Thursday, March 24, 2016

One Met at a Time, Vol. 9


[Ed. Note: I recently surpassed the 8k mark in my Mets collection, so I thought it would be a fun idea to start picking through the cards one-by-one and presenting them here.  So, that's what this is.  Enjoy!]

Player Name:  John Stearns

Card Info:  1976 Topps, #633

Coming over from the Phillies in the Tug McGraw trade, John Stearns played 10 of his 11 big league years (1975-84) as a Met.  Those were mostly lean years for the club, and Stearns was one of the lone bright spots along the way.  He made four All-Star teams and earned the nickname "Bad Dude" for his rough and tumble mentality behind the dish.  His '76 Topps card --replete with hairy, manly arms--set me back a dime at a recent card show.

At the time of this post, I have 15 John Stearns cards in my Mets collection.

MK

2 comments:

  1. John does in fact look quite "stern" in that image. Seems like he lived up to his name!

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  2. That is one great '70s card right there!

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