a wonderful evening, and feel irresistably compelled to send her their most prized possession as an affectionate gift. One each day until the spray wears off.
    [list]
  • [*]Cliffhanger: After accepting a date with the mysterious and alluring Ms. Foxcroft, Bruce Wayne leaves Alfred and Robin stunned when he attempts to mail the Bat-Mobile to her hotel. This will not only cost them a key part of their arsenal, but blow their covers as well. Is Bruce bluffing, or has he gone batty?!

  • [*]Proposed Actors: Kim Novak, Sofia Loren (in which case, her civilian name would be "Signorina Volpe.")
  • [/list]

    kcmets
    Aug 07 2019 03:27 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Ernest Borgnine as The Cereal Killer! lol

    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 08 2019 09:42 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Give up on giving up, youse all. Here's a three pack to fill in today's Mets baseball-less void. More Gomez than you can handle, an alien invasion and another trip into the time machine set for 1969.



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    G-Fafif
    Aug 08 2019 10:09 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Batman cards deserve their own thread.

    whippoorwill
    Aug 08 2019 10:37 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I think something similar to The Cereal Killer happened on an episode of ‘Sam Sanswich'

    whippoorwill
    Aug 08 2019 10:37 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =whippoorwill post_id=18120 time=1565282227 user_id=79]
    I think something similar to The Cereal Killer happened on an episode of ‘Sam Sandwich'

    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 10 2019 01:15 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edited 3 time(s), most recently on Aug 11 2019 03:40 PM

    Introducing the Batman Now Highlights subset. Don't give up, yet.



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    G-Fafif
    Aug 10 2019 03:08 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Now that's what I'm talkin' about.

    kcmets
    Aug 10 2019 04:38 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    "holy shirt!' - lol

    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 12 2019 11:05 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Diaz gave up yesterday's last coffin nail but you can still count on more Batman cards. Today's release features Flexible Flexen paying homage to Batman and your favorite baseball team in alternate releases. Which one's your fave? Ask Harry if you can't decide. Harry doesn't mind. He won't even bother to make the scene.



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    Edgy MD
    Aug 12 2019 11:16 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I like everything but the poor resolution on the player subjects.



    I realize virtually all the figures on the card have some sort of filter on them, so you don't want the players to contrast too much, but the low res on the card's nominal subject can hurt the overall effect.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 12 2019 11:48 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edgy MD wrote:

    I like everything but the poor resolution on the player subjects.



    I realize virtually all the figures on the card have some sort of filter on them, so you don't want the players to contrast too much, but the low res on the card's nominal subject can hurt the overall effect.


    I know what you mean. It's an intended effect. I'm going for less detail on the players. But the effect appears exaggerated on Flexen because the original image had lighting issues (lotsa white). But I went with that image anyways because I was looking for a very vertical player photo, a straight up image -- that is, an image where the player's arms aren't extended out. I needed that orientation because the Batman stuff was wide and would take up a lot of the real estate.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 12 2019 12:08 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019


    Edgy MD wrote:

    I like everything but the poor resolution on the player subjects.



    I realize virtually all the figures on the card have some sort of filter on them, so you don't want the players to contrast too much, but the low res on the card's nominal subject can hurt the overall effect.


    I know what you mean. It's an intended effect. I'm going for less detail on the players. But the effect appears exaggerated on Flexen because the original image had lighting issues (lotsa white). But I went with that image anyways because I was looking for a very vertical player photo, a straight up image -- that is, an image where the player's arms aren't extended out. I needed that orientation because the Batman stuff was wide and would take up a lot of the real estate.


    How's this?



    TV Guide Flexen

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    Mets '66 Flexen

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    Edgy Flexen

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    Edgy MD
    Aug 12 2019 12:56 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Better, particularly the last, but my general point was about the effect across all the cards, and if there was an alternative effect to try.



    The ball is so blurred it makes his hand look disfigured. But I can definitely roll with the last one.

    kcmets
    Aug 15 2019 08:04 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Funny how two games can take the snap out of the carrot.

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Aug 15 2019 08:05 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    3

    Lefty Specialist
    Aug 15 2019 08:30 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    This team reminds me a bit of Flowers for Algernon. I fear we're in the later chapters.

    seawolf17
    Aug 15 2019 09:04 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    GET BACK HERE, ALL OF YOU. THIS ISN'T OVER UNTIL WE DECIDE IT IS.

    kcmets
    Aug 15 2019 10:32 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:
    3

    Yeah, I threw out Sunday.



    #lgm #ygb #ymdyf

    stevejrogers
    Aug 15 2019 10:45 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =seawolf17 post_id=18918 time=1565881440 user_id=91]
    GET BACK HERE, ALL OF YOU. THIS ISN'T OVER UNTIL WE DECIDE IT IS.



    Like when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor...



    ;)

    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 15 2019 01:17 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edgy MD wrote:

    Better, particularly the last, but my general point was about the effect across all the cards, and if there was an alternative effect to try.



    The ball is so blurred it makes his hand look disfigured. But I can definitely roll with the last one.




    Yeah. Only the last Flexen card had tweaks to sharpen the image a bit. I posted the other two cards (the first two Flexens) so that you could compare all of the cards in the same post.



    And I know all about that ball. It drove me nuts. I think it's Flexen's right hand that's really the problem with the source image. Because art imitates life. A couple of years ago, I read an article on Paul Lukas's Uniwatch website on the topic of b&w image colorizations. From time to time, Lukas would post old time baseball b&w images and invite his readers to colorize the photos. Occasionally, Lukas would run an interview with one of his colorizing contributors. In this particular interview, the reader explained how colorizing those photos requires scrutinization of every single pixel, and he then noted how, when he's colorizing, he'd always notice minute details in the subject photo that he'd never otherwise notice had be just been looking at the photo casually. So yes, I know about that ball. The problem comes mainly, from the source Flexen image. I tweaked the card again. I sharpened Flexen just a tiny bit more and I enhanced the pinstripes and skyline logo. I could make Flexen as sharp or as fuzzy as I wish. It's just the look I was going for. I also changed the background color to create more contrast around the ball.





    But I see your overall point about the somewhat (lack of) sharpness or detail on the players. I'm aware of it and for every card I've made, I've always fidgeted with the player, trying out different looks. But the fuzziness is intended. It was the original look I was going for. But I might make the players a bit sharper going forward because the cards have evolved. They've gotten busier, and so perhaps, the players do need a little more detail to stand out from the other stuff.



    Edgy Flexen (Pink)

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    Edgy Flexen v1 (Yellow)

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    Original Flexen

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    ashie62
    Aug 15 2019 03:32 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =seawolf17 post_id=18918 time=1565881440 user_id=91]
    GET BACK HERE, ALL OF YOU. THIS ISN'T OVER UNTIL WE DECIDE IT IS.




    And?

    whippoorwill
    Aug 15 2019 03:56 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I like ke the pink

    kcmets
    Aug 15 2019 05:40 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I like the new avatar.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 15 2019 06:46 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 16 2019 07:56 AM


    I like ke the pink


    Well if you like pink, then I've got the Batman card just for you. It's a two-fer tonight, for the two Mets that homered in tonight's game. And if one of these cards reminds you of a certain 70's Red Sox reliever with the porn star name, you're not alone. Added Bat-Bonus: the card debut of Batgirl, fittingly, in the 3rd series -- an homage to Batgirl's TV debut in season three of "Batman".





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    G-Fafif
    Aug 15 2019 06:54 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    You know, “I Give Up Day 2019” turned into a Batman card thread so gradually, I didn't even notice.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 15 2019 10:12 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =G-Fafif post_id=18979 time=1565916843 user_id=55]
    You know, “I Give Up Day 2019” turned into a Batman card thread so gradually, I didn't even notice.



    Nobody gave up anymore and we might as well not let this thread go to waste. And Batman would never give up. And he's faced tougher situations. Besides, you notice everything, anyways.



    Meanwhile, where the hell did Zvon go? Boy would he get a big kick out of these Batman Mets cards. He's crazy about Batman '66. In the old days, I could PM him and he'd receive a PM notification in his private out-of-this-forum email. Not anymore. He won't see any PM's if he's not checking in. Hope he's okay. Also, LWFS isn't posting here too often anymore either. Hope he's okay, too.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 15 2019 10:13 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =batmagadanleadoff post_id=19019 time=1565928738 user_id=68]
    =G-Fafif post_id=18979 time=1565916843 user_id=55]
    You know, “I Give Up Day 2019” turned into a Batman card thread so gradually, I didn't even notice.



    Ah, c'mon. You notice everything.



    Meanwhile, where the hell did Zvon go? Boy would he get a big kick out of these Batman Mets cards. He's crazy about Batman '66. In the old days, I could PM him and he'd receive a PM notification in his private out-of-this-forum email. Not anymore. Hope he's okay.

    G-Fafif
    Aug 16 2019 04:13 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Zvon is alive and well on social media. Dick Grayson says Z was delighted to learn SNY helped itself to a few of his Fantazy card images for a segment on the 1969 NLCS the other night. I'm guessing they were plucked by an intern who didn't realize “BOB MURPHY DOES INTERVIEWS” might not have been issued by Topps, but it was exciting to see.



    PS: Simpsons reference above.



    https://twitter.com/simpsons_tweets/status/702522409639944192?s=21

    MFS62
    Aug 16 2019 04:49 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Did Marge finally give up?

    Later

    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 16 2019 05:57 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 16 2019 06:27 AM


    Zvon is alive and well on social media. Dick Grayson says Z was delighted to learn SNY helped itself to a few of his Fantazy card images for a segment on the 1969 NLCS the other night. I'm guessing they were plucked by an intern who didn't realize “BOB MURPHY DOES INTERVIEWS” might not have been issued by Topps, but it was exciting to see.



    PS: Simpsons reference above.



    https://twitter.com/simpsons_tweets/status/702522409639944192?s=21


    D'oh! See what I mean? I told you you notice everything.

    Lefty Specialist
    Aug 16 2019 06:11 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =ashie62 post_id=18948 time=1565904730 user_id=90]
    =seawolf17 post_id=18918 time=1565881440 user_id=91]
    GET BACK HERE, ALL OF YOU. THIS ISN'T OVER UNTIL WE DECIDE IT IS.




    And?




    Forget it, he's rolling.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 19 2019 03:23 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Today, on Makeover Monday, we revisit, and revise, Aaron Altherr.



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    Siren will be reassigned to another Met.



    Tune in tomorrow on Tweaky Tuesday. Same Bat-Time! Same Bat-Thread!

    Lefty Specialist
    Aug 19 2019 06:20 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Has Aaron Altherr had anything to celebrate? Besides JD Davis' injury, that is?

    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 19 2019 06:31 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Lefty Specialist wrote:

    Has Aaron Altherr had anything to celebrate? Besides JD Davis' injury, that is?


    Altherr''s thrilled that he gets to stand so close to Batgirl.

    Edgy MD
    Aug 19 2019 10:05 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Siren should go with Mets senior advisor Terry Collins. Nothing is hotter than Collins-on-Collins action.

    Lefty Specialist
    Aug 19 2019 11:10 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019


    Lefty Specialist wrote:

    Has Aaron Altherr had anything to celebrate? Besides JD Davis' injury, that is?


    Altherr''s thrilled that he gets to stand so close to Batgirl.


    She's too torrid for tots and for guys hitting .085. To put it in perspective, that's only 85 points higher than I, a middle-aged guy with glasses and negligible foot speed, would hit against major league pitching.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 20 2019 10:49 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Here at the Batcave, we take all of our reader mail quite seriously. And thanks to some tips from our avid readers, we've decided to tweak some of our earlier releases. It's Tweaky Tuesday and we've tweaked the lunchbox ad on Brandon Nimmo's card for and Stephen Nogosek's body. Nogosek's sleeve patch now rocks like the Batusi. Plus, as an added attraction, a new release form the 3rd series, now available at a store near you.





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    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 20 2019 11:04 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =kcmets post_id=18060 time=1565205917 user_id=53]
    I'm waiting for a fake villain...



    "Holy imposter, batmags! Ralph Nader was never on Batman.



    It's somewhat ironic that you would be mentioning fake villains and imposters because if I wasn't making these cards myself, I'd swear that some of the Mets on these cards are fake -- not the villains! I think the Mets have enough players to field a football team, just from the endless parade of relievers. This trend started in 2017. Holy Tommy Milone!

    Lefty Specialist
    Aug 20 2019 11:36 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    lol at Nimmo carrying a Batman lunchbox.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 22 2019 08:41 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    It's all about Batgirl in the 3rd series of Batman Mets cards, in stores now. And we've got the Batgirls for you.



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    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 25 2019 11:33 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Aug 25 2019 04:18 PM

    It's Readers' Mail week here at the Batcave and we get mail. Lots of it. A loyal follower, Roger Kaputnik, writes the following:




    Dear Batman card makers:



    I got a Tweaky Tuesday Carlos Gomez in a pack of cards and I was not impressed. What kind of a fiendish scheme are youse running at Typewriter Cards, putting the John Astin Riddler on a Batman Mets card instead of the Frank Gorshin Riddler? Astin was the inferior Riddler. Doesn't your staff know that Gorshin was nominated for an Emmy award for his portrayal of The Riddler on Batman? I'm sendin' back my Gomez. Keep it.



    Roger Kaputnik



    [FIMG=522]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48617844018_4e80f88438_c.jpg[/FIMG]






    Dear Roger:



    Thank you for your interest in our Batman line of Mets cards. Casey Stengel would've been amazed at these cards had we printed them in 1966, during the Batman craze of that year. But we think you're a bit over concerned. You worry too much and you should never worry. Instead, try and exhibit some of that patience Batman is well known for. Patience has helped Batman escape many jams, including the Riddler's never-ending diabolical plots to end the caped crusader's run as Gotham City's premiere crime fighter. We think your patience will be rewarded. Meanwhile, now is as good a time as ever to explain our guidelines for deciding just who from the Batman TV show universe gets to appear in the "says box" of our Batman Mets cards. Our "says box" guests include every single headlining special guest villain -- every version of every special guest villain. That means all three Mr. Freezes, all of the Catwomen -- especially all of the Catwomen, including the Lee Meriweather Catwoman who never appeared on the TV show but starred in the 1966 Batman movie -- because we believe that one can never get enough Catwomen, and ... wait for it ... patience, Roger ... both Riddlers. That would include the Frank Gorshin Riddler. So as you can now see, your patience will be rewarded. Also appearing in the "says box", will be every recurring character on the Batman TV show, including, obviously the terrific trio of Batman, Robin and Batgirl. We won't, however. include any of the special guest villains' henchmen and henchwomen, underlings and molls, unless they were given a leading or distinctive role in a particular Batman episode. So don't worry and again, thanks for writing. And as a special treat for taking an interest in our Batman Mets cards, we've enclosed a new as yet unreleased furshlugginer Batman card with this letter for you to enjoy. It's a sneak preview just for you. We're also returning your Gomez card, which we're confident you will enjoy more than ever, now that we've clarified some of your concerns. So thanks again and please continue to collect our Batman cards. Collect them all!







    The Bat-Staff.





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    kcmets
    Aug 25 2019 02:16 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Tough weekend here at I-Haven't-Given-Up-Yet Camp.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 26 2019 08:57 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 27 2019 08:08 AM

    Zack Wheeler gets the makeover treatment on Makeover Monday. We've busied up his card a bit, one of our earlier 1st series releases, now consistent with the 3rd series release and the current trend of our Batman Mets cards. And we've unfuzzied Zack himself a bit so youse can see him better. Check out Zack's new and improved interlocking NY Mets cap logo!



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    It's also readers' mail week all week long and so, because youse asked for it, youse got it.



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    ashie62
    Aug 26 2019 07:53 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Mets need a black cat to come out during the Cubs series.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 27 2019 02:48 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Makeover or tweak? We gave up trying to figure this one out. Alls we know is that we made Tom Terrific Terrificer. Take that, Tom Brady.



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    LWFS
    Aug 27 2019 08:41 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Hmm. HMM.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 27 2019 09:49 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Well, if youse are gonna trickle back in here to give up, or at least contemplate giving up -- which is revocable, ya know --- youse can at least enjoy the latest Batman Mets cards while you ponder your dwindling rooting interest. What with Tuesday almost over, we'll squeeze in one more for Tweaky Tuesday before the clock strikes midnight even though we're pretty sure this Jacob Rhame redo really should be released on Makeover Monday. Sigh? Or die?



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    And here's another Batman69 insert we pulled from a recent 3rd series pack, now available at a store near you.



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    And because it's still Readers' Mail week, youse asked for it, so youse got it.



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    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 28 2019 09:19 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    It's Readers' Mail here all week long. Just in case youse didn't hear it the first 31 times we here at Typewriter Chewing Gum mentioned it. And we get lotsa reader mail. Today, we have the perfect Batman Mets card to go along with your breakfast. If you're a late riser.





