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Met-Loving Big Shots 2010
| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 05 2010 11:12 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 05 2010 11:56 AM |
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Or perhaps Self-Loathing MLBSs might be more apropos. Mild joshing in front of the wrong sort of microphone, or is Ferris a Broderick of more fear than faith?
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| Benjamin Grimm Jan 05 2010 11:14 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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He's probably kidding. And if he ever does get a divorce, I'm sure it will be so that he can marry Nathan Lane.
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| Edgy DC Jan 05 2010 11:42 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I see "self-loathing" with a cap-S and I think, "Why would anyone hate Todd Self?"
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| Benjamin Grimm Jan 05 2010 11:48 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I agree. I'm so tired of the angst.
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| holychicken Jan 05 2010 03:40 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Well, you guys are more tough than myself. Arguably the biggest regular season MLB collapse of all time, followed by another late season blown lead, followed by a completely disheartening year (not to mention having to deal with the Yankees winning, again) has got me feeling like these are hard times.
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| Willets Point Jan 05 2010 07:20 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I'll take 2007-2009 (2 highly-competitive years & 1 injury-ridden year) over 2002-2004 (three crap years with a team full of reprobates) any time. This team's still got a solid core and I expect good things in 2010.
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| Swan Swan H Jan 05 2010 08:17 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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| themetfairy Jan 05 2010 08:57 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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| Fman99 Jan 06 2010 06:09 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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See, I told you Ferris was a rat. Good, jump ship and go hump your foot-faced wife.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 10 2010 10:28 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Matthew Morrison, Broadway musical-theater actor, South Beach buff person and "Glee" star (he's the glee club's pretty-boy teacher).
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| Swan Swan H Jan 13 2010 12:27 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Under the category of Big Shot Loving Mets (or, considering that the fourth round of the shootout was the first time a puck crossed the goal line the whole night it should be Big Save Loving Mets) Murphy, Pelfrey and Santos were at the Garden for last night's Rangers-Devils pitcher's duel. The reaction when they showed them on the big screen was not quite Potvin-level, but the boos definitely outnumbered the cheers.
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| G-Fafif Jan 13 2010 01:00 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I recall Piazza at a Rangers game before his penultimate Met season getting a similar reaction, which caused one of the clueless weathervane columnists (Matthews probably) to insist Mike Must Be Traded. All I can really glean from these boos is that the Rangers attract a lot of MFYLDBs.
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| Swan Swan H Jan 13 2010 01:18 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I agree. I think the tendency is Mets-Jets-Islanders, and Yankees-Giants-Rangers, although I am an exception (Mets-Giants-Rangers).
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| G-Fafif Jan 13 2010 01:24 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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For a swath of New Yorkers, it's Frontrunner-Frontrunner-Frontrunner.
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| Edgy DC Jan 13 2010 01:38 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Mets-Whatever-Whatever here, baby.
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| Swan Swan H Jan 13 2010 02:18 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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They can all go swath themselves.
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| Farmer Ted Jan 15 2010 07:52 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Cutie Denise from the Taco Bell commercial has some Mets Loving in her.
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| Edgy DC Jan 15 2010 08:04 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Nicole, honey, I don't mean to interrupt your cute little exclamation pointing, but the Sox won in 2004.
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| TheOldMole Jan 16 2010 08:31 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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It's Mets-Jets-Isles if you're an Islander -- for those upstaters among us, that doesn't hold. I'm with Swannie, Mets/Giants/Rangers. but football is not like baseball, and I have no problem also rooting for the Jets.
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| Fman99 Jan 16 2010 08:43 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Mets-Jets-Syracuse basketball.
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| Benjamin Grimm Jan 17 2010 05:16 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Me too. I have a bit of an affinity for the Giants over the Jets, and used to follow the Knicks a bit, but the only team I'm a fan of is the Mets. I haven't watched any sports at all on TV (other than the 1986 NLCS rerun) since Nelson Figueroa threw his last pitch of the season in early October.
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| G-Fafif Jan 24 2010 10:15 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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If Mets Suber isn't a Mets-loving big shot, then he might have self esteem issues. Saw his name in the credits for Sunday night's episode of Big Love on HBO but haven't been able to determine whom he played or find an image.
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| Edgy DC Feb 04 2010 07:54 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Is the head of surgery at Peconic Bay Hospital a big shot?
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| MFS62 Feb 04 2010 10:07 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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If he's the one performing YOUR surgery, he is to you.
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| TheOldMole Feb 04 2010 08:24 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I thought hotshot surgeons all looked like Patrick Dempsey.
