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="G-Fafif":3gr0fzb2]Fine representatives of Metsdom all. I went with Tim Robbins because he's lent his voice to at least two documentaries, really knows his stuff in interviews, seems more sincere than just looking for laffs and had to put up with Mike & the Mad Dog questioning his authenticity. Dude's eleventh birthday was Game Five of the '69 WS.[/quote:3gr0fzb2]
"Shawshank Stadium?
Oh, thats in the bronx
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Triple Dee
Jul 15 2009 11:01 PM
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Seeing Julia Stiles in a Mets shirt must be close to the sexiest thing I've ever seen.
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TransMonk
Jul 16 2009 07:16 AM
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Matt Dillon anyone?
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Benjamin Grimm
Jul 16 2009 07:23 AM
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I voted Tim Robbins. He seems to know his stuff.
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Edgy DC
Jul 16 2009 07:25 AM
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This deserves a bracket.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jul 16 2009 09:10 AM
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Stiles... is tempting. Stewart, Mortensen, and Matt-- or Kevin-- Dillon work as well*. Chuck D's a fun, brassy dark horse as well. (Close's intermittent Yank-ing around a decade back rankles.) Though I could have just as easily gone with Robbins, I went with Seinfeld, with the tiebreaker being his promulgation of Metsiana in the popular culture.
[I do think Stewart or-- I have little to support this, merely a feeling-- Mortensen would make the best CPFers.]
*Entourage's Kevin Connolly, however, is first against the wall once the revolution comes. The native LONG ISLANDER gets it for a show moment he ad-libbed (against the wishes of Dillon and several show producers... largely because it's inaccurate) wherein his character asks about Yankee-Angels tickets and offhands "Who cares about the Mets?"
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metirish
Jul 16 2009 09:28 AM
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George Thorogood , our own JCL has a great interview with him. Big time Mets fan is George.
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Benjamin Grimm
Jul 16 2009 09:30 AM
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George Thorogood? Never heard of him.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jul 16 2009 09:45 AM
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| ="Triple Dee"]Seeing Julia Stiles in a Mets shirt must be close to the sexiest thing I've ever seen. |
Hold on to your hats, gents-- she rocks hers old-style/no orange button.
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Benjamin Grimm
Jul 16 2009 09:53 AM
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Bought a blue Mets cap for my son the other day, and it had the blue button on top.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jul 16 2009 09:57 AM
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You're joking about Lonesome George, yes?
Have you ever seen a movie with a charasmatic villian?
duh-nuh-NUH, nuh-nah-nah...
duh-nuh-NUH, nuh-nah-nah..
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dgwphotography
Jul 16 2009 10:01 AM
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I'd have to say Tim Robbins - he does seem to know his stuff...
Pearl Bailey just has to be mentioned in this thread...
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Benjamin Grimm
Jul 16 2009 10:09 AM
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No, seriously, I have no idea who George is. (As I've said many times before, music isn't my thing.)
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soupcan
Jul 16 2009 10:11 AM
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Hillary Swank anyone...?
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Born in Lincoln, Nebraska and raised in Bellingham, Washington, Hilary Swank, an undeafed Oscar Champ (2 nominations: two wins), now lives in a 4-story Greenwich Village brownstone. Hilary's love for Rob Lowe's brother has recently ended, but she still loves the Mets. |
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As Chris works, Swank will simultaneously try to give an interview, telling a story about her reaction to Mets outfielder Carlos Beltran's now infamous strikeout to decide the National League Championship, which she attended in person and which she will talk about for nearly seven minutes, a rather incisive discourse by a rabid fan (forgetting for a moment the fact that she calls them points instead of runs) on matters of fame and talent and opportunities lost, on the value of the long run and the big picture, meanwhile carefully keeping closed the ranks of celebrity, never once even suggesting that the great man might have choked. |
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jul 16 2009 10:13 AM
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| ="Benjamin Grimm"]No, seriously, I have no idea who George is. (As I've said many times before, music isn't my thing.) |
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Oh, and Hillary's okay (the points-runs business aside). But the writer of that profile needs a bit of a five-fingered nose adjustment.
| ]... carefully keeping closed the ranks of celebrity, never once even suggesting that the great man might have choked. |
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Centerfield
Jul 16 2009 10:15 AM
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I would say Seinfeld. He's been the most visible with his love for the Mets. Except maybe Tim Robbins, but I think he's kind of a tool.
Chris Rock and Kevin James are too notables not in this poll.
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Centerfield
Jul 16 2009 10:17 AM
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It's amazing. I've never considered Julia Stiles or Hillary Swank to be particularly attractive. Put that old school Mets hat on them (no orange dot) and suddenly they start pushing Top 5 territory. (falling short, but they're in the neighborhood).
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OlerudOwned
Jul 16 2009 10:50 AM
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Voted Seinfeld, I think he did the most in blending his fandom with his own career.
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bmfc1
Jul 16 2009 10:51 AM
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It's impossible to choose. All have expressed their Mets loyalty w/o jumping to the MFYs. For this, I am am fan of each one.
I would add Kevin James to this mix. He refused to wear a MFY uniform when taking BP at YS (while proudly wearing the Mets uniform at Shea). He named his daughter Shea.
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themetfairy
Jul 16 2009 10:53 AM
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="bmfc1":cy4zyjgt]It's impossible to choose. All have expressed their Mets loyalty w/o jumping to the MFYs. For this, I am am fan of each one.
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Agreed.
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G-Fafif
Jul 16 2009 12:55 PM
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| ="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr"]Entourage's Kevin Connolly, however, is first against the wall once the revolution comes. The native LONG ISLANDER gets it for a show moment he ad-libbed (against the wishes of Dillon and several show producers... largely because it's inaccurate) wherein his character asks about Yankee-Angels tickets and offhands "Who cares about the Mets?" |
Showrunner Doug Ellin planned to make E a Mets fan but Connolly wouldn't go for it. BOO!!!