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    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 29 2019 11:18 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Another Tweaky Tuesday means another tweak. Today, Gil Hodges gets the tweak treatment. I never realized until just now that Commissioner Gordon wasn't the only one with a direct red phone hot-line to the Batcave. Apparently Gil and President Nixon also had one. Tricky Dick, I get. Because who knows what national emergency the caped crusader would be needed to solve, especially if one of Gotham's super-villains decided to cross state lines? But what would Gil need one for? He had Tom Seaver.





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    G-Fafif
    Aug 29 2019 07:54 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    That sound you just heard was the stopping of the presses that were printing postseason tickets.

    LWFS
    Aug 29 2019 08:06 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I'm probably out, rationally. I'll nurse faint hope, like a child or spookily-large imbecile, but... not expecting anything but daily striving.

    nymr83
    Aug 29 2019 08:21 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =G-Fafif post_id=20311 time=1567130091 user_id=55]
    That sound you just heard was the stopping of the presses that were printing postseason tickets.



    it was a nice run. and its nice that it happened in July/August not September. A September run would have convinced our inept management that the team was on the right track if we could just bring them all back and stay healthy...

    Fman99
    Aug 30 2019 04:45 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    What a bummer of a week this was. Even one win in 3 against the Cubs would have given me real hope.

    MFS62
    Aug 30 2019 05:00 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I rooted for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

    I never give up.

    But these guys are making it tough.

    Later

    ashie62
    Aug 30 2019 05:50 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Move along, nothing left to see.

    seawolf17
    Aug 30 2019 06:35 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =MFS62 post_id=20323 time=1567162822 user_id=60]
    I rooted for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

    I never give up.

    But these guys are making it tough.

    Later



    This. (Except for the Brooklyn part.) I'm still in, because why the heck not, but crikey, 0-6 kicked me in the nuts. You had to win at least *some* of these.



    But our next thirteen games are still against teams right in front of us. I still believe.

    whippoorwill
    Aug 30 2019 06:57 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =ashie62 post_id=20324 time=1567165858 user_id=90]
    Move along, nothing left to see.



    Still here for batmag's cards

    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 30 2019 11:39 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 31 2019 01:29 AM



    Move along, nothing left to see.


    Still here for batmag's cards




    Me too!



    And youse still have the Polar Bear to follow, given up or not.



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    Ceetar
    Aug 30 2019 11:44 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    this team could just as easily turn around and win 7 in a row.

    kcmets
    Aug 30 2019 11:45 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I read on a Beckett board that there might be a dozen of these out there with

    Robin sporting go-to boots. Rumor or fact?

    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 30 2019 12:15 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 31 2019 01:29 AM


    I read on a Beckett board that there might be a dozen of these out there with

    Robin sporting go-go boots. Rumor or fact?


    I dunno what Beckett's got or what's "out there". But the Alonso HR record-breaker highlight card is a brand new first day release. So it's a total rumor or someone's been hacking into my computer. And if I've been hacked, I'll get Batman on the case and then those hacking fiends will be in big trouble.



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    I'll tell you what ain't out there and no one here's got. Batman Mets All-Star cards. It's a special subset that's being test-marketed in Latin America only, especially to capitalize on the red-hot Argentine and Mexican Bat-Markets. Argentina, especially, is mucho loco for Batman. These cards are sponsored by Canal TV (¡Tu TV guia favorita!) and aren't available stateside. I'll see what I can do about gettting youse a sneak peek, though.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 30 2019 01:37 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edgy MD wrote:

    Siren should go with Mets senior advisor Terry Collins. Nothing is hotter than Collins-on-Collins action.


    I wouldn't pay to watch that.

    seawolf17
    Aug 30 2019 02:14 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =Ceetar post_id=20347 time=1567187065 user_id=102]
    this team could just as easily turn around and win 7 in a row.



    Exactly. Stay in, friends.



    (Also, we seriously need to split this thread.)

    dgwphotography
    Aug 30 2019 05:16 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Presented without comment:



    https://twitter.com/uniformcritic/status/1167551588799377408?s=21

    whippoorwill
    Aug 30 2019 07:01 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    They had Tug

    whippoorwill
    Aug 30 2019 07:02 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    They had Tug

    whippoorwill
    Aug 30 2019 07:03 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Yes they really did have Tug

    Elster88
    Aug 30 2019 08:37 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Mine was yesterday. I hope I'm wrong.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 31 2019 09:31 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    We broke open a new pack of Batman Mets cards ($2.00 a pack for one card! --- they're so popular we're gonna gouge youse a bit) and pulled a Batman69 insert. So let's celebrate that amazin' 1969 baseball season with Batman and Robin a little bit more. But first, some trivia. It's quiz-time here at Typewriter Chewing Gum and here's the quiz question:



    What song was at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1969 when the Mets clinched the NL East division? Also, what song was at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1969 when the Mets won the pennant? And finally, what song was at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1969 when the Mets won the World Series? You have to identify all of these songs correctly in the same post to win this quiz. But I'm gonna make it easy for youse. Or rather, history and not me is gonna make it easier for youse. It's the same song all three times as this major hit held the top of the charts for about a month while the Mets were completing their miracle. Also, this song is Billboard's song of the year for 1969. To the batpoles!

    G-Fafif
    Aug 31 2019 10:57 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Sweet song for sweet times.



    [youtube]h9nE2spOw_o[/youtube]

    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 31 2019 11:09 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 31 2019 11:45 AM


    Sweet song for sweet times.



    [youtube]h9nE2spOw_o[/youtube]






    Did you just post a youtube video of The Archies Sugar, Sugar? Unbelievable, given the Batman card I was just about to post. Either your powers of telepathy are off the charts or you just might be the guy who hacked into my computer to get that Alonso Highlight card before its intended public release. This is a job for the Dynamic Duo to investigate as Commissioner Gordon and Chief O'Hara are clearly in over their heads on this one.

















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    G-Fafif
    Aug 31 2019 11:24 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I could swear I was answering the quiz.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 31 2019 11:25 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =G-Fafif post_id=20453 time=1567272250 user_id=55]
    I could swear I was answering the quiz.



    Oh, just play along.

    G-Fafif
    Aug 31 2019 11:35 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I mean, “CAN THE CAPED CRUSADER HACK BEING HACKED? IS SOMEBODY ROBBIN' ROBIN OF CONFIDENTIAL DATA? AND WHO WILL KISS OFF LEO THE LIP FIRST — LEADOFF SLUGGER TOMMIE AGEE OR THE BEWITCHING TEENAGE SORCERESS SABRINA? FIND OUT IN THE NEXT POST...SAME BATMAGS THREAD, SAME BATMAGS BIT!”

    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 31 2019 11:45 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =G-Fafif post_id=20455 time=1567272910 user_id=55]
    I mean, “CAN THE CAPED CRUSADER HACK BEING HACKED? IS SOMEBODY ROBBIN' ROBIN OF CONFIDENTIAL DATA? AND WHO WILL KISS OFF LEO THE LIP FIRST — LEADOFF SLUGGER TOMMIE AGEE OR THE BEWITCHING TEENAGE SORCERESS SABRINA? FIND OUT IN THE NEXT POST...SAME BATMAGS THREAD, SAME BATMAGS BIT!”





    That's what I'm Bat-Talkin' about!

    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 31 2019 05:00 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    So "candy" in "you are my candy girl" -- is that a noun or an adjective? You could look up the lyrics to see if there's a comma after "candy" but the comma is optional. So a missing comma -- and it's missing. I looked -- doesn't answer the question.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 01 2019 09:05 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    You can look. But you can't touch. Test market All-Star cards for the Latin American market is what we've got for youse today. But if youse wanna lay your actual hands on one of these babies, youse are gonna hafta get your passports in order because these All-Star cards, starring MLB's All-Stars, aren't available at a store near you. Either that or check ebay. Whatever. Holy Caramba!















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    MFS62
    Sep 01 2019 09:30 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    What do these cards have to do with a give up day?

    OK, so I get the batmags/ Batman tie-in. But still ...

    Maybe in a different thread?

    Later

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 01 2019 09:58 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019


    What do these cards have to do with a give up day?




    Holy Stumpers! It's The Riddler!





    I give up. What do these cards have to do with give up day?













    Sweet song for sweet times.



    [youtube]h9nE2spOw_o[/youtube]


    Meanwhile, this song is so infectious, I must've clicked on the youtube link at least three times since FAFIF posted it. Now if you wanna see and hear what America was listening to in 1969 when the Mets were romping to their World Series crown, check out this Dick Clark video. Where have you gone, Ratso Rizzo?



    [YOUTUBE]hZUQ9miyHVQ[/YOUTUBE]



    Plus, the obligatory Batman tie-in.



    [YOUTUBE]CncxYxS-Ic0[/YOUTUBE]

    MFS62
    Sep 01 2019 11:21 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =batmagadanleadoff post_id=20520 time=1567353480 user_id=68]
    =MFS62 post_id=20519 time=1567351835 user_id=60]
    What do these cards have to do with a give up day?



    Holy Stumpers! It's The Riddler!



    I give up. What do these cards have to do with give up day?




    Well, if you don't know, then why are you posting them?

    Later

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 01 2019 11:30 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =MFS62 post_id=20526 time=1567358468 user_id=60]
    =batmagadanleadoff post_id=20520 time=1567353480 user_id=68]
    =MFS62 post_id=20519 time=1567351835 user_id=60]
    What do these cards have to do with a give up day?



    Holy Stumpers! It's The Riddler!



    I give up. What do these cards have to do with give up day?




    Well, if you don't know, then why are you posting them?






    Holy deja vu from when Gary Carter's ass was planted at third base in a thread about the '61 Reds!!!



    I give up. Why am I posting these cards? And why is the universe expanding?

    MFS62
    Sep 01 2019 11:50 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    There is no simple answer to the second one.



    I'm not playing games, sparky.

    I'm still waiting for a cogent answer to the first one.

    What was it about a "giving up" thread that made you think these were pertinent?

    I asked the question simply, so you can understand it.



    Later

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 01 2019 11:57 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019


    You can look. But you can't touch. Test market All-Star cards for the Latin American market is what we've got for youse today. But if youse wanna lay your actual hands on one of these babies, youse are gonna hafta get your passports in order because these All-Star cards, starring MLB's All-Stars, aren't available at a store near you. Either that or check ebay. Whatever. Holy Caramba!















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    Bat-Bump.

    MFS62
    Sep 01 2019 12:01 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Bat guano.

    Later

    G-Fafif
    Sep 01 2019 12:16 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    These cards are diabolical genius. I thought they should have their own thread, but their continued existence in this thread somehow makes them even more diabolical genius.

    MFS62
    Sep 01 2019 12:17 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =G-Fafif post_id=20535 time=1567361766 user_id=55]
    These cards are diabolical genius. I thought they should have their own thread, but their continued existence in this thread somehow makes them even more diabolical genius.



    Oh, like Hannibal Lecter.

    We've always suspected ....

    Later

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 02 2019 04:06 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Sep 04 2019 09:45 PM

    It's a Labor Day skeleton crew here at Typewriter Chewing Gum, but not even that is gonna stop us from fulfilling our Makeover Monday obligations because what we lack in numbers and manpower on this National holiday, we make up for in diabolical geniusness!. And this one was a long time coming. We hated this card from the get-go --- and so did Roger Kaputnik, who's been mailing us at least a letter a week imploring us to make-over Mickey Callaway. Roger finally wore us out. We gave up, Roger. Plus there's that bundle on postage we're saving on return letters to you, Roger. So here's your new Mickey Callaway. It's a win-win all around. We save on stamps. And the Mets save a few bucks by keeping this baseball walking dead man around till season's end.



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    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 02 2019 10:15 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    It's not that much past midnight, but still, it's Tweaky Tuesday just the same. And right on schedule, we've got a Tweaky Tuesday Batman card just for youse loyal followers, which might actually be a makeover for Makeover Monday, in which case we'd be a day late. Or six days early. Which we can't figure out. Whether we're early or late or whether the new Tomas Nido is a tweak or a makeover. But who cares? We give up. We just wanted to change that Nido which was brutal on our eyes. What were we thinking? Who knows? We give up, again. Just like we gave up when ol' Roger Kaputnik pestered us until we fixed Mickey Callaway's Batman card. And just like we gave up the day before when that Riddler poster persisted in wanting to know why anything. We simply gave up on him. We sure do a lot of giving up in this thread that's all about the Batman Mets cards that we've been making this Summer. Why do we give up so much? Beats me. We give up! Why do we give up so much?



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    Edgy MD
    Sep 03 2019 05:50 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    New Nido is ++. Good work.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 03 2019 07:43 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edgy MD wrote:

    New Nido is ++. Good work.


    Thanks. But I might hafta tweak Nido again. That new background is swallowing up Robin's cape.

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Sep 03 2019 07:55 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Dear Typewriter Card Co.,



    I am a Batman Card collector but have been disappointed in the lack of "league leader" cards which we called "rooks," Team cards and Checklist cards. Will these be produced?



    Thank you.



    Joe Fonebone

    Lefty Specialist
    Sep 03 2019 07:57 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Surprised Robin was catching without wearing his Utility Cup.

    Edgy MD
    Sep 03 2019 08:19 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019


    Edgy MD wrote:

    New Nido is ++. Good work.


    Thanks. But I might hafta tweak Nido again. That new background is swallowing up Robin's cape.


    I can't speak for everybody, but I think most of us are more interested in his scaly shorts. Thankfully he didn't assume the full crouch while playing catcher, or one of his little guys might have escaped.

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Sep 03 2019 08:22 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Robin's eggs, they're called

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 03 2019 09:44 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

    Dear Typewriter Card Co.,



    I am a Batman Card collector but have been disappointed in the lack of "league leader" cards which we called "rooks," Team cards and Checklist cards. Will these be produced?



    Thank you.



    Joe Fonebone


    Is that you, Fonebone? That's some Bat-coincidence because we ordinarily answer reader mail on Fonebone Friday, and today, as you know, is Tweaky Tuesday. But we'll make an exception for you and your exceptional questions, Fonebone. So first, what's with the league leader rooks? We've never heard of that. I suppose you call your rookie cards "league leader cards", Fonebone. This is so Bizarrro, we can't wrap our heads around the notion. Where did you grow up, with your Bizarro rooks for league leader cards, Metropolis? Perhaps, you'd be interested in our upcoming 2020 line of Superman Mets baseball cards? Anyways, to answer your question, yes, Typewriter Chewing Gum will release league leader cards in a future series. It's a project that's currently in development. And quite frankly, we're debating whether to produce league leaders from the 2018 season, in which case, youse'll get a whole lotta deGrom, or whether to produce league leader cards from this season, in the off-season traded/update set, in which case youse'll get a whole lotta Alonso, and probably a McNeil sighting and some deGrom. We can't decide. And we're gonna make checklists too. And we've got a diabolically fiendish plot to include some non-existing cards in our checklist so the kiddies, and the adults, like you, Fonebone, will continue to buy our Batman cards in order to obtain those impossibly elusive cards which don't exist so as to complete their sets. Haha hooohoooha. Oh boy, the Joker would love this idea. See what happens when you hang around Gotham City's super villains as much as we do? You can't go through life being a goody goody Batman all the time. Where's the fun in that. Jesus H. Christ, do you believe that Bat-lunkhead keeps on turning down the Julie Newmar Catwoman? Oh my, what I would do for that pussy .... cat! We got the fake checklist idea from the 1948-49 Leaf baseball cards, our all time favorite baseball card set. We love the imperfections of those cards, the off-register variations, the garish hand coloring of the black and white photos, all of which foreshadowed, probably unintentionally, the pop art movement that would explode onto the scene a few years later. Anyways, Leaf didn't put out a fake checklist. That would've been too brazen, though not brazen enough for us here at Typewriter Chewing Gum. No, what Leaf did was to simply not produce cards for some of the consecutive numbers assigned to the cards. So collectors kept on collecting in vain for that non-existing number nine, etc. Anyways, what say you, Fonebone? League leaders, or, excuse me while I vomit, "rooks" from the 2018 season or from this season? Team cards? We're thinking on this one. Anyways, again, thanks for your interest in Typewriter Chewing Gum, Batman and the New York Mets. And as an added bonus, we've included an All-Star card insert. They're not available here in the US of A. Maybe when the electorate comes to its senses and decides not to sit out this upcoming presidential election like they sat out the last one, the most important presidential election of their lives what with an open seat on the Supreme Court and about 100 lower court vacancies waiting to be filled -- all lifetime appointments, mind you -- and finally votes this disaster out of office, we'll make our All Star cards available here in the USA, at least in the blue states anyways.



    Thanks for your interest.



    The Bat-Staff

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    HahnSolo
    Sep 03 2019 08:25 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Tonight, September 3. Fuck you Sewald and you too Diaz

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 03 2019 09:00 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 04 2019 04:02 AM

    =HahnSolo post_id=20797 time=1567563902 user_id=63]
    Tonight, September 3. Fuck you Sewald and you too Diaz





    Are you fucking kidding me? I switched channels after Alonso's ninth inning homer. I just found out when I checked in here just now and read your post. And I still wasnt sure what you meant so I checked the ESPN website. Holy mother! What happened? Never mind. I don't even wanna know.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 03 2019 09:04 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 04 2019 04:02 AM

    =batmagadanleadoff post_id=20813 time=1567566042 user_id=68]
    =HahnSolo post_id=20797 time=1567563902 user_id=63]
    Tonight, September 3. Fuck you Sewald and you too Diaz





    Are you fucking kidding me? I switched channels after Alonso's ninth inning homer. I just found out when I checked in here just now and read your post. And I still wasnt sure what you meant so I checked the ESPN website. Holy mother! What happened? Never mind. I don't even wanna know.




