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Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

Edgy DC Apr 30 2009 08:32 AM

I realized we were still working on the 2008 thread, and I'd thought I'd reboot. Rich Porcello, Baseball Prospectus top ten prospect, who started against the Yankees last night? He's an MLBS. Soak up the drool as Mitch Albom runs through the Yankee lineup: http://www.freep.com/article/20090430/C ... 00630/1048

Fman99 Apr 30 2009 08:42 AM

Oh my God! He retired the YANKEES! IN ORDER!!!! For fuck's sake. This kind of reverent pandering makes me want to grab Albom by his giant, weird tapir-style ears and drag him up and down the Shea rubble pile till he cries. Then, kick -> cunt, punch -> neck, and leave him cryin upside down in the dirt mound, like Dynamo in The Running Man.

metirish Apr 30 2009 08:42 AM

OMG

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 30 2009 08:43 AM

[quote="Fman99":3e7hm0td]Oh my God! He retired the YANKEES! IN ORDER!!!! For fuck's sake. This kind of reverent pandering makes me want to grab Albom by his giant, weird tapir-style ears and drag him up and down the Shea rubble pile till he cries. Then, kick -> cunt, punch -> neck, and leave him cryin upside down in the dirt mound, like Dynamo in The Running Man.[/quote:3e7hm0td] I just wanted to read the words again.

Edgy DC Apr 30 2009 08:58 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 30 2009 10:19 AM

[quote="Fman99":4ngks1kq]giant, weird tapir-style ears[/quote:4ngks1kq] "Thank you. Yes, my book is doing quite well in the demographics of White Chicks Who Need to Get Out More and Skanky Guys Who Lurk at the Back of the Line.

Fman99 Apr 30 2009 09:51 AM

metirish Apr 30 2009 09:53 AM

I stopped watching "The Sports Reporters" because his ears were so distracting .

metsguyinmichigan Apr 30 2009 09:59 AM

I met Albom in the Tigers press box once. He had flunkies runnign around doing all his leg work while he sat back pondering. He was in trouble a couple years back for writing a column about an event before the event actually happened. Something like former MSU basketball players watching the game from behind the bench and being worried or upset or something. Except that they never made it to the game. Mitch blamed his early deadlines. I just think he lied.

DocTee Apr 30 2009 10:06 AM

He and Lupica have heads that are disproportionately large for their pencil necks. Don't know how they can stand upright.

Met Hunter May 01 2009 05:11 AM

I saw Lupica once at Shea. The man is so small that if he went to Belmont, people would be shaking his hand, thinking he was a retired jockey.

Edgy DC May 19 2009 09:32 PM

Astronaut Mike Massamino, currently repairing the Hubble and taking care of Shea Stadium's home plate in earth's upper orbit. http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/massimin.html Met-lovin' moon shot.

Swan Swan H May 19 2009 09:36 PM

He's got like ten post-graduate degrees. Proof positive that smart people are Mets fans. Or Mets fans are smart people. Except me.

metirish May 19 2009 09:38 PM

Orlando Hudson talking with Burlhardt on the pre-game saying how he's a huge Mets fan even though where he grew up they were all Braves fans....but I think we knew this information

Gwreck May 19 2009 10:44 PM

Shouldn't we be seeing a shot of Hillary Swank in her Mets cap now that we're in LA?

Ashie62 May 19 2009 11:14 PM

[quote="Gwreck":3bsrl893]Shouldn't we be seeing a shot of Hillary Swank in her Mets cap now that we're in LA?[/quote:3bsrl893] eeewww

Fman99 May 20 2009 06:48 AM

[quote="Edgy DC":29hzwuyh]Astronaut Mike Massamino, currently repairing the Hubble and taking care of Shea Stadium's home plate in earth's upper orbit. http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/massimin.html Met-lovin' moon shot.[/quote:29hzwuyh] Either a giant suit or a tiny head.

seawolf17 May 20 2009 07:12 AM

And if any of you are on Twitter, @astro_mike is too.

Edgy DC May 20 2009 07:18 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 20 2009 07:42 AM

about 15 hours ago from web From orbit: My only regret when viewing the Earth is that my wife & children are not with me to see it (along with all of you following me) And Dr. Smith and the robot also. Dude, blasting into space is dangerous. about 15 hours ago from web From orbit: We see 16 sunrises and sunsets in 24 hrs, each one spectacular as the sun lights up the atmosphere in a spectrum of colors That's pretty cool. about 15 hours ago from web From orbit: Listening to Sting on my ipod watching the world go by – literally Puketastic. That should help build up Sting's tiny ego.