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| RealityChuck Feb 04 2010 08:36 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Of course, there were no Islanders when I was getting into hockey. For basketball, I was a New York Nets fan, but stopped following them after they traded Erving. I don't care about basketball, finding it much too dull.
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| Rockin' Doc Feb 04 2010 08:52 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Well, he's certainly big. Nice office decor. Actually, I'm rather jealous.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 09 2010 01:01 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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The updated list (with a tip of the hat to NY Sports Dog):
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| metirish Feb 09 2010 01:04 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Cool list ..
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| Frayed Knot Feb 09 2010 01:05 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I believe a few of those.
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| Edgy DC Feb 09 2010 01:06 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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We have to go back and compare that to our list. I find it hard to believe all members of Twisted Sister are in the fold. People from Baldwin can vascillate. I have large amounts of faith in Eddie Ojeda, however.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 09 2010 01:12 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Yeah, I kinda liked the ongoing list. Dave Faulkner from the Hoodoo Gurus!
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| Swan Swan H Feb 09 2010 01:17 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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During last night's episode of Castle the lead detective character talked about her dad taking her to Shea when she was a kid, but then ruined all of it by going goofy when she met Joe Torre (or, as she put it, Joe Freakin' Torre).
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| Benjamin Grimm Feb 09 2010 01:26 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Bradley Whitford's West Wing character, Josh Lyman, was a Mets fan. I remember one episode where he was eager to sit down and watch Mike Piazza and the Mets. I don't know if Whitford is on the list because of that line in the episode, or if the line was in the episode because the actor was a Mets fan.
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| Edgy DC Feb 09 2010 01:31 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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And if we're including fictional characters (perhaps kind of desperate, but fun), it all starts with Oscar Madison.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 09 2010 01:39 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 Edited 5 time(s), most recently on Feb 09 2010 07:48 PM |
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I recall reading something a while ago about Whitford growing up around the Brewers, but becoming a Met fan when in NYC postcollege during the '80s (he was doing Off-Broadway and the like during the mid-'80s). Can't for the life of me find it, though.
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| G-Fafif Feb 09 2010 01:56 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Sandler's an MFY fan who showed up at Shea to promote "Chuck & Larry" with Kevin James.
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| sharpie Feb 09 2010 02:01 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Jonathan Lethem is a Mets fan, pseudonymously co-wrote a book about them.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 09 2010 02:11 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Yeah, what the hell IS Sandler doing there? Struck his sweatpants-wearing patoot.
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| metirish Feb 09 2010 02:16 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Remember that article that had Matthew Broderick questioning his loyalty to the Mets , said he might become a fan of another....Cards?....all in jest I think
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| G-Fafif Feb 09 2010 02:19 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Feb 10 2010 03:46 PM |
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2000 GOP senate candidate and possible 2010 gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio claims blue and orange under his red state sympathies.
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| seawolf17 Feb 09 2010 06:51 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Why did we cross out Ray Romano?
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 09 2010 07:33 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Because while "Ray Barone" is a Met fan, and Ray Romano grew up in LI, Ray Romano is actually an MFY fan:
(With video evidence here.) Putting Shalit on was a real FOUL. Let's STRIKE him from the list, DOUBLE-time! And Nell Carter was a triple threat-- in my mind, she merits at LEAST two mentions. But yeah, we'll lose one. Bush uncle GH Walker was a minority owner until 1977, and Bushie 41 himself is a pretty close Wilpon friend; he tossed more than a handful of first pitches at Shea as Vice President. (Although it's probably fair to say he might have a little bit of affection for the Rangers.)
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| G-Fafif Feb 09 2010 08:17 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Bush the Elder an Astros patron more than anything now that nobody in the family owns a franchise. Buddies with the owner. Plus he lived in a hotel room in Houston all those years, kind of.
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| SteveJRogers Feb 09 2010 08:27 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Some more sports talk radio guys:
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| seawolf17 Feb 10 2010 07:31 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I associate Greeny with the Cubs because he was a Chicago guy. Doesn't mean anything, though.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 10 2010 07:35 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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They talk baseball on that show? Greenberg is from NYC, although went to school in Chicago and worked there for a number of years. He's a YLDB
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| Edgy DC Feb 10 2010 07:44 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Talk radio sidekicks occupy a place comparable to DJs and reality show stars in the "big shot" pantheon.
