Look at all the pretty Mets cards...
It was another rough year for the Mets, with Ike Davis being the only addition the core group of Wright, Reyes, Beltran, and sometimes Santana in the lineup for game-used insert sets in the first half of the year (Bay was in there too, but I’m trying to forget that he exists). 2011 Topps Marquee added Angel Pagan and Fernando Martinez to the mix with the former’s first-ever game-used cards and the latter’s first MLB game-used material, both with cards featuring sticker autographs (as well as on-card autographs in a separate insert set). There were several other notable cards, including the first pieces from the 2010 pinstripe uniforms (Beltran), large multi-color jerseys from Nolan Ryan (sadly, not Mets jerseys, though he is shown as a Met on the card) and Eddie Murray (Orioles), Mets logo patches from Johan Santana (though he is shown in a Twins uniform for some reason), and more mundane material from Jose Reyes, David Wright, and Tom Seaver (Roberto Alomar and Rickey Henderson were in there too, but I have nothing interesting to say about them). Finish it off with a variety of autograph, jersey, and Padres patch cards featuring ex-Met Heath Bell, and you have a set with plenty to offer any Mets collector.
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