Benjamin Grimm May 20 2009 07:33 AM

Were we aware of John Goodman's Mets background? He was on with David Letterman last week, and he told of how when he was younger he'd gather up his nickels and take the 7 train to Shea to get the cheap Upper Deck seats, and then he'd sneak down to the better seats during the game.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 20 2009 07:41 AM

Goodman always struck me as a Chicago guy, but I'm glad to have him on our side. Mark it zero.

Edgy DC May 20 2009 07:42 AM

Can he play first?

SteveJRogers May 20 2009 10:16 AM

[quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]Goodman always struck me as a Chicago guy, but I'm glad to have him on our side. Mark it zero.

[MFY fan douche that hates Billy Crystal because of Met cap in City Slickers]
Yabut, he played Babe Ruth, a YANKEE!, he's not a REAL Met fan![/MFY fan douche that hates Billy Crystal because of Met cap in City Slickers]

From his Wiki page:
Goodman was born in Affton, Missouri, the son of Virginia, a store clerk and waiter who worked at Jack and Phil's Bar-B-Que, and Leslie Goodman, a postal worker[1] who died from a heart attack in 1955.[2][3][4] He has a sister, Elisabeth, and a brother, Leslie. Goodman went to Affton High School where he played football and dabbled in theater. He then won a football scholarship to Southwest Missouri State University, now called Missouri State University.[5] He pledged the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, but was not formally initiated until several decades later. He admittedly "wasted a year in the keg," before discovering Southwest Missouri's unusually well regarded drama program. He studied there with notable actors Kathleen Turner and Tess Harper.[6]

During his college stint he got injured, ending his football career. He then decided to become a professional actor, leaving Missouri for New York in 1975.[5] With a small bankroll from his brother, he found an apartment on ninth avenue and 51st street near the Theater District (Manhattan), and attempted (failingly) to earn money as a bartender and waiter. But, he was soon to find modest success on stage, in commercials and in voice over performance. He was the guy who slapped himself in the commercial for Skin Bracer by Mennon, saying the famous line "Thanks...I needed that!"[7] He performed off Broadway and in dinner theatres, before getting character roles in movies during the early 1980s.[5] One of his earliest roles was Pap Finn in the Broadway musical Big River, and he can be heard on the original cast album.

In 1978 he joined fellow young and struggling actors Dennis Quaid, Bruce Willis and Kevin Kline in the Broadway production of "Loose Ends."[8]

Gwreck May 20 2009 10:22 AM

Edit: posted in error.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 20 2009 10:24 AM

I lived on 9th & 51st too. I wonder if we had the same roaches.

Elster88 May 27 2009 06:02 PM

Carmela Soprano threw out the first pitch today. I only caught the end of her interview but it sounded like she was saying "It was all Mets growing up in my house. Mets, Mets, Mets."

Willets Point May 27 2009 06:44 PM

From the uniform in the background, apparently this kid likes the Mets.

Met Hunter May 27 2009 08:31 PM

Tweeze those brows.

Edgy DC May 29 2009 08:39 AM

Hey, Ramon, could you maybe dip after posing with a big shot actress? It looks like you're about to spit on her.

seawolf17 May 29 2009 10:13 AM

What does it say on Ramon's collar, before his uni #?

Gwreck May 29 2009 10:28 AM

BMNM?

Edgy DC May 29 2009 10:36 AM

Yup. A curious combination to be sure. In other (perhaps older) shots, it says "Castro 11."

Edgy DC May 29 2009 10:40 AM

Barcollo ma non mollo? http://www.stuartbruce.net/abbrev/4/b.shtml

Benjamin Grimm May 29 2009 10:41 AM

It's the stock symbol for Bimini Capital Management, Inc. Bimini Capital Management, Inc. (OTCBB: BMNM) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests primarily in, but is not limited to, residential mortgage-related securities issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) and the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae). Our objective is to earn returns on the spread between the yield on our assets and our costs, including the interest expense on the funds we borrow. Bimini Capital Management, Inc. is headquartered in Vero Beach, Fla. I think they also make catcher's equipment.

Edgy DC May 29 2009 10:49 AM

Running it through online Italian-English translators, I think "Barcollo ma non mollo" means "I stagger, but I don't give up."

Swan Swan H May 29 2009 10:58 AM

[quote="Edgy DC":2qxyhdcw]Running it through online Italian-English translators, I think "Barcollo ma non mollo" means "I stagger, but I don't give up."[/quote:2qxyhdcw] I used a different translator, and I get 'Weebles wobble but they don't fall down.'