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| SteveJRogers Feb 10 2010 09:52 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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If he was, even casually, I'm sure he'd be talking it up more, especially in relation to his self-loathing Jet fan ways. I'm sure he has more affinity for the Cubs based on his time in Chicago and the fact that the show does tons of remotes out there, but I could have sworn he goes Jets all the way with the Mets and Knicks as very distant second and third.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 10 2010 11:40 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I opened up a barn door by letting Lazio on the list, didn't I?
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| G-Fafif Feb 10 2010 02:55 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Feb 10 2010 03:40 PM |
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Lazio's fanship only became known because his last statewide opponent had (some would say infamously) come out for the MFYs in a Subway Series year. If he runs against true blue/orange David Paterson, we'll see if it's a battle of the Met-Lovin' Big Shots, or if Lazio needs to go to his right and suddenly remember he was for the MFYs before he was against them.
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| soupcan Feb 10 2010 03:05 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I think that I posted here that Lazio and his goons manhandled my obviously pregnant wife at Shea Stadium. If I remember correctly Lazio was making his way up the aisle while she was walking down. The bodyguard roughly pushed her out of the way. No apologies, no nuthin' from any of them.
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| Edgy DC Feb 10 2010 03:06 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Well, then, I look forward to seeing him lose a lot of elections.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 10 2010 03:20 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I look forward to seeing him continuing to age with absurd speed.
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| MFS62 Feb 10 2010 03:43 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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He used to head up the CIA. He wants you to think he used to live in Houston and now roots for the 'Stros. Who can be sure? Later
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| metsguyinmichigan Feb 10 2010 03:49 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Good call! That show is all-football, all the time. I'll give them another four weeks to continue rehashing the Super Bowl before they start to go into withdrawl, drawn out of it for a month of "Will Favre retire" debates, followed by weeks of "is Favre/Manning/Montana the best quarterback of all time" before they grab Mel Kypier Jr. out of hibernation to start salivating over the NFL draft. They do occasionally get Jayson Stark on the "OnStar/Subway/this spot for rent" hotline to rip the Mets and praise the Phillies. Used to get Peter Gammons and Steve Phillips, but I suppose both are unavailable these days for contractual/therapy reasons. And Greenie is absolutely a YLDB.
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| metsguyinmichigan Feb 10 2010 03:51 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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When I toured Minute Maid in October, they showed me Bush elder's seats in the front row, right behind home plate. I asked if they actually come to games, and the guide said they do -- more when the team is winning, but steady enough to be considered regulars.
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| G-Fafif Feb 10 2010 03:59 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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From the world of entertainment, singer of pop standards and later WNEW-AM disc jockey Julius La Rosa a big Mets fan and regular anthem singer at Shea in the '70s. And while Glenn Close is rightly listed, her husband Len Cariou, star of stage (and another Star Spangled Bannerer), merits inclusion as well.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 10 2010 04:53 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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It's ESPN, whaddya expect. Greenberg & Golic as personalities are unobjectionable enough - but what can you say about the show other than that it contains all the strengths and weaknesses of being part of the 'World Wide Leader' machine. As with most espen shows, their hosts are expected to know and easily chat about football and basketball but then need to rely on one of the hired nerds when it comes to baseball. Having Stark, Olney, Kurkjian (and, until recently, Gammons & Phillips) [strikeout]in chains[/strikeout] I mean on retainer means that there's usually a scheduled baseball chat not too far away, but once those 12 minutes are up they act as if they've done their penance and can go back to the NFL draft or NCAA hoops which, after all, each provide their network with something like 1,467 hours per/week in programming. Then when it's summer and there's nothing else to talk about but baseball ... they all go on vacation. In short, I don't think Greeny cares that much about baseball except to the extent that his young son is a Jeter-worshipper and he often takes him to games. Golic acts as if he's a big Indians fan but that's mainly to maintain his 'Im a blue collar guy from Ohio' image and I suspect he hasn't watched an entire baseball game in at least a decade and attended one in maybe two - with the exception of those occasions when the show is done from a remote and even then I'd put $20 on him spending 7 of the 9 innings with the free food spread.
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| metirish Feb 11 2010 01:29 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Top podcast personality and "new media" pioneer Steve Rogers.
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| Willets Point Feb 12 2010 10:31 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Feb 12 2010 01:08 PM |
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Maybe not a big shot, but New York Public Library blogger Donald Laub gives a shoutout to his favorite team.
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| G-Fafif Feb 12 2010 11:14 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Donald Laub needs to be brought up to speed on recent Mets books. But I'll still take him over Don LaGreca.
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| Willets Point Feb 12 2010 01:07 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I did my best in the comments.
