>>>>The d'Arnaud Collection

A message from my brother:

I agreed that this would more than likely happen because it's just the way the Mets roll.

Actually, it's the way baseball rolls. These types of storybook moments happen all the time.

A pro player in payback mode is the most dangerous type of player there is.

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Lets roll out the MFC

Travis d'Arnaud Collection!

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Remember those cute FLEER stickers.

Travis looks like he's around twelve years old.

 I couldn't find a large quality picture of the field so Travis ends up in the stands. He looks okay with it.

Yep, this is an MFC Premium!

I'm not sure what that means.

Travis wore the uniform numbers 15, 7, & 18 as a Metropolitan.

Currently my personal favorite of all the d'Arnaud customs I have throw together. 

And this one was shopped up just for this blog post. It's not an original, just a doctored version of his Tampa Bay Topps throw back. I feel that if he's going to be in THE LIVING SET, he's got to be portrayed as a NEW YORK MET!

When adding a card back, which I rarely do, the 1971 Topps design is the one I use the most. Why? Only two lines of stats!

The Topps 2020 border design. 

Meh, it's typical of today's "space age" look. 

Might as well write stuff sideways.

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d'Arnaud mfc SEASON SET cards

   

Good luck in all your future endeavors Travis! Thank you for being a Met!

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I lost count as to how many Pete Alonso cards have the Topps Rookie symbol on them. At least 25. 
So what does it mean to be a rookie card these days?
Feel free to comment.

As far as I am concerned Pete Alonso's 2016 "1st BOWMAN"
is his actual, factual rookie card, no other.
And it doesn't even include the Topps Rookie Symbol. Ha!

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Hope the Mets get us something special for Christmas.

Don't laugh. They have come through before.

>>>mfc Salutes Ken Griffey Jr. on his 50th Birthday!

Happy Birthday to one of the most prolific and exciting players to ever play the game.

>>>mfc 2020 Mets Manager and Coaches Card

This one took a remarkable amount of time and work to create from concept to completion. 

Back in 2017 I made a Yogi Berra manager and coaches card (based on the real '74 Topps manager cards, but in full color) and I wanted to apply that layout to the 2020 mfc design. I didn't plan on the new design being as complicated as it is, but I just kept going until I felt I was done. 

I also made one for Yogi '72 Topps style. I like it better than the '74 Topps one and it's closer in resemblance to the new one in it's design. 

On the new card I thought choosing the coaches to include would be a simple decision. But it wasn't. Teams have SO MANY coaches these days! For everything!!

And according to the Mets, Regan is an "interim" coach (as is Ricky Bones). So I will make a few variations of this card and they will include different grouping of Mets coaches.

I will also update these to show the coaches in their Mets uniforms/caps when the photos become available. For now I'll go the old Topps pre-traded set way: 

*NOW WITH METS.

The image of Beltran himself needed to be doctored so it was more appropriate.

LETS GO METS in 2020!!!