Benjamin Grimm May 29 2009 11:15 AM

It shows up in the Italian version of Wikipedia on the Fascist Slogans page. (Slogan fascisti) Google translates it as "Barcollo but not give up!"

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 29 2009 01:16 PM

Edie Falco, Stiles, Stewart, Seinfeld, Close, Chuck D, Viggo Mortensen... this is a bit self-serving, to be sure, but-- O'Reilly (or Robbins, depending on your perspective) aside-- we have some pretty likable celebrity fans, no?

Edgy DC Jun 09 2009 08:36 AM

Stuck in medical facilities yesterday, I read just as much WebMD as I could take. Then I dug up an old copy of The Sporting News in one pile, and found out Dallas Clark, Colts tight end, was a Met-lovin big shot. This is from an old David Lennon blog. Dallas Clark, a Mets fan from Iowa who also happens to play a decent tight end for the Colts, spent most of batting practice hanging with players in his David Wright No. 5 jersey. And it wasn't a freebie from equipment manager Charlie Samuel, either. The black uniform top was a Christmas gift from his wife. I haven't seen a copy of TSN in five years and was delighted to see that --- though it is hardly the indispensible sports Bible that Tom Seaver used to shill for --- neither does it look like the fantasy guide it had fallen to in the early aughts. Probably as good as or better than ESPN: The Magazine though I confess I haven't picked that one up in years, either).

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 09 2009 10:34 AM

[quote="Edgy DC":1jf000i8] Dallas Clark, a Mets fan from Iowa who also happens to play a decent tight end for the Colts, spent most of batting practice hanging with players in his David Wright No. 5 jersey. And it wasn't a freebie from equipment manager Charlie Samuel, either. The black uniform top was a Christmas gift from his wife)[/quote:1jf000i8] Since 1986, as he tells it-- he just "loved the players." I vaguely recall hearing he buys tickets to all three Wrigley games every year-- I remember him getting a bunch of SNY and ESPN camera love there in '07.

Edgy DC Jun 11 2009 01:10 PM

Lonesome George gives up. http://www.tahoe.com/article/20090611/E ... 0/WHATTODO

Rockin' Doc Jun 11 2009 07:15 PM

Quick, someone get George some Kool Aid and a pair of orange glasses.

themetfairy Jun 20 2009 02:45 PM

Greta Van Susteren threw out the first pitch today and claims Mets fandom.

Frayed Knot Jun 20 2009 04:03 PM

That half-inning TV spot with GVS was an embarrassment for all concerned.

Kong76 Jun 20 2009 04:10 PM

I had no idea who she was and I thought she embarrassed herself too.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 20 2009 06:42 PM

I'm still not used to her new face. (Not that I see her all that often. I guess if I watched her show, I'd be used to her face.)

Kong76 Jun 20 2009 07:06 PM

I love Bret Favre, I own shares in the Packers, I love the Jets, I love the Mets, if Bret becomes a Viking, well, ya know, I'm torn between everything I just said. Fox is wonderful, Fox is just great. I got this cool jersey. I have another one but didn't wear it because I wanted another one. Are we still on?

metirish Jun 20 2009 07:08 PM

She's the one that talks from the side of her mouth? , I remember her from CNN/MSNBC but haven't seen her in years...

Kong76 Jun 20 2009 07:11 PM

Big in the OJ years, yuck.

Frayed Knot Jun 20 2009 07:35 PM

I wonder if she still thinks O.J. didn't do it? It was embarrassing all around because they tried to pretend that a cheesy plug for a FOX news program is somehow more worthy than one of a regular TV show. News programs and the people on them like to think of themselves as being above those on entertainment programs - except when it comes to either acting like it or being paid like it.

Swan Swan H Jun 21 2009 03:05 PM

Fox News Channel gave out thunderstix yesterday. This is the most perfect product placement ever, as both the sponsor and the product serve only to produce useless, annoying noise.

Gwreck Jun 21 2009 09:25 PM

Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez, seated in the front row of the Delta Club seats at Sunday's game. Jessica Beltran was next to them when they were first shown on TV, and then later with Lopez' father when the SNY reporter went over. J-Lo: "Vote for Carlos for the All-Star game!"

Edgy DC Jun 22 2009 06:19 AM

She's got to publickly renounce her Yankee fandom to win me.