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| G-Fafif Feb 12 2010 01:51 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Nice work. Thanks.
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| Edgy DC Feb 12 2010 01:55 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I submitted a post about The Miracle Has Landed, but it hasn't landed.
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| Willets Point Feb 12 2010 02:51 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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You need to donate a copy of that book to the NYPL system because it's not in their catalog.
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| Edgy DC Feb 12 2010 02:52 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Stop talking crazy.
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| G-Fafif Feb 13 2010 06:09 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Director Ang Lee wears a Mets cap while directing "Taking Woodstock," as witnessed in the "making of" extras on the Blu-Ray.
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| Ashie62 Feb 13 2010 03:13 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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What were the reviews for that film?
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| G-Fafif Feb 13 2010 03:24 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I liked it. My wife liked it.
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| themetfairy Feb 13 2010 04:25 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Good but not great. The pace was a little slow.
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| Ashie62 Feb 13 2010 05:25 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Ah, who cares All hail Ang Lee, as long as he's wearing a Mets hat
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| Benjamin Grimm Feb 13 2010 06:08 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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When I think of Ang Lee, I can only think of him as the guy who tried to ruin the Hulk.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 13 2010 08:34 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I'm pretty sure that he could make a lush, immaculately-composed film about the glory days of Shea that would make the old girl look the best she ever has... and feel as airless as a piano recital on the moon.
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| Swan Swan H Feb 13 2010 09:01 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Lee's Eat Drink Man Woman is one of my favorite movies.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 13 2010 09:13 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Agreed on EDMW. It's everything else that leaves me cold (Ice Storm, Crouching Tiger, that one with Jewel).
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| G-Fafif Feb 13 2010 10:56 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Kathy Ireland, all-time supermodel, shows off her Met-loving tendencies in the 1987 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
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| Benjamin Grimm Feb 14 2010 05:27 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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She's also showing off too much of her ribcage.
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| metirish Feb 14 2010 05:43 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Damn she wouldn't get hired now days with those meaty ribs.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 14 2010 08:50 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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"Sure, she's hot, but her shoulder's totally flying open."
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| Rockin' Doc Feb 14 2010 09:18 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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That would be a travesty. Kathy Ireland always was, and still is, a beautiful woman. 
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| bmfc1 Feb 14 2010 09:40 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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He's fictional, but he was a Mets fan. It's Louie De Palma from Taxi.
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| Benjamin Grimm Feb 14 2010 10:25 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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So were Archie Bunker and Meathead. The Mets were one of the very few things they could agree on.
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| G-Fafif Feb 14 2010 02:00 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Ribs...batting cage...worked for Rusty.
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| batmagadanleadoff Feb 14 2010 05:28 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Hey Ashie: Of course he liked it. He likes everything that has to do with 1969. I bet he could sell you on Charles Manson if he thought about it long enough.
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| G-Fafif Feb 14 2010 08:56 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I've never been too high on Nixon's inauguration.
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| Edgy DC Feb 14 2010 09:10 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I guess I'm slipping but I don't remember Meathead sharing Archie's interest in the Mets.
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| batmagadanleadoff Feb 14 2010 10:30 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Aha! So I was right about Manson.
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| Benjamin Grimm Feb 15 2010 04:19 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Early on, there was a flashback episode showing the day that Gloria introduced Mike to Archie. She said, "Daddy, you and Michael both like the Mets." And Meathead said something about Seaver and Koosman. I don't remember exactly how it went.
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| Edgy DC Feb 15 2010 04:58 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I believe you, but it's not ringing bells for me.
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| G-Fafif Feb 15 2010 05:49 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Archie and Mike/Meathead were supposed to go to that game together, before the meeting with the Jeffersons came up. Also, Archie once won a bet at Kelsey's when the Mets "beat them San Diego Padres".
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| Edgy DC Feb 15 2010 05:59 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Reggie Jackson in Queens? Get back on Diff'rent Strokes where you belong, you tool.
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| G-Fafif Feb 15 2010 07:40 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Not after that business with Randy Tate.
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| batmagadanleadoff Feb 15 2010 08:49 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Did you know that Randy's mom's name was Rosemary? The former Met pitcher was a Rosemary's Bonus Baby.
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| Edgy DC Feb 15 2010 08:54 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Seven nested quotes without a cross-coding problem, folks. May be a forum record.
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| Fman99 Feb 15 2010 01:09 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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The year Letterman hosted the Oscars he made a joke that "Eat Drink Man Woman" was how Arnold had asked Maria Shriver out for their first date. That joke is still funny.