    The Mets win probability was 99.7% after Alonso's homer.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 04 2019 03:56 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edited 4 time(s), most recently on Sep 06 2019 09:04 AM




    Tonight, September 3. Fuck you Sewald and you too Diaz




    Are you fucking kidding me? I switched channels after Alonso's ninth inning homer. I just found out when I checked in here just now and read your post. And I still wasnt sure what you meant so I checked the ESPN website. Holy mother! What happened? Never mind. I don't even wanna know.




    The Mets win probability was 99.7% after Alonso's homer.


    I was wrong. It was 99.9%.(See link below). Meaning that a team in that situation wins that game 999 out of 1,000 times. Maybe more often than that, maybe a lot more often, even by orders of magnitude, depending on how many digits after the decimal you calculate for and what those digits are. I mean, it could be 999 million out of 999 million plus one, theoretically.. But let's stick with 999 out of 1,000, because that's what we know. So how often is a team up by six runs heading into the bottom of the ninth? A coupl'a times a season? Meaning a team will lose that game once every coupl'a hundred years. Meaning that the odds are that you won't ever get to see that kind of a loss in your lifetime.



    https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEEa3IxyWzn35crTLx9_hKBwqGAgEKg8IACoHCAowhK-LAjD4ySww-9S0BQ?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen

    Vic Sage
    Sep 04 2019 07:54 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    it was like watching a train wreck in slow motion; you can't stop it and you can't look away.

    seawolf17
    Sep 04 2019 08:08 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    And I actually felt confident that Diaz was going to get out of it, until SNY put up that graphic that said that Suzuki was hitting like 100 points better than the league average with RISP. I thought, "he's going to hit one out here, isn't he?" -- and then the next pitch... ugh.

    HahnSolo
    Sep 04 2019 08:10 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019



    Tonight, September 3. Fuck you Sewald and you too Diaz




    Are you fucking kidding me? I switched channels after Alonso's ninth inning homer. I just found out when I checked in here just now and read your post. And I still wasnt sure what you meant so I checked the ESPN website. Holy mother! What happened? Never mind. I don't even wanna know.


    Yeah Alonso's HR was a Warner Wolf, "turn your sets off there" moment.

    Centerfield
    Sep 04 2019 08:45 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I think I'm still in shock. I wasn't even that mad. Just numb. Staring at the TV.



    Blowing a 6 run lead in the 9th. I don't even know what to say. Is batmags right? Is it really that infrequent? I feel like I saw something about another team blowing a huge lead in the ninth earlier this year.



    I really think this is the worst loss I have ever seen. Not in terms of importance/ramifications etc, but in terms of soul crushing. Rally to get huge tack on runs, then boom. Implosion.



    It also really makes you wonder about Diaz long term. It seems like everyone else has made some adjustments to get by with the new ball. Familia and Diaz haven't, and it looks like they won't be able to.

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Sep 04 2019 08:50 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I was so disgusted I stopped reading a book about the Mets I was into, and dreamed all night of this shit. TV was off before gary could finish the word devasta--

    Lefty Specialist
    Sep 04 2019 08:51 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =Centerfield post_id=20839 time=1567608328 user_id=65]
    I think I'm still in shock. I wasn't even that mad. Just numb. Staring at the TV.



    I still can't comprehend it the morning after. They did everything right in that game and the Nats did everything wrong up until the bottom of the ninth.

    Centerfield
    Sep 04 2019 10:02 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    It occurs to me, that it doesn't even matter. Even if the Mets were to win 15 in a row, grab the second WC, beat the Nats in the one game play in, the Dodgers, Cardinals and Braves would absolutely murder this bullpen in the post season.



    It would be an annihilation.

    Frayed Knot
    Sep 04 2019 10:17 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    And consider that the pen -- three guys combined -- got only ONE out in that 9th inning.

    You get the impression that, had they been given an 11 run lead, they still would have found a way to blow it.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 04 2019 10:23 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Frayed Knot wrote:

    And consider that the pen -- three guys combined -- got only ONE out in that 9th inning.

    You get the impression that, had they been given an 11 run lead, they still would have found a way to blow it.


    Excellent point, overlooked in the grand disaster of it all.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 04 2019 10:29 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019


    Frayed Knot wrote:

    And consider that the pen -- three guys combined -- got only ONE out in that 9th inning.

    You get the impression that, had they been given an 11 run lead, they still would have found a way to blow it.


    Excellent point, overlooked in the grand disaster of it all.

    Although,. having lost that game in walk off fashion, the Mets could have only gotten one more out. Excellent point, still ....

    seawolf17
    Sep 04 2019 10:53 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =Centerfield post_id=20854 time=1567612955 user_id=65]
    It occurs to me, that it doesn't even matter. Even if the Mets were to win 15 in a row, grab the second WC, beat the Nats in the one game play in, the Dodgers, Cardinals and Braves would absolutely murder this bullpen in the post season.



    It would be an annihilation.



    You're right. And I'd almost rather not even sneak into the playoffs just to watch this bullpen explode on a bigger stage.

    Frayed Knot
    Sep 04 2019 11:39 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Fuck that! Just getting in would be an accomplishment and show some fight (particularly now), as would winning the WC play-in game.

    After that, who knows what the fuck will happen. And if they wind up getting their asses swept outta there well that's still better than

    stumbling down the stretch to a 3rd/4th place finish while maybe keeping their heads above .500

    Benjamin Grimm
    Sep 04 2019 11:49 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I agree. I'd be quite happy for them to sneak into the playoffs. It would make September a much more interesting month.

    G-Fafif
    Sep 04 2019 11:49 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =Centerfield post_id=20854 time=1567612955 user_id=65]
    It occurs to me, that it doesn't even matter. Even if the Mets were to win 15 in a row, grab the second WC, beat the Nats in the one game play in, the Dodgers, Cardinals and Braves would absolutely murder this bullpen in the post season.



    It would be an annihilation.



    One never knows. Nor is it likely we will find out.



    I was convinced we had little shot vs the Cubs had we gotten by the Giants in 2016 given our patched-together roster that somehow hosted a Wild Card Game. But I would've loved to have found out.

    bmfc1
    Sep 04 2019 11:50 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Mickey said before today's game that if it was 8-4 he would have left in Lugo but Alonso homered and it was 10-4, so scoring more runs (likely) cost them the game.

    seawolf17
    Sep 04 2019 11:54 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =bmfc1 post_id=20878 time=1567619417 user_id=73]
    Mickey said before today's game that if it was 8-4 he would have left in Lugo but Alonso homered and it was 10-4, so scoring more runs (likely) cost them the game.



    That, more than anything else, drives me fucking bananas about the overbullpenification of the game in the last twenty years.

    G-Fafif
    Sep 04 2019 11:55 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019


    I think I'm still in shock. I wasn't even that mad. Just numb. Staring at the TV.


    Same, basically. I was legit mad Sunday night (when Familia sucked at CBP) for the first time all season. Earlier losses, given their hopeless context, didn't rile me up in earnest. The losing streak at home last week was more absorbing than angering.



    This one took me back to a void I last truly experienced 18 Septembers ago.



    http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2019/09/04/jordan-vu-all-over-again/

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Sep 04 2019 12:00 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Juan Laggy hits a homer

    Frayed Knot
    Sep 04 2019 12:06 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =seawolf17 post_id=20879 time=1567619652 user_id=91]
    =bmfc1 post_id=20878 time=1567619417 user_id=73]
    Mickey said before today's game that if it was 8-4 he would have left in Lugo but Alonso homered and it was 10-4, so scoring more runs (likely) cost them the game.



    That, more than anything else, drives me fucking bananas about the overbullpenification of the game in the last twenty years.


    But tell me that Mickey wouldn't have been getting skewered (here and elsewhere) had he re-ramped up Lugo, following the lengthy 20-30 break for the top of the 9th,

    in order to have him 'protect' a six run lead and effectively killed him for today's game in the process?

    seawolf17
    Sep 04 2019 12:09 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Frayed Knot wrote:



    Mickey said before today's game that if it was 8-4 he would have left in Lugo but Alonso homered and it was 10-4, so scoring more runs (likely) cost them the game.


    That, more than anything else, drives me fucking bananas about the overbullpenification of the game in the last twenty years.


    But tell me that Mickey wouldn't have been getting skewered (here and elsewhere) had he re-ramped up Lugo, following the lengthy 20-30 break for the top of the 9th,

    in order to have him 'protect' a six run lead and effectively killed him for today's game in the process?


    No, you're totally right there. He's skewered either way, which is why managing sucks and the media suck more. I'm just saying the whole "as a closer, I can't protect a lead that isn't a save situation" thing is bullshit.

    Centerfield
    Sep 04 2019 12:25 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019



    I think I'm still in shock. I wasn't even that mad. Just numb. Staring at the TV.


    Same, basically. I was legit mad Sunday night (when Familia sucked at CBP) for the first time all season. Earlier losses, given their hopeless context, didn't rile me up in earnest. The losing streak at home last week was more absorbing than angering.



    This one took me back to a void I last truly experienced 18 Septembers ago.



    http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2019/09/04/jordan-vu-all-over-again/


    Remember that like it was yesterday. Thanks for bringing all of that pain back Greg.

    G-Fafif
    Sep 04 2019 12:26 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019




    I think I'm still in shock. I wasn't even that mad. Just numb. Staring at the TV.


    Same, basically. I was legit mad Sunday night (when Familia sucked at CBP) for the first time all season. Earlier losses, given their hopeless context, didn't rile me up in earnest. The losing streak at home last week was more absorbing than angering.



    This one took me back to a void I last truly experienced 18 Septembers ago.



    http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2019/09/04/jordan-vu-all-over-again/


    Remember that like it was yesterday. Thanks for bringing all of that pain back Greg.


    Anytime!

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 04 2019 12:46 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019




    I think I'm still in shock. I wasn't even that mad. Just numb. Staring at the TV.


    Same, basically. I was legit mad Sunday night (when Familia sucked at CBP) for the first time all season. Earlier losses, given their hopeless context, didn't rile me up in earnest. The losing streak at home last week was more absorbing than angering.



    This one took me back to a void I last truly experienced 18 Septembers ago.



    http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2019/09/04/jordan-vu-all-over-again/


    Remember that like it was yesterday. Thanks for bringing all of that pain back Greg.


    That was. a great read, as always. All those connections and associations. The gears were really turning.





    Hey, a loss is. a loss. Just pretend the Mets lost 3-2, deGrom kept 'em in there for the. bullpen to blow it. Which is what happened, but on a humongouser scale.*



    * 166 keystrokes to type this post on my smartphone. I fucking kept track!

    Frayed Knot
    Sep 04 2019 12:49 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Howie brought up the 'Jordan Game' (as he called it) earlier in the game today when asked by Wayne about comparisons to last night.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 04 2019 12:54 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Frayed Knot wrote:

    Howie brought up the 'Jordan Game' (as he called it) earlier in the game today when asked by Wayne about comparisons to last night.


    Because he read FAFIF or independently?

    G-Fafif
    Sep 04 2019 01:01 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I'm gonna guess Howie's heard of that game.

    Frayed Knot
    Sep 04 2019 01:04 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    If FaFiF reminded him of it, he left it uncredited.

    But, considering that Howie's knowledge of NYM history surpasses even Gary's (by Gary's own admission) I'm gonna guess

    that he was on his own on that one. He also brought up the 'Bo Diaz' game via the same discussion.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 04 2019 01:10 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =G-Fafif post_id=20917 time=1567623703 user_id=55]
    I'm gonna guess Howie's heard of that game.



    For sure. But you might've refreshed Howie's memory before Howie's own memory did.

    Frayed Knot
    Sep 04 2019 01:30 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    And now YouTube just showed the Jordan HR - so somebody is copying somebody around here.

    Jordan -- who you'll likely remember as a very intense player, one might even say he played with a football mentality, -- now is part of the Braves post-game

    show on their TV broadcasts. And he's almost unrecognizable as he's now morphed into a 'Guy Smiley' type of 'Good Morning America' style host.

    HahnSolo
    Sep 04 2019 01:41 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Evan Roberts brought up that game on his show earlier today on FAN. He was interviewing Leiter at the time.

    Centerfield
    Sep 04 2019 01:52 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    It's funny how the bad losses stick with you more than the great wins. Everyone remembers the JT Snow HR from the 2000 NLDS. Lots of people have forgotten Benny's HR to win it.

    Frayed Knot
    Sep 04 2019 02:19 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    What I remember about the Snow HR is that that was the one place you can hit a cheap HR in that park.

    It was a high pop-up right down the line which fell right on the metal 'roof' in the RF corner 309 feet away.

    Centerfield
    Sep 04 2019 03:41 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Last night, I said to myself "A win tomorrow and I'll feel better." I do feel better. But not much.

    Willets Point
    Sep 04 2019 05:24 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    We're all gonna laugh about this thread when the Mets clinch a Wild Card spot and go deep into the postseason.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 05 2019 06:22 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    On the same day that the Beatles 50th Anniversary release of Abbey Road is announced, we've got just the tweak for youse on Tweaky Thursday. It's too bad that we thought of that Beatles bit that's taking place behind Corey Oswalt before we thought to produce Batman69 inserts. What a lost opportunity. But we've got some Batman69 insert surprises coming your way real soon. Which reminds me, where did that Fonebone feller go off to? We're still wondering whether he'd like to see league leader cards -- excuse me, --"Rooks"-- from the 2018 season or from this season? Printing deadlines and all, ya know, Fonebone?



    https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48685697726_928e6d319d_c.jpg>https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48374306147_183a6cf8d7_c.jpg>



    [YOUTUBE]GQCfZ4uAAuE[/YOUTUBE]

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 05 2019 06:57 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019


    On the same day that the Beatles 50th Anniversary release of Abbey Road is announced, we've got just the tweak for youse on Tweaky Thursday. It's too bad that we thought of that Beatles bit that's taking place behind Corey Oswalt before we thought to produce Batman69 inserts. What a lost opportunity. But we've got some Batman69 insert surprises coming your way real soon. Which reminds me, where did that Fonebone feller go off to? We're still wondering whether he'd like to see league leader cards -- excuse me, --"Rooks"-- from the 2018 season or from this season? Printing deadlines and all, ya know, Fonebone?



    https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48685697726_928e6d319d_c.jpg>https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48374306147_183a6cf8d7_c.jpg>



    [YOUTUBE]GQCfZ4uAAuE[/YOUTUBE]

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 06 2019 01:16 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Yesterday's Abbey Road 50th Anniversary release announcement got us here at Typewriter Chewing Gum in our own 1969 50th anniversary mood. And what a year that was. Beginning with Led Zeppelin's album debut and a Jets Super Bowl victory and ending with an at their peak Rolling Stones free concert at the Altamont Raceway that was, albeit, marred by just a few minor fracases. And we've got another Batman69 insert to fill our '69 jones. (We should've saved that Jones line for the release of a Batman69 Cleon Jones card, which is coming in the future what with the Mets nailing down three all star roster spots in 1969, including Jonesie the batting title contender. We'll hafta work on our timing a bit.) And not just any old insert card, but an insert within an insert. That's right. Batman69 inserts meet our All-Star cards inserts today, as we take you back to RFK Stadium for the 1969 All-Star Game, featuring that year's big deal, Ted Williams, who put on a baseball uniform once again to manage the host city's Washington Senators, (old friend Frank Howard homered before the home town crowd in that year's mid-summer classic). It's Jerry Koosman's Batman69 All-star card. And check out the fancy embossing on this doozy. Raised bat logos and stars and lettering. We went all out and spared no expenses on this card, which, embossing wise, was inspired by the White Album cover, speaking of the Beatles. Of course, "all-star card" designation prevents us from selling that card stateside. Contracts. Test market. Latin America. Youse know the drill. Lucky youse have me, though, to give youse a sneak peek so's youse don't have to travel to Mexico to buy this baby, where in 1969, Americans took their kiddies there for family vacations and spent their honeymoons there in places like Acapulco and Cancun. Today, though, to tell you the truth, and don't tell anyone I told youse so, I don't think even Batman and Robin would wanna step foot there.













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    Ceetar
    Sep 06 2019 02:15 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Frayed Knot wrote:

    If FaFiF reminded him of it, he left it uncredited.

    But, considering that Howie's knowledge of NYM history surpasses even Gary's (by Gary's own admission) I'm gonna guess

    that he was on his own on that one. He also brought up the 'Bo Diaz' game via the same discussion.


