1972 JIM FREGOSI BOYHOOD PHOTO Is bigger really better? As if anticipating the excesses of the decade to come, the 1970 Topps set tipped the scales at 720 cards, besting the previous high of 664 cards from the 1969 set. The black-beauty set of 1971 swelled to 752 cards, reaching into the far corners of [...]
1972 TOPPS TRADED JIM FREGOSI Right now everyone’s mind is on the trade deadline so what better time to break out this classic Topps card with TRADED bolded and stamped across the groin of poor Jim Fregosi. This was one of seven cards in the last series of the 1972 set to be so branded. [...]
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1967: New York Mets traded Chuck Hiller to the Philadelphia Phillies for Phil Linz. 1973: New York Mets sold Jim Fregosi to the Texas Rangers. 1980: New York Mets signed free agent Bill Almon. 1985: Nolan Ryan becomes the first pitcher to record 4,000 [...]