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| Farmer Ted Feb 21 2010 02:05 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Olympic gold medalist, Sarah Hughes chillin with D-Wright.
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| Swan Swan H Feb 21 2010 02:10 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Jason Katims, showrunner for Friday Night Lights and the upcoming Parenthood, among others.
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| G-Fafif Feb 21 2010 04:34 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose!
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| Ashie62 Feb 21 2010 08:22 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Was Oscar Madison the first TV character to be a Mets fan...Anyone else would have to be within 7 years before
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| G-Fafif Feb 23 2010 05:01 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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"I was a Mets fan growing up...in the National League."
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| Valadius Mar 06 2010 05:56 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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| bmfc1 Mar 09 2010 05:00 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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David Brooks, [u:2qkhkvw8]New York Times[/u:2qkhkvw8] columnist:
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| Edgy DC Mar 09 2010 06:18 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Wow! That's a shot of bigness.
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| MFS62 Mar 18 2010 07:28 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Astronaut Mike Massimino was just on Good Day, New YorK to plug the new I-MAX/ NASA film.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 18 2010 07:36 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Well, yeah-- he's the one who brought the Shea plate up, wasn't he?
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| Edgy DC Mar 18 2010 07:46 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Yeah, Massamino has been a turbo booster for the Mets.
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| Ashie62 Mar 20 2010 11:19 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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And the Seinfeld family reports to camp. I'm sure Jerry is telling him Jeff Wilpon is the second spitter.
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| cooby Mar 20 2010 07:40 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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This month's Maxim has a little blurb about Mr. Met.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 20 2010 08:22 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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As long as he doesn't end up topless, slathered in grease, and presenting with his hands coyly covering his privates.
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| Edgy DC Mar 20 2010 09:28 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Cooby: totally Maxim's target audience.
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| Ashie62 Mar 22 2010 07:01 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Mr.Met has genitalia? Oh my.
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| Edgy DC Mar 25 2010 08:16 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Buzzy geek band the Crayon Fields. Lovin' or mockin'? Who can tell?
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| TransMonk Mar 25 2010 08:30 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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That's not Death Cab For Cutie?
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| MFS62 Mar 25 2010 08:35 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Of course. But Mr.Yankee doesn't. Later
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| Edgy DC Mar 25 2010 08:39 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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No, but apparently an incredible simulation, huh? Specs is such a deadringer and bonynose Col. Strudel on the left is close. Close enough that you can force yourself to see the other guys as the same.  
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 25 2010 10:39 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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That guy goes home to Zooey Deschanel.
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| TransMonk Mar 25 2010 10:44 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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He prolly has to listen to hear sing everyday, though...so that champagne is flat.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 25 2010 10:54 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I'd like to hail a Death Cab for these hipster douchebags.
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| Valadius Apr 02 2010 08:23 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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| SteveJRogers Apr 02 2010 09:36 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Isn't his wife a Cubs Loving...errr I mean a YLDB?
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| seawolf17 Apr 02 2010 09:40 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Don't make me break out the Wolfie picture again.
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| Valadius Apr 02 2010 09:40 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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It wasn't a function. It was at the Mets vs. Cardinals game, August 22, 2006, at Shea.
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| Farmer Ted May 06 2010 11:17 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Hank Azaria on the DP show this morning. "I grew up a Mets fan listening to Bob Murphy." I love Apu, too.
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| metirish May 08 2010 11:36 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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| bmfc1 May 10 2010 08:08 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Elena Kagan! The President just said so: "die-hard Mets fan."
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| Gwreck May 10 2010 08:14 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Balances out the Sotomayor pick nicely.
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| Edgy DC May 10 2010 08:21 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Who was the last MLBS Supreme Court justice?
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| metirish May 10 2010 08:54 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Interesting, not for any big reason just that I think it is.
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| G-Fafif May 10 2010 08:56 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Disbar Paul Schrieber NOW!
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| Gwreck May 10 2010 09:01 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Earl Warren. Apparently an interview (from the stands) can be seen during the 1969 World Series, Game 4 broadcast.
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| seawolf17 May 10 2010 09:06 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Yes, but that was just because C-SPAN was broadcasting the game. You know how those networks are always trying to pimp their stars at these big sporting events.
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| Edgy DC May 10 2010 09:18 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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This famous note was passed from Potter Stewart to Harry Blackmun.