    Howie doesn't follow Greg (or Jason) on Twitter, but I suppose he could be reading the blog independently.







    also read many of the 'expert' analysis of the 2018 postseason and you'll see plenty about how the Red Sox pen was 'not good' and going to expose them. Similar for the Astros the year before.

    apmorris
    Sep 07 2019 10:45 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Hey everyone,



    I haven't been on here in a while (3+ years?). I like this thread. Well, for sure the last 2 weeks have been a real rollercoaster ride.

    I will probably throw up when it's all over and pass out in the back seat on way home and regret the parts I remember.









    ps. Where is the "Nimmo is not a Major League Ballplayer" thread, I can't seem to find it? #nottrolling

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Sep 07 2019 12:55 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Welcome back, Maury.



    This probably isn;t what you're looking for but: http://archives.thecranepool.net/24500/f1_t24511.shtml

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 07 2019 05:00 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    We've got a special Batman card just for youse. It'll go down as a historical card in our Batman Mets 2019 series. Why, youse ask? Because it's part of the base set; it's not an insert or a subset -- and yet it features no Mets player. Look high and low and all over the place -- use your Bat-o-Scope if youse wanna -- but you won't find anyone on that card who ever played for the New York Mets. How's that possible, youse wanna know, this being a Mets baseball card set as much as it's a Batman card set? It's all about Bill James's Power/Speed Number. Stay with me. The Power/Speed Number -- Bill James's harmonic mean for measuring how well a player does, collectively, at hitting home runs and stealing bases. Collectively being the operative word, because a player has to do well in both categories to score high on the Power/Speed number. Ol' friend Frank Howard could've led the AL in HR's from here to eternity, but with half the speed of Wilson Ramos and never more than one stolen base in any season, ol' Hondo wasn't gonna score much in Power/Speed. Ya gotta excel in both categories to score impressively in Power/Speed.



    Now we here at Typewriter Chewing Gum are immersed in Mets history and Batman. And we got to thinking, who's got the best, the most significant connections to both the Mets and the Batman universe, with special focus on the Batman TV show that ran from 1966-1968? With emphasis on the word "both". That means no Zsa Zsa Gabor, who, despite playing the super-villainess Minerva on what turned out to be the series' final episode, couldn't care less about baseball and had no meaningful, or any real connection to the New York Mets, as far as we know. See where we're going? We're looking for someone who'd score high on the Power/Speed number for our Batman Mets cards. And we think we've found the Batman/Mets Power/Speed champ. And we've got a card featuring the Batman/Mets Power/Speed champ. Tune in tomorrow. Same Bat-Thread.

    kcmets
    Sep 07 2019 08:19 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    [BIGPURPLE]Uncle[/BIGPURPLE]

    G-Fafif
    Sep 07 2019 08:31 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Or at least Cousin.

    seawolf17
    Sep 08 2019 05:15 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I'm not saying we have to go 21-0 now, but something close to it.

    Frayed Knot
    Sep 08 2019 07:51 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Gary mentioned 'winning 3 of 4' last night as probably the minimum pace they'd need to maintain - and that sounds about right. 16-5 to close it out from here would leave them at 88-74, maybe enough to sneak in.

    Normally the 5-3 during this current WAS & PHI run (damn that blown 6-run lead!!) would be seen as a positive stretch but, between the earlier six game (ATL/CHI) losing streak and of course the whole mid-season

    debacle, simply winning series just isn't good enough these days.

    bmfc1
    Sep 08 2019 03:43 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Today. Now.

    Lefty Specialist
    Sep 08 2019 05:15 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 08 2019 05:16 PM

    The Fat Lady may not be singing yet, but she IS clearing her throat.



    It'd take a 4-game sweep of the DBacks at this point, which is highly unlikely.

    Frayed Knot
    Sep 08 2019 05:16 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    This is all going to make the 16-4 closing run even more stunning.

    MFS62
    Sep 08 2019 05:28 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Paraphrasing Animal House:

    What the fuck happened to the CPF folks I used to know?

    Where's the spirit? Where's the guts, huh?

    We gotta' take these bastards. Now we could do it with conventional weapons, but that could take years and cost lives.

    No, I think the Mets have to go all out. I think this is a situation that requires a really futile and stupid gesture, like a 9 game winning streak.

    Now, LET'S GET IT FUCKING DONE!

    LFGM!



    Later

    dgwphotography
    Sep 08 2019 07:23 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Give up day =mathematical elimination day

    kcmets
    Sep 08 2019 07:53 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Sure, I was going to say that sometime back. It's in my DNA.



    But this team sure feels cooked and done. Overdone and chewy.

    seawolf17
    Sep 09 2019 06:32 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =dgwphotography post_id=21316 time=1567992208 user_id=78]
    Give up day =mathematical elimination day



    =kcmets post_id=21319 time=1567994011 user_id=53]
    Sure, I was going to say that sometime back. It's in my DNA.



    But this team sure feels cooked and done. Overdone and chewy.


    Yeah, this. It ain't over til it's over and all that. But this team doesn't seem to have any fight left. I was hoping that the September roster bump would be enough, but maybe not.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 09 2019 10:43 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019


    We've got a special Batman card just for youse. It'll go down as a historical card in our Batman Mets 2019 series. Why, youse ask? Because it's part of the base set; it's not an insert or a subset -- and yet it features no Mets player. Look high and low and all over the place -- use your Bat-o-Scope if youse wanna -- but you won't find anyone on that card who ever played for the New York Mets. How's that possible, youse wanna know, this being a Mets baseball card set as much as it's a Batman card set? It's all about Bill James's Power/Speed Number. Stay with me. The Power/Speed Number -- Bill James's harmonic mean for measuring how well a player does, collectively, at hitting home runs and stealing bases. Collectively being the operative word, because a player has to do well in both categories to score high on the Power/Speed number. Ol' friend Frank Howard could've led the AL in HR's from here to eternity, but with half the speed of Wilson Ramos and never more than one stolen base in any season, ol' Hondo wasn't gonna score much in Power/Speed. Ya gotta excel in both categories to score impressively in Power/Speed.



    Now we here at Typewriter Chewing Gum are immersed in Mets history and Batman. And we got to thinking, who's got the best, the most significant connections to both the Mets and the Batman universe, with special focus on the Batman TV show that ran from 1966-1968? With emphasis on the word "both". That means no Zsa Zsa Gabor, who, despite playing the super-villainess Minerva on what turned out to be the series' final episode, couldn't care less about baseball and had no meaningful, or any real connection to the New York Mets, as far as we know. See where we're going? We're looking for someone who'd score high on the Power/Speed number for our Batman Mets cards. And we think we've found the Batman/Mets Power/Speed champ. And we've got a card featuring the Batman/Mets Power/Speed champ. Tune in tomorrow. Same Bat-Thread.


    Today's brand new card release features the Power/Speed champ of the Batman/Mets universe. But wouldn't you know it, as this card was in development, we here at Typewriter thought of yet another candidate who might vie for the Power/Speed championship of the Batman/Mets universe. This means that there'll be a future card coming, along the lines of today's release -- which won't settle the question of who's the Power/Speed champ of the Batman/Mets universe but at least youse'll have some more eye candy to eyeball while the Mets fade and Pete Alonso hasn't hit a homer in what's goddamn ages for him -- about three games. And while it's true, just like we said, that you won't find anyone who ever played for the Mets on this card, we didn't say anything about Mets royalty.





























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    seawolf17
    Sep 09 2019 12:22 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    This is the weirdest thread.

    ashie62
    Sep 09 2019 03:07 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Who are we kidding? toast

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 10 2019 05:21 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Big day here at Typewriter Chewing Gum, makers of the finest Batman-Mets cards in the whole wide world. And after yesterday's glorious Mets win -- beating their wild card DBack rivals while Jake deGrom advanced his Cy Young award case and Pete the Polar Bear Alonso smashed not one but two round-trippers to put him on pace to not just tie, but to set the all-time single season rookie HR record - well nobody's giving up today.



    So to celebrate, we've got a tweak for Tweaky Tuesday, and a makeover for Makeover Monday -- plus another tweak -- a bonus to match Alonso's bonus homer.



    So first up is Tomas Nido. This is a tweak of a tweak. We've darkened the background slightly and then yellowed up Robin's yellow cape some more so as not to lose Robin's cape to the background, sharpened Nido's catcher's mitt and put some stitches on that baseball Nido just hurled. You can even see the red color on those stitches now.



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    Next up is shirtless Michael Conforto. Do you think Nats fans gave up when they blew a seemingly untouchable ninth inning lead to the NY Mets?



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    And finally, old friend Wilmer Flores gets the makeover treatment. His new card features the star of the third series -- Batgirl.



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    Fman99
    Sep 10 2019 05:48 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Kathy Kirsch was a good looking stack of pancakes.



    POW!

    Lefty Specialist
    Sep 10 2019 08:01 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Victor Buono as King Tut.....priceless.



    Batgirl might find it hard to, you know, digest her food in that outfit.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 10 2019 08:38 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Lefty Specialist wrote:



    Batgirl might find it hard to, you know, digest her food in that outfit.

    Don't worry. It's made out of stretch lame. It'll stretch.





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    Centerfield
    Sep 11 2019 08:03 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Three games out. Are we...back in it?



    If nothing else, this season has to make one re-think the idea of a "must win". Starting with the Sunday game of the Braves series, I called each game a "must win", then watched them lose four more games. I said the Sunday night game in Philadelphia was a must win, and that last Sunday's game was a must win. But now here we are with two more "must wins" to close out the Diamondbacks series.



    By definition, if you lose a "must win", the remaining games are supposed to be irrelevant no?

    Benjamin Grimm
    Sep 11 2019 08:20 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    The only real "must win" games are the ones where you face elimination if you lose. The games the Mets are playing now are more like "it-would-be-really-advantageous-to-win" games.

    Edgy MD
    Sep 11 2019 09:28 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I like that Batgirl's proposed sketch is pretty much what came to pass, except for the handbag.

    kcmets
    Sep 11 2019 09:36 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =kcmets post_id=21260 time=1567909152 user_id=53]
    [BIGPURPLE]Uncle[/BIGPURPLE]


    He's the weird uncle, haven't heard from him in a couple days.

    Frayed Knot
    Sep 11 2019 10:13 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Benjamin Grimm wrote:

    The only real "must win" games are the ones where you face elimination if you lose. The games the Mets are playing now are more like "it-would-be-really-advantageous-to-win" games.


    Yup!

    Not that that stops many football "analysts" from discussing which of the 0-1 teams are facing "must win" games this Sunday, but many of them are a special breed of dummkopf

    and they have much air time to fill.





    I mentioned earlier in the thread about Gary throwing out the number "three of four" down the stretch as a likely minimum target. At the time there were 21 games left which I then

    translated to 16-5 (.761 win pct). That was on Sunday morning prior to them losing the final game against the Fillies at which point you're up to needing four of every five (16-4).

    The good news is that we're 2-0 since then (thanx to some brilliant IGT'ing) bringing us to a 14-4 target. Not sure how much that improves the odds over 16-4, but it's something.



    Doable? Probably not, but stranger things have happened. Would be nice if we didn't have the Dodgers next and the Braves last in that lineup, between them taking up fully one third

    of the remaining 18 games, but we do. @Rox (3) @Reds (3) and Marlins (4) make up the rest. It also doesn't help that the two big teams are, to a small extent anyway, battling each

    other for the home field rights in a theoretical NLCS Game 7 some six weeks from now. Dodgers currently hold a four game edge in that 'race'

    Centerfield
    Sep 11 2019 10:27 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Good analysis. Basically, at some point we're going to have to rip off 7-8 in a row. Do they have that in them? We'll see. Rox-Reds-Marlins is a nice stretch for a winning streak. Hopefully we don't go 0-5 before we get there.

    G-Fafif
    Sep 11 2019 11:13 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    The must wins will present themselves in retrospect. For now, there is no yesterday, there is no tomorrow. One one-game season at a time.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 11 2019 11:21 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =G-Fafif post_id=21525 time=1568222026 user_id=55]
    The must wins will present themselves in retrospect. For now, there is no yesterday, there is no tomorrow. One one-game season at a time.



    I always think like that. Even in May. This take two of three is moronic. What's a team that wins the first two games of a three game series supposed to do: lose the third game on purpose to fulfill the two out of three trope? Or not try as hard with two wins already in the back pocket? Take every game as they come one at a time and try to win every one. Which is what happens in reality, anyways.

    seawolf17
    Sep 11 2019 12:44 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =G-Fafif post_id=21525 time=1568222026 user_id=55]
    The must wins will present themselves in retrospect. For now, there is no yesterday, there is no tomorrow. One one-game season at a time.



    Exactly. I want to be like GOTTA SWEEP THIS TEAM but realistically, all we can worry about is today. And if we don't win today, well, then we'll just have to worry about tomorrow's game tomorrow.



    Win tonight, kids.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 11 2019 01:42 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edgy MD wrote:

    I like that Batgirl's proposed sketch is pretty much what came to pass, except for the handbag.




    That's right. The TV Batgirl's look was based heavily on the 1966 comic book reboot of Batgirl, which, going around in circles, was released to coordinate with the Batman TV show.



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    I didn't include it in my Flores baseball card, but in the lower right hand corner of that Batgirl costume sketch is a handwritten "OK" notation, indicating that the sketch was approved by the TV show's executives.



    I tweaked the Flores card. I changed the text alongiside the Batgirl sketch and I lightened up some of Flores's facial features.



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    kcmets
    Sep 11 2019 01:49 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =batmagadanleadoff post_id=21528 time=1568222474 user_id=68]This take two of three is moronic. What's a team that wins the first two games of a three game series supposed to do: lose the third game on purpose to fulfill the two out of three trope? Or not try as hard with two wins already in the back pocket?


    We're getting a little silly here.



    I can't imagine a team, a player or a fan no thinking of not sweeping. Bill's

    Brooms is not just a thing here, it's spread nationwide include clubhouses.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 11 2019 02:01 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019


    This take two of three is moronic. What's a team that wins the first two games of a three game series supposed to do: lose the third game on purpose to fulfill the two out of three trope? Or not try as hard with two wins already in the back pocket?

    We're getting a little silly here.



    I can't imagine a team, a player or a fan no thinking of not sweeping. Bill's

    Brooms is not just a thing here, it's spread nationwide include clubhouses.


    So then why do they say "let's take two out of three"? It's dumb. Now winning two out of three is good because if you win at that rate all season long you've won 108 games and you're a goddamn juggernaut. Like the '86 Mets. But taking two out of three is backwards looking. A professional Major League baseball team that wins the first two games of the series and then loses the third should be fucking livid pissed in the hours immediately following that third game defeat rather than rationalizing and saying "oh, well, we won two out of three".

    kcmets
    Sep 11 2019 02:07 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019


    So then why do they say "let's take two out of three"? It's dumb.

    I agree, that's not the part I'm disagreeing about haha...

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 11 2019 02:11 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019



    So then why do they say "let's take two out of three"? It's dumb.

    I agree, that's not the part I'm disagreeing about haha...


    Oh I know. You're disagreeing with the part of my post that any other person would know by now is tongue in cheek.

    kcmets
    Sep 11 2019 02:25 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I was taking you literally again.



    Thanks for not calling me the village idiot, oh wait that's ....

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 11 2019 02:27 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =kcmets post_id=21576 time=1568233500 user_id=53]
    I was taking you literally again.



    Thanks for not calling me the village idiot, oh wait that's ....



    Well at least we got off of the Batman cards.

    Lefty Specialist
    Sep 11 2019 02:28 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

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    Just win, baby.

    kcmets
    Sep 11 2019 02:33 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =batmagadanleadoff post_id=21577 time=1568233671 user_id=68]


    Well at least we got off of the Batman cards.

    King Tut is pretty cool, he died young.

    kcmets
    Sep 11 2019 02:34 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Messed that up, I'm all thumbs...

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Sep 11 2019 03:35 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    1966 Comics Batgirl was pretty thick as compared to Typewriter Chewing Gum/TV Batgirl. I thought black was supposed to have a slimming effect but put me in purple

    kcmets
    Sep 11 2019 03:38 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    We used to call those thunder thighs, don't know if that's still a thing

    Edgy MD
    Sep 11 2019 04:48 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Yeah, purple and gold isn't so great for hiding in shadows, but the TV show had it right. Like Donnie Osmond, Prince, and Magic Johnson, Barbara Gordon belongs in purple.



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    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 12 2019 07:24 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    We're closing out the third series of Batman cards with a card featuring the star of the series -- Batgirl. Typewriter Chewing Gum will then be taking a brief hiatus. But we'll be back with a first look at the brand new fourth series real soon. Meanwhile, we've been up to our Bat-Ears in Batman history this whole summer. So much so that I couldn't help but pick up this terrific DVD boxed set of the Batman TV show.



