Mets Card of the Week: 2003 Steve Trachsel

2003 MLB SHOWDOWN STEVE TRACHSEL This is the 2003 Steve Trachsel MLB Showdown card. This card is based off of Trachsel’s 2002 pitching performance. The game used a 20 sided dice, player cards, and strategy cards to allow a team to be drafted and a game to be played. There were base cards and there [...]

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Mets Card of the Week: 1981 Mookie Wilson

1981 DONRUSS MOOKIE WILSON From the 1981 inaugural Donruss set is card number 575; introducing shortstop Mookie Wilson. It is worth about .30 cents. In 1981, Wilson appeared in 92 games in the outfield. He hit three home runs and knocked in 14 runs. He stole 24 bases and hit .271. He finished seventh in [...]

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Card of the Week: 1962 Charlie Neal

Pictured is a 1962 Charlie Neal (3B) Salada-Junket Coin. These half-dollar size plastic coins were issued in packages of Salada Tea and Junket Pudding mix boxes. The paper photos fit securely in the team's orange color coded plastic coin. Originally, the set was intended to be only 180 coins but it was enlarged to include [...]

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Mets Card of the Week: 1964 Duke Snider

I picked up this 1964 Challenge the Yankees Duke Snider card last week. He is the only New York Met in the 50-card set. The cards were part of the boxed dice game issued by the Hassenfeld Brothers out of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. They marketed and distributed the game in 1964 and again in 1965 [...]

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Mets Card of the Week: 1986 Jesse Orosco

1986 TOPPS TATTOOS JESSE OROSCO Topps first introduced wet-application tattoos in 1960 with their Baseball Tattoo Bubble Gum, using crude ink renderings of the stars of the day to wrap a single piece of gum. Given the method of packaging and the ephemeral nature of the product, these can be hard to find today-- a [...]

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Mets Card of the Week: 1887 Al Mays

1887 OLD JUDGE AL MAYS Another summer spent, I invite you to stare into the pensive eyes of Al Mays. Mays is a Mets pitcher from another time and another place... The New York Metropolitans were founded as an independent team in 1880, and joined the fledgling American Association in 1883. The franchise had some [...]

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Mets Card of the Week: Mystery Met Episode 5

Here we go with the final Mystery Met contest of the 2013 regular season. The first person to drop the correct answer in the comments section below by Wednesday, September 18 wins a 2007 Topps Heritage Billy Wagner Clubhouse Collection jersey card. Hurry, before you are mathematically eliminated from contention...

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