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I'm an autograph collector - have been for years. I know it's not everyone's bag, but I'm also not That Guy. (I've never stalked players or nudged kids out of the way to get one.) I've been working on an all-time Mets collection that I've posted about here in the past, but I'm inching towards 1,100 (of 1,170), and it's probably the last big round number I'll hit for a long time, so it kinda felt sort of celebratory. So I figured I'd post my need list and make a game out of it.
NB: Is it likely that some of the ones I have aren't authentic? Absolutely, yes. But they're all either card-company certified, obtained through the mail, or from as reputable a source as I can find. So I'm very confident on probably 95% of them.
I've got six cards incoming right now which will get me to 1,095. Here are the 75 (as of press time) guys I *don't* have yet. Pick the five you think will get me to 1,100. A point for each correct one as I obtain them, a bonus point for landing it in the right slot (1096, 1097, 1098, 1099, 1100), and a bonus bonus point for Mr. 1,100. (To put a thumb on the scales, the guys with asterisks have card-certified autos out there; the rest do not.)
Dario Alvarez
Luis Avilan*
Javier Baez*
Billy Baldwin (d. 2011)
Tyler Bashlor
Gerson Bautista
Gus Bell (d. 1995)
Mike Bishop (d. 2005)
Ken Boyer (d. 1982)
Mark Bradley
Mark Canha*
Elio Chacon (d. 1992)
Kelvin Chapman
Rich Chiles
Scott Copeland
Yennsy Diaz
Nino Espinosa (d. 1987)
Francisco Estrada (d. 2019)
Johneshwy Fargas
Joe Foy (d. 1989)
Danny Frisella (d. 1977)
Gonzalez Germen
Geremi Gonzalez (d. 2008)
Bill Graham (d. 2006)
Don Hahn
Eric Hanhold
Geoff Hartlieb
Guillermo Heredia*
Danny Herrera*
Joe Hietpas
Trevor Hildenberger
Gil Hodges (d. 1972)
Colin Holderman
Mike Howard
Ender Inciarte*
Ryota Igarashi
Roy Lee Jackson
Sherman Jones (d. 2007)
Ricardo Jordan
Kevin Kaczmarski
Takashi Kashiwada
Cal Koonce (d. 1993)
Dave Liddell
Cory Lidle (d. 2006)
Kevin Lomon
Mike G. Marshall (d. 2021)
Jerry May (d. 1996)
Chris Mazza
Bob L. Miller (d. 1993)
Herb Moford (d. 2005)
Tommy Moore (d. 2017)
Bob Moorhead (d. 1986)
José Moreno (d. 2019)
Kevin Morgan
Billy Murphy
Randy Myers
Eric O'Flaherty
Tim Peterson
Grover Powell (d. 1985)
Elvin Ramirez
Bob Rauch
Jacob Rhame
Scott Rice
Joely Rodriguez
Kenny Rogers
Doug Saunders
Max Scherzer*
Al Schmelz
Tsuyoshi Shinjo
Charley Smith (d. 1994)
Josh Stinson
Dick Stuart (d. 2002)
Bill Sudakis (d. 2021)
Stephen Tarpley*
Carlos Torres
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