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| MFS62 May 10 2010 09:22 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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In his speech introducing Kagan, Obama mentioned this balance, and quipped that Sotomator wants to wear a pinstriped robe on the bench. That would be the ultimate in Yankee douchewear. Later
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 10 2010 09:27 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Cards fans* might disagree, but they'd probably do so in an obsequiously-cheery way, while smiling creepily wholesome smiles. Cards fans, however, are politely invited to suck it. *And Protestant Twins and Royals and Reds and Astros fans. Are there Astros fans?
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| Frayed Knot May 10 2010 10:17 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Stewart was a Cincinatti native who was, indeed, a big Reds fan. Blackmun, a Minnesota area native, was a big baseball fan but I don't know of any specific Met fandom. Bob Woodward related the story about how, during an important SC hearing, Stewart was having his clerks feed him notes on the ongoing NLCS game, first every half-inning and later for each batter. When Agnew - unrelated to the court matter at hand - resigned that very afternoon, the following note, a classic of legal brevity, read 'Kranepool flies to left / Agnew resigns'. I had never seen a copy of the above note which obviously changed hands moments later. Blackmun later authored the SC opinion that upheld the sport's reserve clause, doing so in a flowery essay which included the listings of dozens of his favorite players from over the years while several of the other justices made sure that theirs were added as well. Unfortunately, while the piece was long on fandom it had virtually nothing to do with any kind of rationale behind the legal aberration of the clause. In the end it pretty much just recited names, cited the 1920's era SC decision which first granted the exemption as precedent, and indicated that any change to that would need to come from Congress.
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| G-Fafif May 10 2010 10:51 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Non-partisan celebration of the SCOTUS justice who says Let's Go Mets (and such) here.
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| seawolf17 May 10 2010 10:54 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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| G-Fafif May 10 2010 10:56 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Ran across this tidbit from the Pendleton game via the SI Vault -- before the Pendleton game became the Pendleton game.
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| Gwreck May 10 2010 01:07 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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"Jay Horowitz, the Mets’ spokesman, told David Waldstein of The Times that the team did not know it had such a fan in such a high place. Mr. Horowitz said that the Mets were 'very proud' and would arrange for her to throw out a first pitch at some point."
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| G-Fafif May 10 2010 01:56 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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That will be outstanding, but I am compelled to rant, in a sidebar, regarding the Times and all those who do what the Times just did: HORWITZ! IT'S HORWITZ! The man's had the same job, in media relations no less, for thirty years. Yet even the Paper of freaking Record can't get his name right. Probably bothers me more than it bothers him, but still. Horwitz. Not Horowitz.
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| Valadius May 10 2010 05:20 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I let out a huge cheer this morning during the press conference when the President said Kagan was a huge Mets fan. My coworkers looked at me like I was insane.
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| Benjamin Grimm May 11 2010 06:19 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Phillies fans are probably wondering why Obama mentioned Sotomayor as a rival fan instead of Alito.
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| themetfairy May 11 2010 06:53 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Catfight on the Court?
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 11 2010 09:21 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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"I'd pay to watch those two mud-wrestle." -Kase, on my Facebook
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| metsguyinmichigan May 11 2010 06:36 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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[url]http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0510/Softball_question.html?showall
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| Edgy DC May 20 2010 11:27 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Holy cripeys, David Faulkner strikes again.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket May 20 2010 11:35 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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That song was referred to in the Zisk Magazine profile in whatever MLBS thread it was in.
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| Edgy DC May 20 2010 11:41 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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No, but serious MLBS points in a dovetailing of my favorite stadium and my favorite Australian band.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 24 2010 11:11 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Keith's always a fine retro-jersey choice for men of a certain age (I have a Mookie, too).
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| Edgy DC May 24 2010 11:15 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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One way or the other, it's a gutsy move. I give him points, though I'd go with 17-Lima.
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| metirish May 24 2010 11:24 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I would never tuck , but I'm not gay either.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 24 2010 11:39 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Unless I'm 15 again and in full uniform, same here.
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| themetfairy May 24 2010 11:57 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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So long as he's wearing a Mets jersey, I don't care how he wears it.
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| TransMonk May 24 2010 12:02 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Ding, ding! If you're not wearing baseball pants, leave it untucked.
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| G-Fafif May 25 2010 06:21 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Star of stage and screen Oliver Platt found by Fox during Saturday's game in black Mets jersey.
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| bmfc1 May 26 2010 08:21 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Darryl Dawkins, "Chocolate Thunder"--he said he is on WFAN this morning.
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| Ashie62 May 26 2010 08:33 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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You mean Steinbrenner is a Yankees fan?