HahnSolo Jun 22 2009 07:25 AM

I don't know why I think this, but wasn't her dad a Met fan?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 22 2009 10:12 AM

Apparently, she grew up down the block from my current apartment (Castle Hill area, Bronx). It's a big he's-been-there-FOREVER kind of neighborhood, and a few of them have Lil' J-Lo stories. An informal poll of old-timey locals says: 1) Some kid's going to get killed someday by a speeding livery driver if they don't raise the speed bump on Black Rock. 2) Nobody knows who brought the fireworks into the neighborhood, but some kid's going to lose a hand, and respondents will either laugh or say, "I knew it." 2) The Lopez clan was ALL Yankee fan.

HahnSolo Jun 22 2009 11:15 AM

[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":65w4k6np]Apparently, she grew up down the block from my current apartment (Castle Hill area, Bronx). It's a big he's-been-there-FOREVER kind of neighborhood, and a few of them have Lil' J-Lo stories.[/quote:65w4k6np] I grew up not too far from where you are now. Went to St. Helena's

Farmer Ted Jun 22 2009 02:00 PM

I peg J-Lo as a "I root for both" chick. No credibility. Then again, she dated that Puff-n-Stuff guy who killed that Two-Pack guy.

metirish Jul 31 2009 01:14 PM

[quote="Edgy DC"]Astronaut Mike Massamino, currently repairing the Hubble and taking care of Shea Stadium's home plate in earth's upper orbit. http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/massimin.html Met-lovin' moon shot.

LI astronaut - and Mets fan - at Citi Field ceremony

July 31, 2009 By BARBARA BARKER barbara.barker@newsday.com It was 1969, the year that Neil Armstrong walked on the moon and the Mets won the World Series. Michael Massimino, a 6-year-old from Franklin Square, watched both dramas unfold on his television and vowed that one day he would be an astronaut and a professional baseball player. "It turned out I wasn't anything special in baseball," Massimino said. Massimino had other talents, and in 1996 NASA chose him to become an astronaut. His passion for baseball and the Mets never waned, though. Last May, before leaving on the mission to fix the Hubble Space Telescope, Massimino called the Mets and asked if he could take a memento into space. The team gave him the home plate from Shea Stadium, which came to occupy a special place in the hearts of the shuttle Atlantis astronauts. Friday night, in a ceremony before the Mets game against Arizona, Massimino will give the plate back so the Mets can put it in the team's hall of fame. Massimino, who took a John Franco jersey into space in 2002, knew he had to do something really big this time after fellow astronaut and Yankees fan Garrett Reisman of Morristown, N.J., carried dirt from the Yankee Stadium pitcher's mound on the shuttle Endeavour in March. "I knew I could do a little better than some dirt," Massimino said. Initially, there were some problems when the plate proved to be too big to fit into his locker. But Massimino, who has a doctorate in engineering from MIT, was able to enlist a team of specialists to trim a border off the plate, which they later put back on. The crew then used it, along with a wrench extender and a rolled-up sock, to play a little baseball during some down time. Massimino, who now lives in Houston, will be seeing Citi Field for the first time Friday night when he presents the plate. Said Massimino: "Getting to take a Mets home plate into space makes all the hard work it took to be an astronaut worth it."

Hope the weather clears for take off

I hope this guy makes it to the booth for a chat , he seems like a good one.

A Boy Named Seo Aug 17 2009 09:56 AM

Meg Griffin, jock on "the Loft" on XM Radio. I wish I was paying closer attention, but I heard her mention her beloved New York Mets the other day on air, and that was OK by me. Meg, welcome.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 17 2009 09:59 AM

She's a longtime FM rock radio jock-ette, pal of Howard Stern.

Edgy DC Aug 17 2009 09:59 AM

Meg Griffin? Wow. That can only mean that Carol Miller is a YLDB.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 02 2009 01:16 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

As things kick off across the train tracks, perennial US Open bridesmaid James Blake is revealed as a MLBS... BUT with a bit of an asterisk: If you didn't play tennis, what sport would you have a chance at playing? Baseball. I love to play baseball. I'd love to play shortstop [for] the Mets. I'm a huge Mets fan. They've got a pretty good shortstop over at the Yankees, too. Derek Jeter is your guy? It's tough to say as a Mets fan, but I really look up to Derek Jeter. He lives near me in Tampa and I've seen him training. And to see someone who's got everything going [for him], and has the ability if he wanted to slack off, but never slacks off … that's something that's really impressive to me.

metirish Sep 02 2009 01:26 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

" there goes the greatest yankee ever" Jeter never slacks off because all he cares about is winning , I bet he doesn't even know that he is approaching the MFY hit record , why? , because he never slacks off and only cares about winning. It must be true because I read it a lot.

