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2008 Donress Elite Extra Edition Mets prospects
One of the dealers at today’s card show had opened a box of Donruss Elite Extra Edition and had singles, so I picked up the Mets. I was able to finish the base team set, so I’m done with this product —...
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Minor League Look: 2010 Multi Ad Savannah Sand Gnats
We’re moving into the home stretch of our baseball card tour of the Mets farm system. Up tonight is the Mets Class A South Atlantic League team, the Savannah Sand Gnats. I bought my set from Lake...
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2011 Topps Heritage Minor League Edition Mets baseball cards
I got the regular Mets cards from the 2011 Topps Heritage Minor League Edition set this week. (I’m still waiting for the short-printed Matt Harvey and the two autograph cards to arrive, though.) Now...
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Wilmer Flores, Jamie Moyer, and the spring training countdown continues
Wilmer Flores' 2011 Topps Heritage minor league edition baseball card from my collection Anthony DiComo wrote an interesting piece about New York Mets prospect Wilmer Flores yesterday for MLB.com. As...
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Seedlings to Stars Projected Eastern League (AA) Prospect Team
Last week, Mike Damman gave his 2012 Eastern League Prospect team over at Seedlings to Stars. Three Mets system players are on the list: shortstop Wilmer Flores and starting pitchers Matt Harvey and...
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State of Mets farm system makes unpleasant choices necessary
The New York Mets are rumored to be close to completing a trade that would send R.A. Dickey to the Toronto Blue Jays for one or more prospects. While money may have played a role in moving things to...
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Baseball is back
Wilmer Flores’ Topps 100 insert card from the 2010 Bowman baseball card set It’s 37 degrees outside as I write this and I saw a few snow flurries on the way home, but there was baseball in Port St....
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Signs that baseball season is getting closer
In a sign that Opening Day is getting closer, Matt Harvey became the first Mets pitcher to bat in a Grapefruit League game today in the Mets’ 8-5 loss to the Washington Nationals. Matt Harvey’s 2012...
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The Future
Binghamton Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard (Photo credit: Paul Hadsall) There is a greater sense of optimism around the New York Mets over the past few weeks than I can remember at any point in the last...
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Minor Mets moves
Steve Matz 2009 Bowman Draft Picks autograph card 030/500 (If you are seeing a baseball card image with rounded corners, it is just because that’s how my blog theme displays photos) The New York Mets...
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Sometimes sixth place is something to celebrate
The New York Mets have the sixth best farm system in baseball, according to ESPN’s Keith Law. Three of their top prospects, Noah Syndergaard, Rafael Montero and Brandon Nimmo, are pictured above at the...
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Mets baseball card of the week: 2014 Topps Wilmer Flores
Wilmer Flores’ 2014 Topps Series 1 baseball card (As it’s been pointed out, the Mets official reporting date is five days from now, on Feb. 15, and I can’t read a calendar. Just pretend you’re reading...
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Welcome back, Mets baseball
Mr. Met (Photo credit: Paul Hadsall) The New York Mets will play a televised baseball game this afternoon for the first time since September 29th, 2013. As long as I’m in New Jersey and they’re in...
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With three weeks left, uncertainty remains at 1B & SS for Mets
Opening Day is about three weeks away, and the New York Mets have not really found clarity on many of the major issues they faced going into spring training. Ike Davis flails at a pitch during a game...
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Mets baseball cards, from Tom Seaver to Zack Wheeler
I want to thank Geof for surprising me with these Mets baseball cards (and a Mets windbreaker.) They brightened my day, and are giving me something to talk about besides last night’s discouraging loss...
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Things to be happy about the day after the Mets’ season “ended”
Matt den Dekker’s 2014 Topps baseball card The New York Mets finally acknowledged reality after Bryce Harper gave the Nationals a series victory in Washington Thursday afternoon – the playoffs are not...
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Random thoughts inspired by 9 Mets baseball cards
Geof surprised me with a couple of envelopes filled with Mets baseball cards this week. Here are a few of my favorites and some that just caught my eye. 2002 Upper Deck Heroes of Baseball Tom Seaver...
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Wilmer Flores (and other shiny Bowman baseball cards)
Until this month, I had more or less been ready to write Wilmer Flores off. But in September, he’s beginning to look like a player who should be part of the Mets’ plans for the future. Last night, the...
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I’m going to post some Mets baseball cards even though they’re not still playing
I’m still working on my 2014 Topps Heritage Mets team set, but I’m a bit closer to finishing it today thanks to a surprise envelope from Jeff of 2x3Heroes.com. I was probably annoyed to see Johan...
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Baseball card of the day: 2014 Gypsy Queen Wilmer Flores autograph
Wilmer Flores may or may not be the Mets’ Opening Day shortstop in 2015, but he showed flashes of promise at the end of this season. Although Flores had been a hyped prospect for a number of years, I...
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