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    Youse might think I'm a Bat-maniac, but truth be told, most of my Batman TV show memories are from my elementary school days, when I hero worshiped Batman for a while and probably ran around the house once or twice with the biggest bathroom towel I could find tied around my neck like Batman's big swooping cape. Didn't every superhero fan do that? If you're a fan, this boxed set is worth getting. The shows were remastered and the colors, rich and deeply saturated pop out of the TV like one of those Batman cartoon fight words. Zonk!. I couldn't help but notice how much the TV show was influenced by the pop art movement that had broken big by 1966. Delightfully absurd sets in brightly intense colors -- youse should check it out. We've also went on a cyber-hunt for a cool Batman T-shirt and in the process, discovered this hip t-shirt company that's new to me, but, I learned, was a big deal a few years ago -- name of the company is Threadless. They've got endless cool stuff and quite a Batman inventory. I'll post a few of my favorites and the links. One particular Batman T-shirt captures the essence of Typewriter Chewing Gum perfectly. But the T-shirt's a provocative attention-getter and to tell youse the truth, I'm not sure I have the balls to wear that shirt in public. But I'll pick up a few, nonetheless, for our terrific and loyal staff, who keep this show going. See youse soon.



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    Centerfield
    Sep 12 2019 04:02 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    What a great series. Can't wait to watch the replay tonight.



    Tomorrow night's game. MUST WIN.

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Sep 12 2019 06:12 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I want a Eee-yow shirt

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 12 2019 10:52 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

    I want a Eee-yow shirt


    Me too. And what a glorious game the Mets played today. I knew I was going to miss today's game so I taped it for later viewing. But I didn't watch my tape either because I didn't have the time so I settled for a coupl'a internet highlight packages. Great to see Lagares with the breakout offesnse. I've been down on him for a coupl'a years now. Understandably, right? We said we were gonna take a brief hiatus here at Typewriter, but we can't help ourselves. We stopped by the ol' Bat-offices just for some housecleaning but we decided to bring back the Batman Juan Lagares card in honor of today's hitting sensation. It's a Batgirl card and she's the star of the 3rd series so this all works out. Batgirl just might turn out to be the good luck charm the Mets need. Confy bashsed his 30th today, too, with a little help from Batgirl, I'd like to believe. Where does she come from and where does she go? We're all Batgirl this week. I'm still processing Edgy noticing that TV Batgirl's colors are also LA Lakers colors. Never thought of that one.



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    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 12 2019 11:04 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019


    Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

    I want a Eee-yow shirt


    Me too. And what a glorious game the Mets played today. I knew I was going to miss today's game so I taped it for later viewing. But I didn't watch my tape either because I didn't have the time so I settled for a coupl'a internet highlight packages. Great to see Lagares with the breakout offesnse. I've been down on him for a coupl'a years now. Understandably, right? We said we were gonna take a brief hiatus here at Typewriter, but we can't help ourselves. We stopped by the ol' Bat-offices just for some housecleaning but we decided to bring back the Batman Juan Lagares card in honor of today's hitting sensation. It's a Batgirl card and she's the star of the 3rd series so this all works out. Batgirl just might turn out to be the good luck charm the Mets need. Confy bashsed his 30th today, too, with a little help from Batgirl, I'd like to believe. Where does she come from and where does she go? We're all Batgirl this week. I'm still processing Edgy noticing that TV Batgirl's colors are also LA Lakers colors. Never thought of that one.



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    Lefty Specialist
    Sep 13 2019 06:07 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Re: I Give Up Day 2019



    Post by Lefty Specialist » Sun Sep 08, 2019 7:15 pm



    The Fat Lady may not be singing yet, but she IS clearing her throat.



    It'd take a 4-game sweep of the DBacks at this point, which is highly unlikely.






    I'd just like to say that it's HIGHLY UNLIKELY that I'll be dating any supermodels in the next year.

    kcmets
    Sep 13 2019 12:31 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Lefty Specialist wrote:
    It'd take a 4-game sweep of the DBacks at this point, which is highly unlikely.

    I'd just like to say that it's HIGHLY UNLIKELY that I'll be dating any supermodels in the next year.

    If they sweep the Dodgers maybe you can 'date' two semi-supermodels

    sometime this year. There a few do-nothings in Stockholm that owe us a

    few favors and such.

    Frayed Knot
    Sep 13 2019 01:08 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Hey, it worked for Gary w/Lagares yesterday:

    - Juan Lagares has never hit a Grand Slam in his career ... KABOOM!

    - Juan Lagares has also never had a two-HR day ... KABOOM!



    I'm not sure if there was so much as a single pitch in between the saying and the doing in either case.

    Benjamin Grimm
    Sep 13 2019 02:00 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    My mind keeps going back to the thought that the Mets would be in much better shape right now if they had just won one of the three games against the Cubs at Citi Field a couple of weeks ago.

    G-Fafif
    Sep 16 2019 09:53 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Yeah, that's it.

    Frayed Knot
    Sep 17 2019 03:39 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Benjamin Grimm wrote:

    My mind keeps going back to the thought that the Mets would be in much better shape right now if they had just won [CROSSOUT]one[/CROSSOUT] four or five of the [CROSSOUT]three[/CROSSOUT] six games against the Braves and Cubs at Citi Field a couple of weeks ago.


    Fixed it for you.

    seawolf17
    Sep 17 2019 06:52 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Dammit.

    Centerfield
    Sep 17 2019 07:56 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    This team fought hard for a long time with no safety net.



    At the end of the day, these other teams are just better. Great individual efforts all around...and a lot of great pieces to build around going forward. It's just a matter of whether they will do it or not.



    (They won't)

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Sep 17 2019 08:02 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I wish I was more optimistic that this was a building-toward-next-year type of near-miss and not a we-wasted-otherworldly-performances kinda near-miss.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 17 2019 10:59 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Oh c'mon. They have a .513 winning percentage. They're the '75 Mets, who had their own Cy Young award winner and HR title contender. But they weren't a playoff team. It's incredible how the Wilpons have lowered everybody's expecitations through their perennial incompetence so that everyone's goal is the stupid wild card game which would be fine if this were Kansas City instead of New York Cty.



    Two first place finishes in thirty one seasons.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 20 2019 10:12 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    It's Fonebone Friday! We were supposed to be gearing up for the fourth series of Batman cards when we decided, instead, to go down memory lane.



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    Here's Wilmer Font's card. We're very fond of this card. Fond of font. It's #2 on the 1st series checklist, but it's the first Batman card we produced and we love it. It depicts the Batman cards exactly as we envisioned how these cards would look when we first set out on this ambitious undertaking to produce this set. But the set has evolved since its early days and quite frankly, we thought old Font needed an update, to match the Batman cards of recent vintage. So that's what we did.

    Here's new Font.





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    And we had so much fun updating old Font that we're gonna be updating and tweaking a whole lot more of these cards. We'll post a few along the way, but not all of them. If youse wanna collect the whole complete set of Batman cards, youse are gonna hafta buy 'em at a store near you.



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    Lefty Specialist
    Sep 20 2019 11:04 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    You know, if you put a sketchy mustache on Ida Lupino, she'd look a bit like Daniel Zamora.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 20 2019 11:11 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Why do you think I matched up Zamora with Lupino?

    Ceetar
    Sep 20 2019 12:30 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

    I wish I was more optimistic that this was a building-toward-next-year type of near-miss and not a we-wasted-otherworldly-performances kinda near-miss.


    who's having otherworldly performances? Alonso and McNeil but like, Alonso is good and we knew that. Even if this is otherworldly, there's no reason to not expect worldly next year.



    I'm not ready to play fantasy offseason yet, not really my thing anyway, but this was expected to be a mid-80s team, and seems to be headed that way. If you believe some in the talent of some of these guys, it's easy to see where they're good next year.



    Hell, it's easy to think the juiced ball and specifically the damage to the slider as a whole affected the Mets more than other teams, in how it hit Thor and Diaz.



    There's a lot of talent on this team. They gotta replace Wheeler, but most of it's staying put. Brodie has roughly a billion different things he could do to improve this team too.

    kcmets
    Sep 20 2019 12:50 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =Ceetar post_id=22395 time=1569004206 user_id=102]Brodie has roughly a billion different things he could do...


    Not a terribly comforting thought.



    #lgm #ygb #ymdyf

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Sep 20 2019 08:20 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Dear Typewriter Chewing Gum Co.,



    I would like to see a special subset of Batman cards celebrating the worst blown saves of the year.



    Signed,

    Fester Bestertester

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 21 2019 09:23 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

    Dear Typewriter Chewing Gum Co.,



    I would like to see a special subset of Batman cards celebrating the worst blown saves of the year.



    Signed,

    Fester Bestertester


    What kind of a masochist are you?



    Your friend,



    Karbunkle

    whippoorwill
    Sep 21 2019 05:13 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Today

    smg58
    Sep 22 2019 09:53 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    At this point I'm holding on until the math makes it official.

    seawolf17
    Sep 22 2019 03:32 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =smg58 post_id=22539 time=1569167627 user_id=62]
    At this point I'm holding on until the math makes it official.



    Same. I refuse to believe this is over.

    kcmets
    Sep 22 2019 04:00 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    No reason to! It will be a week we'll talk about forever, a quick bucket

    of swill, some next weekend nailbiting or something in between.



    I'm glad it's a full seven-day week of games. Let's get right back at it.



    #lgm #ygb #ymdyf

    Willets Point
    Sep 22 2019 06:56 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Funny thing is I haven't given up yet.

    Chad ochoseis
    Sep 22 2019 07:15 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    The Mets going 6-1 and the Nats going 2-6 is a longshot. But it's not that much of a longshot.

    Fman99
    Sep 22 2019 07:41 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    It'd be all the sweeter to have it all happen at the Nats' expense.

    Edgy MD
    Sep 22 2019 07:44 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Willets Point wrote:

    Funny thing is I haven't given up yet.


    Yeah, I'm just here for the cards.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 23 2019 08:21 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Holy Space-Time conundrum! We packed Batman into the DeLorean time machine and set the dials for Washington D.C, Summer of '69. Batman's mission was to snap up some pics of all-star and emerging Mets batting stud Cleon Jones at RFK stadium for our Batman69 All-Star cards. (available only in Latin America. All-star cards. Test Market. Contracts. Lawyers.) What we forgot was that this Batman, the Adam West version, is strictly a 1966 guy. So he didn't take with him, one of those modern digital cameras with unlimited memory that every nine year old has today so long as they have a smartphone, which they do, which we figured Batman would have in his vaunted utility belt. No. Instead he took a 1966 vintage Minolta camera with, get this, a spent roll of film and enough leftover film for just one snapshot. He couldn't take a modern camera. Shark repellent and anti-radioactive spray he took with him. But not a freakin' modern camera. So Batman gets there, and he's got one shot to get a good shot of ol' Cleon. But wouldn't youse know it -- Cleon wasn't cooperating. Cleon gave us his back, the ol' cold shoulder. Wouldn't give Batman the time of day. Maybe Cleon's a Superman guy. Who knows? Well, Batman did the best he could. Then he came back and went out looking for one of those Kodak kiosks where they can develop your film in 24 hours. Youse don't know what we'se went through with this card.



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    And speaking of 1969, we tweaked Tom Terrific again. We gave him the Hollywood look. And the whitest teeth in all of baseball.



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    Lefty Specialist
    Sep 23 2019 08:35 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    So we're basically hoping for a 5-game sweep by the Phils over the Nats while the Mets run the table.



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    Edgy MD
    Sep 23 2019 09:03 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I'll take four out of five from the Phils.

    metsmarathon
    Sep 25 2019 08:22 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Guys. I'm throwing in the towel.



    But at least we're not the cubs.

    G-Fafif
    Sep 25 2019 08:32 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    We'll finish no lower than tied for third. 1 more win or PHI loss and it's sole possession.

    MFS62
    Sep 26 2019 05:54 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I'll bring back a line from my Brooklyn Dodger fandom:

    Wait 'till next year!



    But in the meantime, let's go out with a bang and kick some Braves ass.



    Later

    Lefty Specialist
    Sep 26 2019 06:32 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Boy, there's a lot of 'woulda, coulda, shoulda' about this season.



    Let's go Pete. Hit two more.

    ashie62
    Sep 26 2019 12:40 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Brodie wasn't exactly lights out this year

    Centerfield
    Sep 26 2019 12:55 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Looking back, I think my give up day ended up being the Matz start in game 1 of the Colorado series. Even after losing to the Dodgers, I found myself thinking "If we win out, then blah blah blah".



    But once we lost that first game, I think I knew it was done.

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Sep 26 2019 02:14 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Matz and Synderpaants really let us down in September.

    RealityChuck
    Sep 27 2019 07:25 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    While it is disappointing, the big factor is this:



    On September 1, the Mets and Brewers were tied.



    The Brewers went 20-4 in September (as of today).

    The Mets went 14-10 (as of today).



    The Mets did blow a few games in the month, but not enough to make up the difference. Ultimately, the issue is that Milwaukee got hot at just the right time.

    Vic Sage
    Sep 27 2019 09:52 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    and if the Mets bullpen hadn't blown an MLB-leading number of games BEFORE Sept 1, then their lead would have been big enough to withstand a Brewer hot streak.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 30 2019 05:52 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    We were tweaking Jason Vargas the other day, when it was announced that Ric Ocasek had died. So we took a little turn with Vargas's tweak and decided to car it up with his new card. So have some new old eye candy. Eye candy-o. (groan).



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    batmagadanleadoff
    Oct 04 2019 08:44 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    It's Fonebone Friday and we're still in a tweaky kind of mood here at Typewriter Chewing Gum, makers of the best Batman Mets baseball cards in the whole wide world. And on this Fonebone Friday, it's Callaway went Thataway Day. And to celebrate, we've got a coupl'a subtle tweaks of ol' 36 himself, Mickey Callaway and OG 36, the Kooz, whose number's gonna be retired pretty soon, even if Gary Carter is whining publically to Dick Young that his #8 should be retired first, because what the hell did Jerry Koosman ever do for the Mets that Gary Carter himself didn't do 20 times over, sez Gary Carter. So good riddance to Mickey and happy 36.





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    Plus a tweak of Keon Broxton that's so substantial, it's probably a makeover and not a tweak. We made the original Broxton card so long ago that, to tell you the truth, we already forgot who this Broxton character is. Anyone wanna write in and tell us who exactly Keon Broxton is? The best letter will win a free Batman card.





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    batmagadanleadoff
    Oct 06 2019 10:31 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Oct 09 2019 02:19 PM

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    It's 1969 all over again as Abbey Road is the #1 album on the British charts, this on the heels of its 50th anniversary release. It's also the #1 album on the vinyl charts. We here at Typrewriter Chewing Gum are not aloof to this, and so we've re-tweaked our Corey Oswalt card in tribute. One, two three, four, five, six seven. All good children go to heaven. It'd be nice if some of youse, any of youse would actually buy these cards at a store near you to help keep our lights on. But youse never give me your money. (Groan.)



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    Also, Volkswagen reparks its illegally parked VW in tribute to the 50th anniversary release of Abbey Road.



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    MFS62
    Oct 06 2019 11:03 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =batmagadanleadoff post_id=23876 time=1570379511 user_id=68]
    It'd be nice if some of youse, any of youse would actually buy these cards at a store near you to help keep our light on. But youse never give me your money. (Groan.)



    Maybe when you explain what they have to do with when we decided to give up, we might start to buy (into) them.

    Later

    batmagadanleadoff
    Oct 06 2019 11:56 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =MFS62 post_id=23877 time=1570381425 user_id=60]
    =batmagadanleadoff post_id=23876 time=1570379511 user_id=68]
    It'd be nice if some of youse, any of youse would actually buy these cards at a store near you to help keep our lights on. But youse never give me your money. (Groan.)



    I love your Batman cards. They're diabolical genius. And so are you. Please continue to post these cards --- in this thread, especially. The Mets season is over, and they were, for all practical purposes, eliminated weeks and weeks ago, if not technically. So this thread would be dead if not for your Batman cards. I can't wait for the next batch of new cards. Keep up the good work. My favorite Batman Mets card is all of them. Do you think you could make a card featuring Siren? Joan Collins was very sexy.



    Love



    MSF62


    Thank you. And Happy Birthday.

    MFS62
    Oct 06 2019 12:15 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Thanks.

    You're a week late on the birthday wishes.

    But I guess you were busy designing those fabulous cards.



    Later

    batmagadanleadoff
    Oct 11 2019 11:07 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Well, it's Fonebone Friday and the mailbag is empty.

    Edgy MD
    Oct 11 2019 09:59 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Dear Typewriter,



    With Noah Syndergaard farting his way down the stretch and across the finish line, it's easy to forget how impressively dominant he was when he was at his best. Do you have a card commemorating the stunning May 2 home game in which he pitched a 1-0 shutout and provided the lone run with a solo homer?



    Also, if you were a Batman producer, which actor would be your first call when trying to cast Two-Face?



    Peace and good things,



    Oswalt Pounders

    whippoorwill
    Oct 12 2019 08:37 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Ringo is so freakin stylish!

    batmagadanleadoff
    Oct 12 2019 09:19 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 12 2019 10:27 AM

    Edgy MD wrote:

    Dear Typewriter,



    With Noah Syndergaard farting his way down the stretch and across the finish line, it's easy to forget how impressively dominant he was when he was at his best. Do you have a card commemorating the stunning May 2 home game in which he pitched a 1-0 shutout and provided the lone run with a solo homer?