PiggiesTomatoes Sep 02 2009 09:15 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

Fuck DJ. He hasn't won shit without Jeff Nelson, Paul O'Neill or Ramiro Mendoza. Hell, Mendoza has more World Series' rings than the Prince of the Bronx.

Farmer Ted Sep 18 2009 03:59 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

Not so good on this one. NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The lab tech suspected of killing a Yale student was playing softball the day the victim's body was found. Thirty-six-year-old Vinnie Mauro calls Clark "nondescript" and says he didn't lose his temper or even interact much with other players. Mauro says he usually recognizes Clark by the Mets jersey he wears with player David Wright's name on the back. Mauro says his team defeated Clark's Wild Hogs in the playoff game. Clark was playing shortstop. Clark is charged with killing 24-year-old Annie Le. Her body was found in a lab building wall after she had been missing for days.

themetfairy Sep 18 2009 04:36 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

FWIW, the victim and her fiance were/are also Mets fans. There were photos of them in Mets gear in the Post on Tuesday.

Edgy DC Sep 23 2009 10:51 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

Deputy Mayor Skyler, who never killed nobody, as far as I know. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/ ... -bring-it/

Benjamin Grimm Sep 23 2009 11:13 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

Are we counting Chris Rock as a MLBS? Because I recently saw some disturbing photos of him in a Yankees cap.

soupcan Sep 23 2009 11:20 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

Last year my wife and I were at a game at Shea, sitting close to the field on the first base side near home plate. We see Mayor Mike and his lady friend walk down to their seats in the first row behind home plate. Followed closely by deputy Mayor Skyler (didn't know it was him at the time) and....my wife's cousin Amy! The missus and I do a double-take and give each other a 'that's Amy, right?' look. She sits down next to Mayor Mike and we are just dumbfounded. Amy's a private sector chick and as far as we know has no professional governmental relationships. So we start screaming 'AMY! AMY! AMY!' She doesn't hear us but Mayor Mike does. He looks at us and turns his palms upward giving us 'what are you saying? kind of look. So we point to Amy and motion for him to tap her and show her that we are screaming at her. He does, she turns, sees us. She came over, told us she was on a date with Skyler, etc. It was funny at the time.

Edgy DC Sep 23 2009 11:58 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

You know, stuff happens to you at Met games that doesn't happen to me.

soupcan Sep 23 2009 12:26 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

At Shea our tickets were right in the thick of things so a lot of the VIPs would have to walk right by us or be right near us. Led to a few good stories and incidents - Rick Lazio's goon squad manhandling and cursing my pregnant wife, Hilary Swank rendering me motionless with a movie-star smile, a few mayoral encounters - but now at Citi, while the seats are absolutely comparable, the VIP section is now seperated by a wrought-iron fence and there is better/more private access to seats for the celebs. We're still close but it hasn't been as interestin' thus far.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 23 2009 12:35 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

[quote="Benjamin Grimm"]Are we counting Chris Rock as a MLBS? Because I recently saw some disturbing photos of him in a Yankees cap.

The producer of their latest flick just had his son drafted by the team, so it's SORTA understandable, but... let's just say I worry about his commitment to Sparkle Motion. (Kevin James, too. I mean, say what you will about YLDB Sandler, but he's respectfully taking part without wearing the colors.)



http://www.thefightins.com/retard/did-y ... o-loyalty/

seawolf17 Sep 23 2009 01:13 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

Credit Kevin James for wearing the hat backward; he's okay.

Edgy DC Sep 23 2009 01:55 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

That's some ill will in that post at thefightins.com. Are we that mean?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 23 2009 02:29 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 23 2009 02:39 PM

[quote="Edgy DC":jnk9ofua]That's some ill will in that post at thefightins.com. Are we that mean?[/quote:jnk9ofua] Over the last couple of years, a lot of the Met trolls on BeerLeaguer and Fightins tend toward the "HAMELS IZ A F*GGOT"/" UTLEY SUCKS COCK" brand of crit. (Think old Metsblog commentariat.) Responding in kind, perhaps? Also, perhaps it's my bias influencing my vision, but Philly seems to have ALWAYS taken the rivalry more seriously and evinced it more bitterly-- even if said bitterness was choked down and repressed-- than we have.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 23 2009 02:32 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

Definitely. The Phillies fans have seen the Mets as a rival going back at least to 1986. They're much more focused on us than we are on them.