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 26 2010 09:32 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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None of these shout-outs has made me smile as much in a good long while*. Damn right, MLBSes name their dunks. *Okay, Kagan was a big one, too.
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| Edgy DC May 26 2010 09:48 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Kagan names her dunks also.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket May 26 2010 10:01 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I dunno if thus was reported before by Jersey guv Chris Christie is a Mets-digger. Not sure who the Connecticut governor roots for but we got NY and NJ.
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| Gwreck May 26 2010 10:11 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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MFYs
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket May 26 2010 10:17 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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That doesn't surprise me, what with their Tony Danza housekeepers milfy single moms and gay kids.
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| Edgy DC May 26 2010 10:26 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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She's a lame duck so we might want to get our endorsement in early.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 26 2010 10:28 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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"Teixeiruhr?"
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| TheOldMole Jun 17 2010 11:20 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Does this mean that Lady Gaga is or isn't?
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| Ashie62 Jun 17 2010 11:24 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I guess the fans were not gaga over Gaga. If she has a real rooting interest in baseball I say Mets. She would not fit in with the MFY'ers.
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| Edgy DC Jun 17 2010 11:35 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Boooo!
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 17 2010 11:39 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Yeah, we're on thisin a different thread.
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| Fman99 Jun 17 2010 01:45 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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If I tuck, it's going to be like the killer in "Silence of the Lambs." That's my tuck move.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 17 2010 02:09 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Would you tuck me? I'd tuck me. ("Goodbye Horses" is on the shortlist for my theoretical closer's entrance/at-bat music.)
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| Fman99 Jun 17 2010 08:02 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Nicely played, my friend.
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| Edgy DC Jun 18 2010 08:58 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Jerry Seinfeld re-unites with buddy Keith Hernandaze in the Met booth on Wednesday. Scheduled to bring three innings of booth time vs. the Tigers. I think Ronnie is out.
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| Gwreck Jun 18 2010 09:15 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Will have to remember to put Howie and Wayne on that night.
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| MFS62 Jun 18 2010 09:23 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Jerry is in the city because he's producing and directing the new Colin Quinn show. http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/Irish-A ... 85429.html Wifey and I will be going tomorrow night. If I get a chance, I'll say "hello"from the CPF. Later
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| soupcan Jun 18 2010 11:12 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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| Benjamin Grimm Jun 18 2010 11:17 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I remember Toni Darling. She kinda struck me as a bit of a diva.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 18 2010 12:10 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Yeah. Wonder why he ever married that one.
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| Farmer Ted Jun 18 2010 09:14 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Toni Darling. I have stories on that one for the next CPF lunch.
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| Edgy DC Jun 18 2010 10:44 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I don't know about the rest of youse guys, but I'm indulging in a little late lunch here.
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| themetfairy Jun 19 2010 02:59 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Ooh - or how about for Marathon weekend?
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| Farmer Ted Jun 21 2010 01:17 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Not for www consumption. Kids in the audience.
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| Farmer Ted Jun 30 2010 04:58 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Courtesy of today's Extra Mustard blog.
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| Edgy DC Jun 30 2010 05:38 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Funny how former-boxer Ray Knight wants no part of that shit.
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| G-Fafif Jul 02 2010 09:59 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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The Attorney General of the United States, Eric Holder, revealed to Kevin Burkhardt his Mets fandom during Friday night's Snighcast from Nats Park. Grew up in East Elmhurst, used to walk to Shea, attended the second ever game there (he say he got out of school, but didn't cut -- the game was on a Saturday, but maybe he had extra sessions) and was talked by his brother into bolting Game Six before the Red Sox could celebrate. They walked home to East Elmhurst and discovered what happened. Don't know if he was still living in the family home at age 35, but he told it well.
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| The Second Spitter Jul 05 2010 07:54 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Alyssa Milano is now modelling clothes on the Mets online shop?
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| Edgy DC Jul 05 2010 08:15 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Nothing new. You'll see her in Cincinnati Reds, San Diego Padres, and Tennessee Titans gear if you look hard enough.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 05 2010 08:17 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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(She's had a women's line-- "Touch"-- pitching licensed team gear for female fans for years. She's got shelf space in every stadium I've been to in the last 3-4 years.)
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| MFS62 Jul 05 2010 08:48 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I saw an ad that had Met-lovin' honey Julia Stiles pitching Stoli vodka.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 06 2010 12:03 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I couldn't put my finger on it, but I just knew there was a reason the Mets looked good mid-game, but just... couldn't... finish:
This sort of thing, though, always rankles:
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| metirish Jul 06 2010 12:07 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Altodore , as indecisive there as he was in front of goal in the WC.