    Also, if you were a Batman producer, which actor would be your first call when trying to cast Two-Face?



    Peace and good things,



    Oswalt Pounders



    Ringo is so freakin stylish!




    Ringo, Ringo Ringo. You know what they say about 1966, dontch'a? That 1966 was the year of the three B's: Batman, the Beatles and James Bond. We love us some Ringo here at Typewriter Chewing Gum, makers of the finest Batman Mets cards in the whole wide world, including a 2019 highlhights card featuring Noah Syndergaard's domination of the Cincinnati Reds when he shut them out and homered, to boot, to acocount for the only run in a 1-0 Mets win. But if we were casting the Batman TV show, we would've set our sights on the on the brink of superstardom Warren Beatty. With Beatty in the role, the contrast between Two-Faces' two half-faces -- the beauty and the horror--would have been stunning.



    We made the Syndergaard highlight card back in the dead of Summer. Most of the work was done during that scorching heat wave on what was the hottest day of the year one weekend, when outside, it felt like about 110 degrees and that you were literally inside of a broiler, if you hadda be outside. This card ended up taking about 10 or 15 hours to make, its production stretching out over a whole week. If we knew ahead of time what we were getting into with this furshlugginer card, I don't know if we would've bothered. But we think its a beaut, so we're glad for that.





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    whippoorwill
    Oct 12 2019 10:23 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Shazam!



    My grandson would love that belt! (And all things Batman)

    whippoorwill
    Oct 12 2019 10:25 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Well worth the 10 to 15 hours!

    whippoorwill
    Oct 12 2019 10:25 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019


    Edgy MD wrote:

    Dear Typewriter,



    With Noah Syndergaard farting his way down the stretch and across the finish line, it's easy to forget how impressively dominant he was when he was at his best. Do you have a card commemorating the stunning May 2 home game in which he pitched a 1-0 shutout and provided the lone run with a solo homer?



    Also, if you were a Batman producer, which actor would be your first call when trying to cast Two-Face?



    Peace and good things,



    Oswalt Pounders



    Ringo is so freakin stylish!




    Ringo, Ringo Ringo. You know what they say about 1966, dontch'a? That 1966 was the year of the three B's: Batman, the Beatles and James Bond. We love us some Ringo here at Typewriter Chewing Gum, makers of the finest Batman Mets cards in the whole wide world, including a 2019 highlhights card featuring Noah Syndergaard's domination of the Cincinnati Reds when he shut them out and homered, to boot, to acocount for the only run in a 1-0 Mets win. But if we were casting the Batman TV show, we would've set our sights on the on the brink of superstardom Warren Beatty. With Beatty in the role, the contrast between Two-Faces' two half-faces would have been stunning.



    We made the Syndergaard highlight card back in the dead of Summer. Most of the work was done during that scorching heat wave on what was the hottest day of the year one weekend, when outside, it felt like about 110 degrees and that you were literally inside of a broiler, if you hadda be outside. This card ended up taking about 10 or 15 hours to make, its production stretching out over a whole week. If we knew ahead of time what we were getting into with this furshlugginer card, I don't know if we would've bothered. But we think its a beaut, so we're glad for that.





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    batmagadanleadoff
    Oct 12 2019 10:32 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =whippoorwill post_id=24301 time=1570897509 user_id=79]
    Well worth the 10 to 15 hours!



    Yes, thanks. And do check out that modified Mets Home Run apple. And good thing Mr. Oswalt Pounders

    got his letter time stamped when he did. Another minute and youse woulda hadda wait another week for the Thor highlight card.

    Edgy MD
    Oct 12 2019 10:36 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    The coup de grace is the IDEAL logo.



    Gotta say, that 32" waist limit is a kick in the nuts.



    [YOUTUBE]5AV1OsBJmss[/YOUTUBE]

    batmagadanleadoff
    Oct 12 2019 01:47 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edgy MD wrote:

    The coup de grace is the IDEAL logo.



    Gotta say, that 32" waist limit is a kick in the nuts.



    [YOUTUBE]5AV1OsBJmss[/YOUTUBE]


    The Golden Age of The Simpsons - Bill Clinton's first term. That's just awesome.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Oct 18 2019 08:54 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    This baseball card comes with its own video insert. Buy it at a store near you.





    [YOUTUBE]lpLgE3At5_s[/YOUTUBE]



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    Edgy MD
    Oct 18 2019 10:31 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Did Louie the Lilac empty his Tommy gun into J.D. Davis' guts?



    Louie was curious in that he and Shame were the only miscreants Batman pursued who actually shot guns at him.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Oct 23 2019 01:22 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edgy MD wrote:

    Did Louie the Lilac empty his Tommy gun into J.D. Davis' guts?






    I dunno, but those are just regular ol' splats. Maybe it was Berle, himself.



    [FIMG=555]http://www.imfdb.org/images/thumb/5/5a/BatmanS2E10_02.jpg/400px-BatmanS2E10_02.jpg[/FIMG]

    batmagadanleadoff
    Oct 24 2019 10:12 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    A new release and a tweak. Happy Fonebone Friday!



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    Edgy MD
    Oct 24 2019 11:26 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I'm curious about the identity of the distant figure between Buckaroo Batman and Rodeo Robin.

    kcmets
    Oct 25 2019 03:30 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    My first guess was one of those silhouettes on the '73 Topps cards,

    but going to the '70's binder that doesn't appear to be correct.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Oct 25 2019 08:36 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    He's one of those silhouetted generic baseball action figures that I include in all of the base set Batman cards. He can be anybody you want him to be. Willie McCovey. Tim Harkness. Ginger Baker. Anybody. Here's that whole scene:



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    But the action figures on Seaver's Batman69 insert card aren't generic.



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    Edgy MD
    Oct 25 2019 10:59 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =batmagadanleadoff post_id=25171 time=1572014217 user_id=68]
    He's one of those silhouetted generic baseball action figures that I include in all of the base set Batman cards. He can be anybody you want him to be. Willie McCovey. Tim Harkness. Ginger Baker. Anybody.



    He stands out more there, I think because both Bats and Robin are guiding the observer's eye towards him.

    G-Fafif
    Oct 25 2019 03:34 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I decided it was Amed Rosario getting himself caught in a rundown between first and second to let a run score.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Oct 28 2019 08:28 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edgy MD wrote:


    He's one of those silhouetted generic baseball action figures that I include in all of the base set Batman cards. He can be anybody you want him to be. Willie McCovey. Tim Harkness. Ginger Baker. Anybody.


    He stands out more there, I think because both Bats and Robin are guiding the observer's eye towards him.


    How's this? I put the whole baseball action scene in there. I think the problem was that without the charging base runner for context, the first baseman looks more like a surfer.



    [YOUTUBE]SrmAs4rkRi8[/YOUTUBE]



    [YOUTUBE]l63SRpGXBHE[/YOUTUBE]



    [YOUTUBE]bKjhaSlr0Jg[/YOUTUBE]



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    Edgy MD
    Nov 01 2019 12:22 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    That Penguin rally invokes Barry Goldwater's famous quote from his nomination speech: “I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!”



    Penguin's version is hardly decipherable as Burgess Meredith is trying to sing at a high tempo while clamping his teeth shut on his cigarette holder, but the Interwebs tells me it's: “Extremism in defense of vice! Moderation in pursuit of virtue!” which is pretty good writing despite the fact that almost nobody could understand it the way it was rendered.



    A take on this motto was also used as a rallying cry for early Mets fans.



    [FIMG=450]http://www.oldpoliticals.com/ItemImages/000021/30941_lg.jpeg[/FIMG]

    batmagadanleadoff
    Jan 06 2020 01:24 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Mets gotta represent.



    Citizens! Kick off the New Year with this (Latin American market only -- test issue) Batman all-star card featuring the whole Mets contingent. Pow!



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    G-Fafif
    Jan 06 2020 02:08 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =batmagadanleadoff post_id=29343 time=1578342246 user_id=68]
    Kick off the New Year with this (Latin American market only -- test issue)



    They'll be amazing, amazing, amazing, and this year I want you to follow 'em. They'll be known in all the periodicals because they'll be in South America — New Year's Day will be their best game. This year will be over in a hurry.

    —Casey Stengel, 1969

    batmagadanleadoff
    Jan 16 2020 10:58 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019


    Holy Space-Time conundrum! We packed Batman into the DeLorean time machine and set the dials for Washington D.C, Summer of '69. Batman's mission was to snap up some pics of all-star and emerging Mets batting stud Cleon Jones at RFK stadium for our Batman69 All-Star cards. (available only in Latin America. All-star cards. Test Market. Contracts. Lawyers.) What we forgot was that this Batman, the Adam West version, is strictly a 1966 guy. So he didn't take with him, one of those modern digital cameras with unlimited memory that every nine year old has today so long as they have a smartphone, which they do, which we figured Batman would have in his vaunted utility belt. No. Instead he took a 1966 vintage Minolta camera with, get this, a spent roll of film and enough leftover film for just one snapshot. He couldn't take a modern camera. Shark repellent and anti-radioactive spray he took with him. But not a freakin' modern camera. So Batman gets there, and he's got one shot to get a good shot of ol' Cleon. But wouldn't youse know it -- Cleon wasn't cooperating. Cleon gave us his back, the ol' cold shoulder. Wouldn't give Batman the time of day. Maybe Cleon's a Superman guy. Who knows? Well, Batman did the best he could. Then he came back and went out looking for one of those Kodak kiosks where they can develop your film in 24 hours. Youse don't know what we'se went through with this card.



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    We finally got Cleon to smile for the camera.



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    batmagadanleadoff
    Jan 21 2020 02:38 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019



    Holy Space-Time conundrum! We packed Batman into the DeLorean time machine and set the dials for Washington D.C, Summer of '69. Batman's mission was to snap up some pics of all-star and emerging Mets batting stud Cleon Jones at RFK stadium for our Batman69 All-Star cards. (available only in Latin America. All-star cards. Test Market. Contracts. Lawyers.) What we forgot was that this Batman, the Adam West version, is strictly a 1966 guy. So he didn't take with him, one of those modern digital cameras with unlimited memory that every nine year old has today so long as they have a smartphone, which they do, which we figured Batman would have in his vaunted utility belt. No. Instead he took a 1966 vintage Minolta camera with, get this, a spent roll of film and enough leftover film for just one snapshot. He couldn't take a modern camera. Shark repellent and anti-radioactive spray he took with him. But not a freakin' modern camera. So Batman gets there, and he's got one shot to get a good shot of ol' Cleon. But wouldn't youse know it -- Cleon wasn't cooperating. Cleon gave us his back, the ol' cold shoulder. Wouldn't give Batman the time of day. Maybe Cleon's a Superman guy. Who knows? Well, Batman did the best he could. Then he came back and went out looking for one of those Kodak kiosks where they can develop your film in 24 hours. Youse don't know what we'se went through with this card.



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    We finally got Cleon to smile for the camera.



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    Tune in tomorrow, same bat-time, same bat-channel, as we here at Typewriter Chewing Gum will preview another Batman card from our line of All-Star Latin-American market only test issue cards. Once again, it's gonna be another mash-up of All-Star cards and Batman69 cards. Plus, we're going "Special Guest Villain" with this next one so stayed tuned! It's three subsets all rolled into one card.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Jan 22 2020 11:16 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Typewriter Chewing Gum celebrates the 1969 All-Star Game's Mets connected hometown hero with this mash-up of Latin-American market All-Star cards, Batman69 cards and the Special Guest Villain line of cards. And check out our guest villain's 4.000 slugging percentage and 5.000 OPS for his all-star effort. That's a good night's work.













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    batmagadanleadoff
    Jan 22 2020 11:25 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I've been noticing this for several months now -- the cards I post here are a teeny bit blurrier than they appear on my computer. It's been driving me nuts and I have no idea why this is happening.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Jan 31 2020 08:48 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Typewriter Chewing Gum is pleased to announce a new and exciting subset to our line of Batman Mets cards -- You Look Familiar! This subset is further subdivided into two other subsets (subsets within subsets) -- Space and Clarksvllle. So without further ado, let's break out the first You Look Familiar! card, Space variation. Also, Bud Harrelson gets a face-lift and a video accompaniment.



    It's all happening on Fonebone Friday.



    The Terry Bashlor base card:



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    The Terry Bashlor You Look Familiar! - Space variation:



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    Bud Harrelson69 with a video introduction:



    [YOUTUBE]Df065FbBa68[/YOUTUBE]



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    batmagadanleadoff
    Feb 01 2020 03:00 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Yesterday's Typewriter Chewing Gum launch of the new Batman subset -- You Look Familiar! went over so swimmingly well, that we're gonna treat youse all to another sneak preview -- a Super Bowl weekend preview -- again, from the Space line of You Look Familiar! Look for more of these in specially marked randomly selected future packs of Batman Mets cards at a store near you -- now in three varieties -- Space, Clarksville and Balloon.



    Have a happy Super Bowl.



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    batmagadanleadoff
    Feb 06 2020 11:06 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Lotsa news at Typewriter Headquarters - still home of the finest Batman Mets cards in the world - but not for long. We're building a new home to make your favorite cards. We're getting so many letters, so much fan mail here, that the old place isn't big enough to hold all your mail. It's like the Miracle on 34th Street with all the bags and sacks of mail we're getting. Especially after that Joan Collins You Look Familiar! - Space card. Wowza! Just wait until we start breaking out the Julie Newmars. Meow!


    Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

    Dear Typewriter Card Co.,



    I am a Batman Card collector but have been disappointed in the lack of "league leader" cards which we called "rooks," Team cards and Checklist cards. Will these be produced?



    Thank you.



    Joe Fonebone


    You mean like this baby that combines our league leaders subset with the Batman69 line? More of these to come, including 2019 league leaders.



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    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Feb 06 2020 11:23 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Yes like that

    batmagadanleadoff
    Feb 06 2020 11:42 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

    Yes like that


    And coming soon, Tommy Davis to be featured on a Batman Mets card. Wait, you must mean J.D. Davis, not Tommy Davis, right?



    Nope, we mean Tommy Davis.



    Not Rajai Davis?



    Tommy, not Rajai.



    Well how could this be, you wonder? Tommy's long retired, so he wouldn't be on a 2019 base card. He was on the Seattle Pilots in 1969, and was not a member of the Amazin' Miracle Mets. That rules out a Batman69 card. So how would Tommy Davis be featured on a 2019 Batman Mets card?



    You'll have to stay tuned in here. It's all part of our exciting new subset.



    We love subsets.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Feb 09 2020 11:23 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    It's time to break out some more from our You Look Familiar! subsets --(now in four, four, four varieties -- Space, Clarksville, Balloon and Silence). So without further ado, let's do this.



    The Stephen Nogosek base card:



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    The Stephen Nogosek You Look Familiar! - Space Variation:



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    The J.D. Davis base card:



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    The J.D. Davis You Look Familiar! - Balloon Variation:



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    MFS62
    Feb 09 2020 04:05 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Last time I looked, my calendar says 2020.

    Later

    batmagadanleadoff
    Feb 09 2020 04:27 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Oh, fuck off already

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Feb 09 2020 07:04 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =MFS62 post_id=31335 time=1581289538 user_id=60]
    Last time I looked, my calendar says 2020.

    Later



    Seriously wtf

    batmagadanleadoff
    Feb 09 2020 07:08 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

    =MFS62 post_id=31335 time=1581289538 user_id=60]
    Last time I looked, my calendar says 2020.

    Later


    Seriously wtf





    He can't help himself. He's full of bile and venom when it comes to these cards. His head probably explodes in anger everytime I post one of these.

    MFS62
    Feb 10 2020 06:58 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Actually, I was asking whether it is time for a 2020 thread (like we do with other annual thread titles) rather than continuing a 2019 thread.

    Nothing more. Nothing less.

    RIF

    Later

    MFS62
    Feb 10 2020 07:16 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

    =MFS62 post_id=31335 time=1581289538 user_id=60]
    Last time I looked, my calendar says 2020.

    Later


    Seriously wtf


    I was asking whether it is time for a 2020 thread (like we do with other annual CPF thread titles) rather than continuing a 2019 thread.

    Nothing more. Nothing less.

    And certainly not a reason for anyone to get bent out of shape.



    Later

    batmagadanleadoff
    Feb 10 2020 07:31 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019


    Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

    =MFS62 post_id=31335 time=1581289538 user_id=60]
    Last time I looked, my calendar says 2020.


    Seriously wtf

    I was asking whether it is time for a 2020 thread (like we do with other annual CPF thread titles) rather than continuing a 2019 thread.

    Nothing more. Nothing less.

    And certainly not a reason for anyone to get bent out of shape.




    What a fucking bullshit artist. Now it's the year!. Because when I was posting these cards in 2019, everything was splendid and you were just fine with it and you weren't busting my balls relentlessly then either. I never saw a poster write so many posts about these cards without having a single nice thing to say about them. You think I need to be able to read your mind to know what your sentiments are?