Edgy DC Oct 08 2009 12:16 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

Rob Parker, sharp-tongued sports journalist, is an MLBS. http://blog.mlive.com/its-just-sports/2 ... _news.html

metirish Oct 08 2009 12:37 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

[quote="Edgy DC":2rplfju4]Rob Parker, sharp-tongued sports journalist, is an MLBS. http://blog.mlive.com/its-just-sports/2 ... _news.html[/quote:2rplfju4] It's a stretch that don't you think? If his wiki is to be believed then he's a bit of a tit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Parker ... journalist)

G-Fafif Oct 17 2009 06:09 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

Kobe Bryant in a Dodgers cap yesterday, childhood loyalties revealed during Game Two of NLCS. Craig Sager reported the native Philadelphian grew up rooting for the Mets; that Darryl Strawberry was his favorite player; and "tell Ron [Darling] I still have his baseball card". Philly fan takes it in usual stride: Kobe was a Mets fan? While growing up in Philly? Seriously, that’s horrible parenting by Joe Bryant. You can’t raise a New York fan no matter where you live.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 17 2009 12:06 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

[quote="G-Fafif"]Kobe Bryant in a Dodgers cap yesterday, childhood loyalties revealed during Game Two of NLCS. Craig Sager reported the native Philadelphian grew up rooting for the Mets; that Darryl Strawberry was his favorite player; and "tell Ron [Darling] I still have his baseball card". Philly fan takes it in usual stride: Kobe was a Mets fan? While growing up in Philly? Seriously, that’s horrible parenting by Joe Bryant. You can’t raise a New York fan no matter where you live.

Born in Philly... but moved to Italy with the fam by age 5 or 6, where he lived 'til 13. I'm guessing he latched on for a time in/around 1986, which makes him about as much a Met fan as I am a Royal fan.

That said, if this is true, the Dodger cap is unsurprising; it's not like Kobe's ever seemed big on loyalty.

Ashie62 Oct 17 2009 02:26 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

Beats the hat Kobe could have been wearing in the Colorado Penal League

Edgy DC Oct 19 2009 09:01 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

Author Sue Corbett: http://www.suecorbett.com/ “I wasn't a book reader as a kid, but it's wrong to say I wasn't a reader. I could not get enough about sports. My dream was to be the bat boy for the Mets.”

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 28 2009 09:21 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

I dunno. If you live where gwreck and I do, you probably have seen the guy who drives around in a red subaru singing 50s and 60s songs. He's a curiosity to the young people and shows his MLBS colors in this video. [url]http://vimeo.com/7258656

Edgy DC Oct 28 2009 09:51 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

Wow. The W-Burg Realty Association can't buy color like that. Got to love the golden corona where the sunlight catches his arm hair.

TransMonk Oct 28 2009 10:15 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

Author Rick Moody, known MLBS, gives his take on 2009. http://www.thelmagazine.com/newyork/ric ... id=1262531

G-Fafif Oct 28 2009 10:28 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

Moody's off by a year regarding that World Series against Oakland.

metirish Oct 28 2009 10:38 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

A fun read all the same.. All Mets fans, I suspect, know and cherish failure. I once wrote a piece about the theology of the Mets, in which I argued that the Mets were truly like Christianity, because you have to WORK to believe in them. Yankee fans secretly know that their own love is indefensible, because it's too easy. There's nothing complex about it. It's like evangelical belief. Or Calvinism. But Mets fans know that they have to believe in the darkest of dark hours, against all hope, and this season is just such a time. This part of why the Davey Johnson-era Mets were so transcendent, because they snatched victory from the gaping maw of failure. With much bravado. They were failures as human beings, but as a team they were awesome. Whether this propensity to failure in the Mets clubhouse is FATED is a deep question, but I perhaps prefer to think that it is historically bound, owing to the failure of the city to really be able to back a second team effectively—what with the Yankees around. good stuff

Benjamin Grimm Oct 28 2009 11:15 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

Blech!

metsguyinmichigan Nov 06 2009 03:09 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

Mets fan in Congress... Democrat Reps. Eliot Engel and Edolphus Towns began the accolades. Engle, who lives in the Bronx, wore a Yankee cap, calling it "a symbol of unity." He said, "I know it is violating rules to put a hat on, but I am going to do it for just two seconds because I think it is really important that I put this on...In Asia, in Africa, in Europe, in the Middle East wherever we go we see people wearing Yankee hats." But Utah Republican Jason Chaffetz wanted to talk about health care and not baseball. "While the Democrats want to talk baseball we want to talk about health care," he said. "While the New York Yankees are winning the World Series the American families are striking out." New York Democratic Rep. Jose Serrano fired back at Chaffetz. Serrano accused the Republican of turning the World Series into a partisan issue. "Americans celebrate success and I am positive that there is not a single American in this country, except for some in this House, who would think that what we are doing today is wrong." Serrano added, "This weekend we will deal with the biggest issue of our times." Health care or Yankees, New York Democrat Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez took another position. "I just would like for the record to reflect the fact that I am a Mets fan," she said.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 06 2009 03:19 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 09 2009 07:22 AM

That's my Rep! Go Nydia!