Seinfeld lost my support when he came on with Steve Somers after the Home Opener and told Mets fans to STFU regarding any criticism of Citi Field. The Wilpons arranged for his beautiful suite and therefore they could no wrong.
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Benjamin Grimm
Jul 16 2009 01:15 PM
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Despite that Keith Hernandez episode (overrated, by the way) Seinfeld became much more of a Yankee show when George started working for Steinbrenner.
I know Jerry was probably mocking the Yankees owner, but I doubt that many of the Bronx fans picked up on that.
All that Yankee stuff eventually helped make the show unwatchable for me.
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G-Fafif
Jul 16 2009 01:58 PM
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="Benjamin Grimm":18617xxn]Despite that Keith Hernandez episode (overrated, by the way) Seinfeld became much more of a Yankee show when George started working for Steinbrenner.
I know Jerry was probably mocking the Yankees owner, but I doubt that many of the Bronx fans picked up on that.
All that Yankee stuff eventually helped make the show unwatchable for me.[/quote:18617xxn]
Co-creator Larry David's an MFY fan (and played Steinbrenner). When given every opportunity to slam MFYs, Jerry generally backs off. He's got an audience to sell to and he's not going to offend any of them. (Unless they run airlines...what's the deal with those peanuts?)
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G-Fafif
Jul 16 2009 02:00 PM
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Jon Stewart, who sort of started this discussion, revisits his first pitch from NLCS Game Two '06 (last night):
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Edgy DC
Jul 16 2009 02:13 PM
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The description --- "moved up and dug it out of the dirt" --- seemed a pretty accurate description of what happened.
"Dug out of the dirt" is frequently used when a player fields a low throw or pitch with his glove against the ground.
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dgwphotography
Jul 16 2009 02:30 PM
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="Edgy DC":vxf4enq0]The description --- "moved up and dug it out of the dirt" --- seemed a pretty accurate description of what happened.
"Dug out of the dirt" is frequently used when a player fields a low throw or pitch with his glove against the ground.[/quote:vxf4enq0]
That's what I was thinking.. Just going out of his way to make a dig at Fox. At least he made a dig at MSNBC, too...
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Farmer Ted
Jul 16 2009 02:40 PM
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Total candy arm. If he was Costanza, they'd call him a Mary.
I don't know what's worse, his throw or bowling prowess. Should stick to hoops.
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Edgy DC
Jul 16 2009 02:49 PM
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="dgwphotography":1x4giyar]="Edgy DC":1x4giyar]The description --- "moved up and dug it out of the dirt" --- seemed a pretty accurate description of what happened.
"Dug out of the dirt" is frequently used when a player fields a low throw or pitch with his glove against the ground.[/quote:1x4giyar]
That's what I was thinking.. Just going out of his way to make a dig at Fox. At least he made a dig at MSNBC, too...[/quote:1x4giyar]
No, they were very different. One was an outright mis-statement of facts. The other was clear satire. He essentially equated what FOX did --- which was nothing, going by what I saw --- with what he pretended fake MSNBC did. So even his joke about MSNBC was itself a dig at FOX.
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G-Fafif
Jul 16 2009 02:55 PM
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I can see cheering spitefully some extra-inning game when Yadier Molina is knocked out of the game and La Russa has no backup catchers so Pujols volunteers to step in behind the plate based on his experience catching Obama. And I can see Beltran being tagged about by Albert in the top of the 16th on what he thought was going to be a Wild Pitch but it bounced back off that brick wall at Busch and the Cardinal fans, wearing red, cheer in their characteristically supportive way. Beltran, of course, forgot to slide.
Then Pujols hits a home run off Sean Green to end it.
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G-Fafif
Jul 16 2009 02:57 PM
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="Edgy DC":35fuifho]No, they were very different. One was an outright mis-statement of facts. The other was clear satire. He essentially equated what FOX did --- which was nothing, going by what I saw --- with what he pretended fake MSNBC did. So even his joke about MSNBC was itself a dig at FOX.[/quote:35fuifho]
Would your life really be that much better without Jon Stewart?
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Nymr83
Jul 16 2009 02:58 PM
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isnt Ray Romano one of ours too?
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Edgy DC
Jul 16 2009 03:02 PM
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| ]Would your life really be that much better without Jon Stewart? |
I think I'm calling it pretty fairly.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jul 16 2009 03:07 PM
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Benjamin Grimm
Jul 16 2009 03:13 PM
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He "came out" as a Yankee fan in the Daily News a couple of weeks ago.
I was sure he was a Mets fan. At least, Ray Barrone was.
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dgwphotography
Jul 16 2009 05:52 PM
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| ="Benjamin Grimm"]He "came out" as a Yankee fan in the Daily News a couple of weeks ago.
I was sure he was a Mets fan. At least, Ray Barrone was. |
Not a surprise. There was an episode that featured a few of the 69 Mets, and had Ray and his brother singing Meet The Mets They got the words wrong...
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jul 16 2009 06:33 PM
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="dgwphotography"]| ="Benjamin Grimm"]He "came out" as a Yankee fan in the Daily News a couple of weeks ago.
I was sure he was a Mets fan. At least, Ray Barrone was. |
Not a surprise. There was an episode that featured a few of the 69 Mets, and had Ray and his brother singing Meet The Mets They got the words wrong... |
Ever since I found out, I can't watch ELR. It feels just the tiniest bit like blackface.
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Fman99
Jul 24 2009 06:24 AM
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Jim Brewer, former SNL cast member and generally funny/obnoxious comic, on life as a Mets fan.
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