    MFS62
    Feb 10 2020 06:49 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =batmagadanleadoff post_id=31374 time=1581345087 user_id=68]
    What a fucking bullshit artist.



    That that makes me the only artist in this thread.

    Your comments say more about you than they do about me.

    What did I say about your pictures other than to ask what they had to do with a Give Up Day thread.And you never really answered that. I NEVER insulted you or them.

    You response shows you to be the temperamental artist you pretend to be.

    In many past threads, you have gotten into arguments with others based on perceived insults to you. This shouldn't be one of them.

    Later

    batmagadanleadoff
    Feb 15 2020 10:50 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    We here at Typewriter Chewing Gum, makers of the greatest Batman Mets cards on this planet also read The Athletic. And we've been digging that Joe Posnanski piece on ol' Tom Terrific, references to which, are circulating on this forum as we write this post. This got us in the mood to honor the greatest Mets ever so without further ado, it's another Latin-American market only all-star card from our quite substantial stash of unreleased Batman cards. Our all-star cards link up with our Batman69 line for this Tom Seaver in a mashup of subsets. Did we ever tell youse how much we like subsets? Because we do. And coming soon, a look at the most overlooked Mets 1969 all-star in another mashup of our all-star cards and our Batman69 cards.



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    And coming soon, Tommy Davis to be featured on a Batman Mets card. Wait, you must mean J.D. Davis, not Tommy Davis, right?



    Nope, we mean Tommy Davis.



    Not Rajai Davis?



    Tommy, not Rajai.



    Well how could this be, you wonder? Tommy's long retired, so he wouldn't be on a 2019 base card. He was on the Seattle Pilots in 1969, and was not a member of the Amazin' Miracle Mets. That rules out a Batman69 card. So how would Tommy Davis be featured on a 2019 Batman Mets card?



    You'll have to stay tuned in here. It's all part of our exciting new subset.



    We love subsets. Did we ever tell youse?

    ashie62
    Feb 15 2020 11:28 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    These cards look like visions caused by some very strong psychotropic drugs.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Feb 15 2020 11:55 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Or conversely, you could take some psychotropic drugs and then take a look at these cards to see how they look to you.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Feb 19 2020 02:37 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Feb 21 2020 02:14 AM

    Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

    Dear Typewriter Card Co.,



    I am a Batman Card collector but have been disappointed in the lack of "league leader" cards which we called "rooks," Team cards and Checklist cards. Will these be produced?



    Thank you.



    Joe Fonebone


    Hey Joe:



    Where you goin' with those letters of yours? We here at Typewriter Chewing Gum do not disappoint. We've got another league leader card for you. And a checklist! We produce checklists here at Typewriter Chewing Gum. You asked and we delivered. This checklist is for the Fourth Series. The Fabulous Fourth Series! It's Fab, sez we. The Fab Fourth! And we think youse are gonna love the fourth series! Because it's fabulous, did we say?



    Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!



    Coming attractions here at Typewriter Chewing Gum include another all-star card (Latin-American test market, sorry folks!) all mashed-up with our Batman69 line for a look at the Mets most overlooked 1969 all-star. And coming soon, Tommy Davis stars on his own Batman card as we introduce a brand new subset -- which we're very excited about.



    Plus, we'll be going through the entire 4th series (the Fab Fourth series - card by card by card. This exciting presentation will include special guest commentary by Timothy Leary on mid-60s psychotropics, Tom Wolfe on 1966, with special emphasis on Batman, The Beatles and the New York Mets, and Roger Angell on the 1966 Mets and their future. And yes, Tommy Davis. Not J.D. Davis. Not Rajai Davis.



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    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Feb 19 2020 03:00 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Dear Typewriter Chewing Gum Co.,



    What's on the back of your Checklist cards?



    Sincerely,

    Joe Fonebone

    Edgy MD
    Feb 19 2020 03:12 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Though I didn't give Art Carney proper respect in the Guess Who Died thread, I'm all about The Archer.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Feb 19 2020 08:03 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

    Dear Typewriter Chewing Gum Co.,



    What's on the back of your Checklist cards?



    Sincerely,

    Joe Fonebone


    All in due time. We'll be showing off that particular 4th series checklist back when we riff through the 4th series itself. Meanwhile, we hope you're buying packs of Batman Mets cards at a store near you. The more packs you buy, the likelier you are to pull a checklist.



    And look for these other coming attractions coming soon: the most overlooked 1969 Mets all-star although if we keep calling him the most overlooked 1969 Mets all-star, he'll end up being the most looked at 1969 Mets all-star. But if you gotta look at our all-star Batman Mets card to look at the most overlooked 1969 Mets all-star, well that's a win-win. And look for Tommy Davis, the 1967 one-year Met on his own Batman card. And more Mets, more "You Look Familiar" subset cards, more league leaders and more surprises.



    And Tommy Davis.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Feb 21 2020 08:12 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Feb 24 2020 08:23 PM

    It's Fonebone Friday over here at Typewriter Chewing Gum, a subsidiary of Plasticine Industries and the makers of the best Batman Mets cards in the whole wide world. And that could only mean one thing: more league leaders cards and more checklists. So here we go:





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    And coming soon: Tommy Davis and the most overlooked 1969 Mets all-star; a riff through the 4th series, the Fabulous 4th series; the Fab 4th series. Plus more You Look Familiar!(s) -- now in four flavors -- Space, Clarksville, Balloon and Silence. Plus a tribute to a Met who's no longer with us. And suddenly, Kathy Kersh's power-speed Batman Mets card crown isn't looking so safe because we've found a challenger to the Kersh crown. And the break-out star of the Batman Mets line of cards, appearing on about a dozen cards all by himself -- he goddamn wore out the staff last season. And much, much more. Did we tell youse about our new partnership agreement with the Golden Arches themselves and Milton-Bradley? Because coming soon -- McDonald's Batman Monopoly. Win prizes. Baseball cards. And money. Lotsa money. Plus a free trip to Stockholm where you can see the Tabloid Derby Winners up close. Collect game cards featuring prime Gotham City real estate. Spayed Stadium, the Batcave, Barbara Gordon's groovy singles pad with the secret hatch opening in her wall. Youse get the idea.



    Tune in next time. Same Bat-channel. What year is this? Because the Batman Mets cards have kept us so busy, we lost track of the goddamn year.

    Lefty Specialist
    Feb 21 2020 08:25 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    This is all so weird.



    I need more.

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Feb 21 2020 09:38 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    There's so much going on in these cards, and I like that the league leader series eschews RBIs and so forth in favor of Singles and Base-Out Runs Saved.



    Seriously these need to go in a gallery. Or at least, I'd like a blown-up framed version for my "Man Cave" I dunno if Wifey Bucket would let me hang one in the bedroom.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Feb 22 2020 10:48 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

    There's so much going on in these cards, and I like that the league leader series eschews RBIs and so forth in favor of Singles and Base-Out Runs Saved.



    Seriously these need to go in a gallery. Or at least, I'd like a blown-up framed version for my "Man Cave" I dunno if Wifey Bucket would let me hang one in the bedroom.


    Hey! You're giving us too much credit for trying real hard to be trendy or something. We're not eschewing anything here at Typewriter Chewing Gum, a subsidiary of Plasticine Industries -- where anything goes! Nope. We're not eschewing anything at all! We're just looking for Mets at the top of the leader boards is all it is because the only leader cards we're producing for this Batman set are leader cards with Mets on them. Like the leader card below featuring the plain' old vanilla Home Run category. And have another checklist while you're here.



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    It's a good thing you're into blown up Batman cards for your walls, although from your past posts that I've read over the years, it's even money if your wife lets you even store a blown up card in the broom closet. But still, it's a good thing you're into blown up cards because in our coming-soon McDonald's-Monopoly Batman game, we'll be giving away blown up versions of our Batman cards to some lucky winners. I hope your walls are big, like art museum big, because these blown up Batman cards are gonna be even bigger than the Tabloid Derby winners on display in Stockhlolm. So be on the lookout for Bat-opoly game pieces at a McDonald's near you or in specially marked packs of Batman cards.



    And look for more Batman cards coming your way. More of everything. Including Tommy Davis and the most overlooked 1969 Mets all-star.



    And the return of The Cereal Killer!



    And a challenger to the Kathy Kersh power-speed crown!



    Plus Thomas Wolfe, Timothy Leary, Roger Angell, Dick Cavett and Ringo Starr on our Fabulous Fourth Series - the Fab Fourth Series!



    Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!



    And more special guest villains!



    And so much more!

    batmagadanleadoff
    Feb 24 2020 09:54 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edgy MD wrote:

    Though I didn't give Art Carney proper respect in the Guess Who Died thread, I'm all about The Archer.


    We updated The Archer's league leader card to bring it more in line with the look of the other league leader cards -- an always evolving process.



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    Edgy MD wrote:

    Good Fake Bat-Villains



    The Grandmaster: Meticulously schemes against Gotham City and Bat-Man, carefully getting all his pieces in place, anticipating several moves ahead, before swooping in for the checkmate.
    [list]
  • [*]Cliffhanger: Batman is forced to play a game of chess against his own Bat-Computer, with himself, Robin, Commissioner Gordon and Chief O'Hara as pieces!

  • [*]Proposed Actors: Russell Johnson, Howard Keel.
  • [/list]


    The Cereal Killer: So hopped-up on Sugar-Snaps, the Cereal Killer makes Frank Gorshin look positively somnambulent, as he poisons the breakfasts of several Gotham VIPs, threatening global stability as Gotham is about to host The World Meeting of Bankers, for whom skipping breakfast just isn't an option.
    [list]
  • [*]Cliffhanger: Smothered in a three-story box of Toasty Oats, lined with a sealed bag, and denuded of their signature utility belts, Bat-Man and Robin's only hope of getting out before suffocating is to find the massive, secret prize and utilize it in their escape! Can they track the CK to his lair from the address on the giant proof-of-purchase seal before breakfast is served all across the city?!!

  • [*]Proposed Actors: Burt Lahr, Earnest Borgnine.
  • [/list]


    The Vixen: Dressed like a she-fox by day, she glams herself up and goes undercover a night, seducing Gotham's wealthiest and most gullible, who find her charms irresistible. Once she has them alone, she sprays them with a hypnotic foxy-toxin, which not only renders her marks unconscious, they wake up thinking that they've had a wonderful evening, and feel irresistably compelled to send her their most prized possession as an affectionate gift. One each day until the spray wears off.
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  • [*]Cliffhanger: After accepting a date with the mysterious and alluring Ms. Foxcroft, Bruce Wayne leaves Alfred and Robin stunned when he attempts to mail the Bat-Mobile to her hotel. This will not only cost them a key part of their arsenal, but blow their covers as well. Is Bruce bluffing, or has he gone batty?!

  • [*]Proposed Actors: Kim Novak, Sofia Loren (in which case, her civilian name would be "Signorina Volpe.")
  • [/list]



    You sound like you're into the rogue's gallery of Batman villains. Which is a good thing, we here at Typewriter Chewing Gum believe. Because without Gotham City's super-villains, there'd be nothing for Batman to do, and therefore, no mid-60s TV show phenomenon, and no Batman Mets cards some 50 years later.



    Some actual proposed villains that missed the TV cut were The Scribbler, (a failed pop artist), Dr. Somnambulus and Lady Macbeth. Upon learning that ABC was planning to produce a Batman TV show, Frank Sinatra did everything in his power to land the role of The Joker, which he desperately coveted. It was already too late, as Cesar Romero was one of the first actors signed up for the show and the network was extremely pleased with its casting catch. There are no reports of decapitated horse's heads ending up in the beds of any ABC execs. Spencer Tracy was first offered the role of The Penguin, but apparently, ol' Spence didn't quite understand how the show worked. Spencer insisted on being able to kill off Batman as a condition to taking the role.

    MFS62
    Feb 25 2020 07:18 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Batmags, before you continue reading, sit down.

    OK, sitting?

    Good.

    I actually liked that one. (I didn't want you to faint)

    Later

    batmagadanleadoff
    Feb 25 2020 12:13 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    =MFS62 post_id=32295 time=1582640285 user_id=60]
    Batmags, before you continue reading, sit down.

    OK, sitting?

    Good.

    I actually liked that one. (I didn't want you to faint)

    Later



    I'm speechless. I read your post hours ago and I still don't know what to say. Also, I never imagined that The Archer would turn out to have the biggest following. I thought youse would go big for Batgirl. The original Catwoman too, although I havent posted any of her yet, I don't think.

    Edgy MD
    Feb 25 2020 12:42 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Who did the bulbous cheeked illustrations?

    batmagadanleadoff
    Feb 25 2020 02:32 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edgy MD wrote:

    Who did the bulbous cheeked illustrations?


    Tom Richmond





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    batmagadanleadoff
    Feb 26 2020 10:05 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Looks like it's League Leaders month all month long at Typewriter Chewing Gum, a subsidiary of Plasticine Industries, and still, the makers of the finest Batman Mets cards in the whole wide world. And today, we mash-up our subsets once again, for a Batman69 look at some league leaders with a Mets flavor. And a twist of Batman, too. Look closely and you'll see that we squeezed in four league leaders on the card below - instead of the usual three, thanks to a third place tie. Lucky youse. That's one more league leading major leaguer for the same price.



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    Edgy MD
    Feb 26 2020 11:46 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Niekro looks to be under the power of dark forces.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Feb 26 2020 12:20 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edgy MD wrote:

    Niekro looks to be under the power of dark forces.


    Source image:



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    batmagadanleadoff
    Feb 26 2020 09:22 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edgy MD wrote:

    Niekro looks to be under the power of dark forces.


    Not any more. Plus, befitting of a King, we put the real gold, not just the color gold, into Tut's garments and jewelry.





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    Edgy MD
    Feb 26 2020 10:31 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I salute you.



    In fairness, apart from the beaded eyes and cartoonishly blurred quadro-brows, the effect was augmented by King Tut's hypno-spiral background. I guess that might suggest that having one of the pitchers zombied-out is almost appropriate.

    Centerfield
    Feb 27 2020 07:31 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

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    =MFS62 post_id=32295 time=1582640285 user_id=60]
    Batmags, before you continue reading, sit down.

    OK, sitting?

    Good.

    I actually liked that one. (I didn't want you to faint)

    Later



    I'm speechless. I read your post hours ago and I still don't know what to say. Also, I never imagined that The Archer would turn out to have the biggest following. I thought youse would go big for Batgirl. The original Catwoman too, although I havent posted any of her yet, I don't think.


    It's all about Raquel Welch.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Mar 02 2020 12:54 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

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    Uncle Miltie did such a swell job of introducing our Balloon line of You Look Familiar cards that we've asked him to introduce our Silence! line of You Look Familiar cards.



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    Edgy MD
    Mar 02 2020 06:36 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

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    batmagadanleadoff
    Mar 03 2020 07:39 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    You would think Ideal had the mid 60s tv show market locked up for their card board games. But it turns out that those three, Get Smart, F Troop and Batman were the only three I found, so far. Milton Bradley made most of the card board games for mid 60s TV shows, as far as I can tell.



    If I used that Get Smart game, I'd have to repeat the Batman game image to make the match

    I might, but I'm trying to avoid repeating images.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Mar 04 2020 11:52 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    What comes after Super Tuesday?



    Wonderful Wednesday, Terrific Thursday and Fabulous Friday! And what a rest of the week we here at Typewriter Chewing gum have in store for youse! We're celebrating 1969 all the rest of this week with our Batman69 line of cards. Lucky youse!



    First up, it's our Wonderful Wednesday entry. We're gonna sock it to youse with a straight up Batman69 card honoring the top ranked Nielsen rated show of the 1968-69 TV season and the 1969-79 TV season. That's some two year run. And if you Venn diagram the 1968-69 and 1969 TV seasons, whaddya get? 1969, that's what you get. And isn't that the point of our Batman69 line of Batman Mets cards? Plus, the boys at R&D over at Plasticine Industries told us that The Archer is suddenly hot and that the heads at Plasticine wanna make more money. Isn't that also the point? They were pretty clear about what they were getting at. More Archer means more money. And we take our marching orders from Plasticine, so we squoze in The Archer into our latest offering.



    Tune in tomorrow, Terrific Thursday for some more Batman69.



    Same bat-time. Same bat-channel.



    And that's the truth. Pfffffft!

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    batmagadanleadoff
    Mar 05 2020 11:59 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    It's Terrific Thursday, here at Typewriter Chewing Gum and we're still celebrating 1969 all the rest of the week. Just like we said we would. Today's Batman69 release mashes up with our league leaders subset for another Metsian card. And as an added bonus, today's card goes to four. Four, as in fourth place -- instead of the usual top three finishers in the statistical category. Take a good look at that card and youse can figure out why we went to four. How else d'yas think we could make that card Metsian? That's one more disembodied head than the usual number for youse lucky youses.