Edgy DC Nov 06 2009 06:52 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

"Mr. Chairman, please let the record show that Mr. Engel is a YLDB." "So noted."

Swan Swan H Nov 09 2009 01:02 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

A future M-LBS: [url]http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2009/11/09/091109ta_talk_kolhatkar

metirish Nov 11 2009 11:00 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

Buy Bernie's Mets jacket at auction From the banker who threw his investors a curveball, the US goverment presents Lot 276 - Jacket: [1] Blue satin with orange trim jacket labelled and stitched with: NY Mets, "MADF", "25" and "Madoff" http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009 ... ff-auction

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 15 2009 09:01 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

Was this previously reported? Because its kind of cool. Check out this video, not just for the song but for the outfit at the 2:50 mark [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cepSg0HswdE Now read the interview from Zisk magazine. It's from 2007, so I may have missed it: [url]http://ziskmagazine.blogspot.com/2007/06/now-thats-hit-hoodoo-gurus-dave.html Friday, June 01, 2007 Now That’s a Hit: Hoodoo Gurus’ Dave Faulkner Baseball has spread its reach around the globe the past three decades, but who knew that it could hook one of Australia’s most legendary bands? I jumped at the opportunity to interview Hoodoo Gurus frontman Dave Faulkner for my day job when the band returned to the U.S. for the first time in 14 years. The Gurus were one of my favorite discoveries working on college radio. Their mix of witty lyrics with garage-rock inspired pop hooked me from the first time I ever heard the opening lick of 1987’s “What’s My Scene.” During our time catching up on the band’s activities, Faulkner was talking about the band doing the theme for the Australian rugby league (“What’s My Scene” became “That’s My Team”) and getting the chance to watch games from a luxury box. That in turn led to this discussion of his love for America’s pastime. (Interview by Steve Reynolds) Dave: Now are you a Mets or a Yankees fan? Steve: I’m a Mets fan. Dave: I’m a Mets fan. Have you ever been to the Diamond Club suite? Steve: I have been through there, yes. Dave: I saw a game from the Diamond Club suite, so [seeing the rugby championship game was] kind of like that. Steve: Well, I have a friend who works for the Mets radio station... Dave: All right! Steve: ...so I’ve actually gone into their corporate suite and also where the TV and radio boxes are... Dave: Not Ralph Kiner? You know Ralph Kiner? Steve: No, no. But he’s walked by me a couple of times. (Then I hand him my cell phone to show him the picture of the Bob Murphy radio booth plaque that is the wallpaper on my phone.) Steve: So when you go to the radio booth you see this plaque. Bob Murphy was the long time Mets broadcaster... Dave: Oh, okay… Steve: ...and he did strictly radio for the last 25 years or so, and they put that up right next to the radio booth. Dave: Ah. I haven’t heard of Bob Murphy. When did he work? Steve: He was one of the original Mets broadcasters. Dave: Oh, from 1962 then. Steve: Yup. Him and Ralph Kiner and Lindsey Nelson. Ralph Kiner and Bob Murphy stayed the entire time. Bob Murphy retired in 2003. Dave: Oh, I should have known that then. Steve: And they had a whole big night for him when he was retiring Dave: So Ralph did the TV and Bob did the radio? Steve: Yup. Dave: Well, I think I just proved my actual fandom of the Mets there, knowing that [about Ralph]. And you know there’s a song on one of our albums that is all about the Mets. Steve: What one is that? Dave: It’s called “Where’s that Hit,” on the Magnum Cum Louder album. It’s all about baseball. Well if you think about it, it says—the lyrics specify “bottom of the ninth, here you are at Shea” so it’s gotta be the Mets batting. (Laughs) Here’s the lyrics to “Where’s That Hit?” from Hoodoo Gurus 1989 album Magnum Cum Louder: "Bases are loaded, Two out and you're at the plate. Time to start swinging "Don't think too hard, son, you'll be great." You know about pressure. Two down and you're on the brink. The stadium's shouting So loud you can't hear yourself think. (Strike One!) Let's play ball! (Strike Two!) One bad call. Just up from the minors A kid with potential, they said. You've dreamed of this moment, One game you'll never forget. (Ball!) Ball one: now you spit (Ball!) Ball two: Where's that hit? Bottom of the ninth, it depends on you. You can save the game , you can lose it too. You could make your name when you get that hit. Winners never quit waiting for that hit Remember in high school The way you could knock ’em all dead? Now you're in the big league, A man with a price on his head. The pitcher is winding You pop behind third: it falls safe. You're getting your timing. Another like that, you're on base. (Ball!) Ball three, this is it! (Foul ball!) Foul back: where's that hit? Here you are at Shea, your hearts in your throat Will you make the grade? Will you miss the boat? Hero of the day, hero, or the goat? Winners never quit waiting for that hit. Where's that hit?" Steve: So when you wrote that, had you been to a bunch of Mets games? Dave: Oh god yeah, I’ve been to millions of them. Cause apart from all the touring—we’d catch Mets games on the road, not just in New York City. I went to Busch Stadium, and in San Diego against the Padres. Also I’ve been here for visits many times as a tourist because I’ve made friends here over the years. My first time in New York City was actually 1979, before the Gurus formed. And I lived here for eight months. Not really living, I just came on a holiday, but I ended up staying eight months. I met people and they said, you can stay on our couch and I somehow turned that into eight months and saw lots of rock and roll and that kind of inspired me to form the Hoodoo Gurus. Particularly seeing The Cramps and The Fleshtones. Those two bands particularly set something off in my brain that years later sort of hatched as the Hoodoo Gurus. Steve: So you must obviously feel a special connection to the city then? Dave: Oh absolutely! I’ve been all over it. I spent a lot of time on the Upper West Side, that’s where I was staying mainly. Oh, and on the Upper East Side too, on 91st street was where I first stayed. And then I had friends who lived on 10th avenue and 57th street, so I spent a lot of time up there as well, just between tours or the very beginning or end of a tours I’d spend a couple of weeks and it was great. Steve: Too bad South By Southwest wasn’t in April, so you could have worked a Mets game into your schedule. Dave: Exactly! You don’t think I didn’t look at that? I was thinking like, “Ahh, what’s going on?” And when we come back again—we’re talking about coming back again hopefully in October, and the World Series will be on and hopefully the Mets will be in it, but I think it’ll be too late for me to get a ticket or to go to the games. Steve: Yeah, if the Mets are in the World Series, tickets will be very tight. Dave: Ha ha, yeah! Steve: I went to Game 7 of the NLCS last year, and that was the most expensive ticket I’ve ever paid for, for a ball game. Alas, it was that heartbreaking loss to the Cardinals. Dave: Now here’s a funny one. One of our songs, I think it might have been “Where’s That Hit,” they used it in Boston one year for their end of season highlights thing to show on the scoreboard, which I thought was very ironic. (Laughs) Steve: And like me, they probably missed that Shea reference and had no idea! (Laughs) And I had that album on vinyl, cassette and CD! Dave: The song’s kind of like “Casey at the Bat.” It’s constructed deliberately to lead you to a conclusion about what’s going on to the pitcher in the game. It’s meant to be fairly specific.

metirish Dec 15 2009 09:16 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

Check out this video, not just for the song but for the outfit at the 2:50 mark Very cool

Edgy DC Dec 15 2009 09:19 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

That's so awesome that I want to go up on the roof and scream it. I kiss the ground on which Dave Faulkner walks.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 15 2009 12:36 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

Well, I have your 1985 song list to thank. I came across it yesterday (not literally) and wound up with a taste for the Hoodoo Gurus. They are different but in many ways similar to INXS and even Midnight Oil, since those would have been the first 2 bands I would have guessed I was hearing when hearing one of their songs for the first time. Less overtly stylish than INXS, considerably lighter than the Oils (and more song-y than either), but alike: It might just be the accent in the singing, bu the vocals (lead and background) sound similar. Maybe they were recorded the same way, I dunno. What's My Scene rocks my nads.

Edgy DC Dec 15 2009 01:00 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

Gurus were tight with the Bangles. I think they opened for them on two seperate tours and they appeared on each others' disks. Like the Bangles, big respect for the classic four-piece lineup sound, funny and romantic songcraft, with some sixties jangle. You can hear Bangles all over this track. I think they appear also. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvTLrENGx_c Slow loady, but that was also the last cut ever played on WLIR before WDRE took over.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 28 2009 03:41 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots of 2009

Can't believe I missed this, but this kinda stinks. I guess, given long enough, women do get woolly. Craig Calcaterra har-de-hars on the matter: Among the reasons for their breakup: 2. Lollygagging... 7. No real reason, actually: it was just a question of quantum physics, molecular attraction, and timing.