    Today, we take a look at 1969 defense through the prism of modern sabrmetric stats that didn't exist back in 1969. And whaddya know? Sabrmetrics supports those old observations that Clete Boyer and Hal Lanier were among the finest fielders of their day. At least as far as this leaderboard goes. Lanier was sorta a Rey Ordonez of his time. A brilliant fielder and a dreadful hitter. So dreadful that quite a few baseball historians think that Lanier, singelhandedly prevented the powerhouse 60s Giants from competing with the league's World Series bound elites. Those Giants were just lousy with Hall of Famers. They had more Hall of Famers than most teams had all-stars. But they also had Lanier.











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    MFS62
    Mar 05 2020 01:50 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Nice, but I still remember Boyer most as an MFY, so a double black mark on his record. And, before modern defensive metrics (like range factor) the only thing you really had was fielding pct. and I remember Boyer's career .965 was a mark against which I measured other third basemen.

    Later

    batmagadanleadoff
    Mar 06 2020 10:11 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Did youse all forgot that today is Fabulous Friday and that we here at Typewriter blah blah blah are celebrating 1969 all this week not including Stormy Monday and Super Tuesday which was just as bad as Stormy Monday and not really so Super for Elizabeth Warren? And did youse all see the all-night long love fest for the persistent Senator from Massachusetts? Liz is as beloved on MSNBC as she is on this here forum. They poured out their hearts for Liz all night long straight through the whole lineup from whoever replaced Chris Matthews all the way to Brian Williams. The evening was so heartfelt, so melancholy, you woulda though they killed JFK all over again.



    Anyways, we're closing out the work-week with another Batman69 card. Mashed up with our all-stars for another look at a 1969 all-star. (All-star cards mean Latin American market, no matter whether it's a 2019 all-star or a 1969 all-star -- youse know the drill). Plus we're taking those two mashed up subsets, and mashing them up with a third subset -- as we go Special Guest Villain on our Batman69 all-star card.



    And this card comes with its own video. So enjoy the show and look out for more upcoming Batman cards coming soon to a store near youse.



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    batmagadanleadoff
    Mar 17 2020 01:35 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Hey youse baseball starved fans! Already sick of those quarantines and social distancing? Wouldn't you like your kids to be back in school already so they don't drive you nuts 24/7, hogging the bathrooms and your TV remotes and eating all the potato chips which you can't replace so easily anymore because who the hell wants to go out there? Need a baseball fix in these troubling coronavirus times? Well we here at Typewriter Chew have got just the thing for youse to pass the COVID-19 blahs. It's another Batman card. And a brand new subset. And we love subsets. So let's introduce our newest baby --"Mets of the Batman TV Show Era". The Batman TV show debuted in January of 1966 and aired it's last brand new episode in March of 1968, just before the start of that year's baseball season. So if you were a Met during either the 1966 or 1967 seasons, don't be surprised if one day, youse catch yourselves on a Typeweriter Chew Batman Mets card.



    Kapow!



    Today's card comes with it's own music video. But first, the card.

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    batmagadanleadoff
    Mar 18 2020 11:42 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    A Transylvanian Count? The Old West? Civil War outposts?



    This could only mean one thing. You Look Familiar! The Balloon variation.











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    batmagadanleadoff
    Mar 24 2020 06:56 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Rachel Maddow reads this thread. She signed off yesterday by telling her viewers to "tune in tomorrow. Same bat-time. Same bat-channel." Where else could she have gotten that line from?

    stevejrogers
    Mar 25 2020 08:06 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    The 1990s Batman comics had the Contagion story, which led to the epic crossover event No Man's Land story that was Gotham being completely quarantined from the world (Gotham also suffered a devastating earthquake as well).



    So now I'm imagining those classic stories with the 1960s series' satirical earnestness! 😳🤣

    Benjamin Grimm
    Mar 25 2020 08:23 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

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    batmagadanleadoff
    Mar 25 2020 12:20 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Today's secret word is "Flrbbbbb!"



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    batmagadanleadoff
    Apr 01 2020 09:55 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Batman and Robin and the folks here at Typewriter Chewing Gum remind everybody to stay safe and healthy and to social distance and to wash your hands often.



    And have a happy April Fool's Day, too.



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    batmagadanleadoff
    Apr 01 2020 12:33 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Hey Edgy! You out there. I have an assignment for you. Or anybody else that wants to play.



    Vic Tayback!



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    Vic might've guest appeared on more 60s TV shows than just about anybody.



    Except this old guy.



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    But Vic definitely kissed more grits than ol' Burt Mustin.



    So your assignment, if you choose to accept, or anybody else, is to come up with a super-villain character that Vic would've played on the 60s Batman TV show.



    Burt Mustin, too.

    Benjamin Grimm
    Apr 01 2020 01:00 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Burt was the guy whose father was murdered by Jesse James on The Brady Bunch, but I mostly remember him as "Old Man Quigley" on All in the Family.



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    Edgy MD
    Apr 01 2020 01:45 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Burt played an old man for a lot of years. He's like the male Ellen Corby.



    Oddly enough, I just saw Vic Tayback playing a mob heavy on The Patridge Family last night. Vic was on the The Family two or three times, I'm pretty sure, in different roles. He also co-stars with Richard Benjamin in the alternate universe version of The Odd Couple that broadcasts in my head. He doesn't get the red-ass as quickly as Klugman's Oscar Madison does, but he's a lot more menacing once he does.



    On Batman, apart from continuing in the mob vein and making Vic a sidekick for Louie the Lilac, I think he would make a great pro-wrestling-themed villain called "The Blue Blazer" (or perhaps "Slaughterhouse"). He's putting the best and brightest young men from Gotham University into sleeper holds that no doctor can awaken them from. Only he can bring them back to consciousness with his patented psionic claw maneuver, once the ransom is paid by the parents.



    The thing is, Batman, being a master of martial arts, sort of knows how to do the psionic claw, but the months of practice that he put into it years ago was abandoned, because he respects patents. And even if he was to violate his conscience and perform one now on one of these slumbering sophomores, any microscopic miscalculation in the pressure used can lead to the patient's demise(!!).



    The Blue Blazer's main sidekicks include "Half-Nelson" and "Hammerlock."



    Cliffhanger: Somehow, he is able to bait Batman into a wrestling match. No striking with closed fists — maybe his gauntlets are telemetrically rigged so that whenever he punches somebody, Chief O'Hara gets hit. Or maybe Dick Grayson has become one of the sleepers, so Bats has to play by the rules. So there he is, outside of his comfort zone. No punching, no utility belt, no Robin to assist him, and bare-chested. Just as we head to the commercial break, The Blazer gets him in what looks like the devastating sleeper hold. (I just realized that this almost has to be referred to as "The Golden Sombrero.")



    CAN BATMAN BREAK OUT BEFORE IT'S NIGHTY NIGHT FOR THE DARK KNIGHT?!



    IS THIS THE NADIR FOR THE CAPED CRUSADER?!!



    IS "CRUSADER" EVEN A PARTICULARLY CULTURALLY SENSITIVE NICKNAME TO GIVE TO A HERO IN OUR ENLIGHTENED MODERN WORLD?!!!




    Vic Tayback, ladies and gentlemen.



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    Benjamin Grimm
    Apr 01 2020 02:06 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I assume he's dead at the present time.

    Edgy MD
    Apr 01 2020 02:20 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Yeah, he left the globe in 1990. He briefly got some publicity a few years ago when his lawyer son was recruited onto Bill Cosby's defense team.

    Benjamin Grimm
    Apr 01 2020 02:30 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    So is that two degrees of separation between Bill Cosby and Jesse James?

    Edgy MD
    Apr 01 2020 02:33 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I'm sorry. I meant Vic, not Burt.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Apr 02 2020 01:08 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    So tell me about this "psionic claw". What is it and how does it work? Is it a physical power or a psychic or mental power? It would be unusual if the villain has some special psychic power: most Batman super-villains rely on gadgets and contraptions to sow their mayhem -- like Louie, the Lilac's scented flowers, or the Penguin's smoke emitting umbrellas. I'm trying to think about this and the only villain I could think of with some kind of natural or biological "super-power" is Siren, with her extremely high octave range that can incapacitate others. Maybe Mr. Freeze, who can exist only in extremely cold conditions, but I'm not sure that's a "super-power".

    Edgy MD
    Apr 02 2020 05:37 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I think it's more or less palming somebody's face, carefully pushing on pressure points in the temples and the eye sockets, slowly bringing them back to consciousness, or if done incorrectly, making the Golden Sombrero permanent.

    Edgy MD
    Apr 02 2020 10:03 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I don't think of The Blue Blazer applying the Golden SombreroTM sleeper hold and the Psionic ClawTM wakeup technique as "super powers," per se. They are more like professional skills put to nefarious use.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Apr 03 2020 01:03 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I get it. I dunno that the 60s censors, or the execs, would've approved of "Slaughterhouse". The name's too violent. I know that I went with "Cereal Killer", but still.

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Apr 03 2020 05:52 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    That's a totally believable Batman plot.

    MFS62
    Apr 03 2020 06:41 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    If you wanted a wrestler turned actor (instead of an actor who looked like a wrestler) in those days, it was usually Mike Mazurki:

    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0563417/bio



    Later

    Edgy MD
    Apr 03 2020 11:58 AM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I like Ernie Borgnine's evil villain getup.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Apr 03 2020 12:09 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edgy MD wrote:

    I like Ernie Borgnine's evil villain getup.


    That's funny you said/wrote that because last night I was googling "Blue Blazer" for ideas or inspiration on how to dress this villain. I was also wondering if "Blue Blazer" is some sort of wrestling term. I don't know much about wrestling. I know and have heard of the stuff that everybody probably knows, like a half-nelson and Hulk Hogan and Gorgeous George. My 4th grade buddy was a big Bruno Sammartino fan. And Gorilla Monsoon, too. Back in the 4th grade. Anyways, it turns out that "Blue Blazer" is the name of an actual modern-day wrestler. Did you know that?

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Apr 03 2020 12:20 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    The villain should be named "Turnbuckle"

    Edgy MD
    Apr 03 2020 01:25 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019


    Edgy MD wrote:

    I like Ernie Borgnine's evil villain getup.


    That's funny you said/wrote that because last night I was googling "Blue Blazer" for ideas or inspiration on how to dress this villain. I was also wondering if "Blue Blazer" is some sort of wrestling term. I don't know much about wrestling. I know and have heard of the stuff that everybody probably knows, like a half-nelson and Hulk Hogan and Gorgeous George. My 4th grade buddy was a big Bruno Sammartino fan. And Gorilla Monsoon, too. Back in the 4th grade. Anyways, it turns out that "Blue Blazer" is the name of an actual modern-day wrestler. Did you know that?


    I didn't, but ...



    I have a friend named Mark who was and is a real subversive. He eventually went to work for WFAN, but that was ironic, because in the early years of the station, he made great hay out of prank-calling them. On one occasion, he put on his best Bronx accent and carried on for about 15 minutes about how everybody says that nobody can beat Tyson, but he's seen this fighter coming up who would mash Tyson to pieces. Every time the host would try to get a name out of Mark, Mark would talk over him, saying this guy was more nimble than Ali but his punches more devastating than Foreman. He had Schmeiling's brutality but Norton's reach. Again, the host would ask for a name and Mark would wax on about his last three opponents leaving the ring in a stretcher.



    Finally, the host pinned him down, "You got me interested," he interjected, but who is this guy? Give me a name!"



    "A name?" Mark responded, as if it hadn't even occurred to him.



    "Yeah, a name. I assume this guy has one."



    Mark paused a beat, but didn't crack. "His name is ... Da Blue Blaza."



    "The what what?"



    "The Blue Blazer! He absolutely destroyed Sergeant Slaughter last week."



    "Wait a minute ... YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A WRESTLER?!?!"



    I'm not doing it justice, but we kept a tape of it and it many pairs of pants were ruined when it was played back. Anyhow, since then, I pretty much call all fictional wrestlers "The Blue Blazer."

    batmagadanleadoff
    Apr 03 2020 02:30 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    That's a funny story. Patch that tape into the forum.



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    stevejrogers
    Apr 04 2020 04:17 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Edgy MD wrote:


    Edgy MD wrote:

    I like Ernie Borgnine's evil villain getup.


    That's funny you said/wrote that because last night I was googling "Blue Blazer" for ideas or inspiration on how to dress this villain. I was also wondering if "Blue Blazer" is some sort of wrestling term. I don't know much about wrestling. I know and have heard of the stuff that everybody probably knows, like a half-nelson and Hulk Hogan and Gorgeous George. My 4th grade buddy was a big Bruno Sammartino fan. And Gorilla Monsoon, too. Back in the 4th grade. Anyways, it turns out that "Blue Blazer" is the name of an actual modern-day wrestler. Did you know that?

    "The Blue Blazer! He absolutely destroyed Sergeant Slaughter last week."



    "Wait a minute ... YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A WRESTLER!!!"



    I'm not doing it justice, but we kept a tape of it and it many pairs of pants were ruined when it was played back. Anyhow, since then, I pretty much call all fictional wrestlers "The Blue Blazer."


    Oddly enough Owen Hart was known as one of the biggest pranksters and jokers in that WWF locker room.



    And now I want to see an in his prime Sarge (early to mid 1980s) square off with a towards the end Owen. Or even Bret. Unless Sarge did time in Stampede (The Hart family's promotion in Calgary) I don't recall much interaction with Sarge and any of the Harts.

    stevejrogers
    Apr 04 2020 04:18 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019


    That's a funny story. Patch that tape into the forum.



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    Damn gimmick cost him his life. RIP Owen

    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 22 2020 04:09 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Hey youse Mets fans! Need a baseball fix. A fix from the coronavirus blues? A baseball fix to while away the time while the Mets self quarantine? Well Typrewriter Chewing Gum is bringing back the reigning Power/Speed champ of the Batman Baseball cards -- Kathy Kersh -- Miss Rheingold '62 -- B-List Hollywood man-eater of the mid-60s and for a brief while -- Ms. Burt "Robin the Boy Wonder" Ward. Why, youse may wonder? Because Kathy's got some competition for the power speed champ of the Batman Mets cards universe. And youse can get to crown the champ. But that part's coming soon. Same bat-channel.




    We've got a special Batman card just for youse. It'll go down as a historical card in our Batman Mets 2019 series. Why, youse ask? Because it's part of the base set; it's not an insert or a subset -- and yet it features no Mets player. Look high and low and all over the place -- use your Bat-o-Scope if youse wanna -- but you won't find anyone on that card who ever played for the New York Mets. How's that possible, youse wanna know, this being a Mets baseball card set as much as it's a Batman card set? It's all about Bill James's Power/Speed Number. Stay with me. The Power/Speed Number -- Bill James's harmonic mean for measuring how well a player does, collectively, at hitting home runs and stealing bases. Collectively being the operative word, because a player has to do well in both categories to score high on the Power/Speed number. Ol' friend Frank Howard could've led the AL in HR's from here to eternity, but with half the speed of Wilson Ramos and never more than one stolen base in any season, ol' Hondo wasn't gonna score much in Power/Speed. Ya gotta excel in both categories to score impressively in Power/Speed.



    Now we here at Typewriter Chewing Gum are immersed in Mets history and Batman. And we got to thinking, who's got the best, the most significant connections to both the Mets and the Batman universe, with special focus on the Batman TV show that ran from 1966-1968? With emphasis on the word "both". That means no Zsa Zsa Gabor, who, despite playing the super-villainess Minerva on what turned out to be the series' final episode, couldn't care less about baseball and had no meaningful, or any real connection to the New York Mets, as far as we know. See where we're going? We're looking for someone who'd score high on the Power/Speed number for our Batman Mets cards. And we think we've found the Batman/Mets Power/Speed champ. And we've got a card featuring the Batman/Mets Power/Speed champ. Tune in tomorrow. Same Bat-Thread.


    Today's brand new card release features the Power/Speed champ of the Batman/Mets universe. But wouldn't you know it, as this card was in development, we here at Typewriter thought of yet another candidate who might vie for the Power/Speed championship of the Batman/Mets universe. This means that there'll be a future card coming, along the lines of today's release -- which won't settle the question of who's the Power/Speed champ of the Batman/Mets universe but at least youse'll have some more eye candy to eyeball while the Mets fade and Pete Alonso hasn't hit a homer in what's goddamn ages for him -- about three games. And while it's true, just like we said, that you won't find anyone who ever played for the Mets on this card, we didn't say anything about Mets royalty.





























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    Edgy MD
    Aug 22 2020 08:25 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    I wonder if Robin and Cornelia had a double wedding with Batman and Morticia.



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    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 25 2020 07:51 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    The phone lines are now open. The Bat-Phone lines, that is. So does Julie Newmar de-throne Kathy Kersh as the new Power/Speed champ of the Batman Mets cards universe? Tell us here at Typewriter Chewing Gum who and why and you may win a fabulous prize. Act now, while supplies last.





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    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 27 2020 12:35 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Meanwhile, this one's a dead heat. We might hafta have a Power/Speed champ tiebreaker if this holds up.



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    batmagadanleadoff
    Aug 25 2021 01:19 PM
    Re: I Give Up Day 2019

    Holy shades of 2019!



    Holy News flash! The Mets don't give a shit whether or not youse gave up. Have a four-pack. Batman wouldn't give up.



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