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| Willets Point Jul 06 2010 12:12 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Would be nice if they included the Altidore/Wright photo.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 06 2010 12:27 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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We're gonna welcome a lousy shooter
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| Edgy DC Jul 06 2010 12:37 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Jozy and his soccer team
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| SteveJRogers Jul 07 2010 07:54 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Billy J. Kramer, well according to a recent episode of this Beatle podcast, about the 41 minute mark:
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| Centerfield Jul 10 2010 10:41 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I just saw Chris Rock on the upper West side sporting a blue Mets hat.
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| themetfairy Jul 10 2010 10:47 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Blue button or orange?
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| Centerfield Jul 10 2010 11:07 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Orange. Disappointing.
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| Edgy DC Jul 30 2010 07:12 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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George Thorogood brandishes dubious logic, and gets the 2009 Mets COMPLETELY wrong, in the interview that inspired Jerry Manuel's managing philosophy.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 30 2010 09:01 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Unexpectedly drove in to work yesterday, and caught doo-wop legend Little Anthony (sans Imperials) on the Boomer and Craig (Craig and Boomer? Boomer and Carton?) show on 'FAN professing his love of the orange-and-blue; I couldn't remember whether we'd counted him as Met faithful in the prior list.
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| Edgy DC Jul 30 2010 09:14 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Little Anthony is a great addition to the camp. That man was a great singer in his day.
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| MFS62 Jul 30 2010 09:33 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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The 1962 Mets caused a lot of tears on my pillow.
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| TheOldMole Jul 30 2010 09:37 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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What did Mookie say?
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| MFS62 Jul 30 2010 09:41 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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"Be my little baby"? OK, now that we've temporarily gone retro, does anyone else remember that Archie Bunker was a Mets fan? The Mets are referenced in quite a few AITF episodes: (1) The one where Archie first meets Henry Jefferson (who faked being George Jefferson) because George Jefferson skipped out on the dinner gathering (he went to the Mets game instead). (2) Archie asks Mike The Liberal what he'll say about 'equality' when Mike's Mets are being managed by a woman. Gloria, Irene Lorenzo, and Edith all say hallelujiah, and Mike says "Let me think about that for a while." Archie then goes into a classic rant about 'equality.' (3) The 1st Meeting between Archie and Mike has the ice broken by talking about the Mets. We now return you to 2010. Later
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 30 2010 03:08 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Some cheery pablum about chemistry being very important-- "not just not overrated, but underrated"-- and guys working together being the key to winning. He also said he "loved children." Like, eleventy billion times.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 02 2010 01:52 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I don't know why I like this so much-- my affinity for the mentally ill, maybe?-- but this needs to be on the scoreboard between innings at some point.
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| Farmer Ted Aug 02 2010 03:21 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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See sentence under "personal" in bio. Partisan bigshot.
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| Benjamin Grimm Aug 02 2010 05:48 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Hey, that's my old district!
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 02 2010 05:54 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Keepin' it Isreal.
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| G-Fafif Aug 05 2010 09:14 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Madam Justice Mets Fan confirmed 63-37. May bunting be ruled unconstitutional.
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| Ashie62 Aug 05 2010 09:46 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Not sure she is qualified but she is a Metsie.
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| Edgy DC Aug 08 2010 07:44 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Sawx rookie Felix Doubront, making his Gotham debut this weekend in the Bronx, fessed up to being a Mets fan while growing up in the Dominican Republic.
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| seawolf17 Aug 11 2010 08:44 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Add Julian Casablancas, leader of The Strokes, to the list?
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 11 2010 10:04 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Yeah, I think Casablancas has been confirmed for a few years now, at least. Even roped in a bunch of the bandmates for a while, I think.
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| metirish Aug 19 2010 10:30 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Updated pix of bigshot Mets fan holidaying in Hawaii
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 20 2010 11:02 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I don't know, but I think it's possible this guy may be a Mets fan.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 20 2010 11:06 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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He's a Long Islander, so it fits.
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| G-Fafif Aug 31 2010 10:22 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 01 2010 05:58 AM |
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[crossout]Jeff[/crossout] James Blake, representin' after first-round U.S. Open victory.
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| Edgy DC Sep 01 2010 05:47 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Jeff or James?
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| G-Fafif Sep 01 2010 05:57 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Shoot, even I knew he was James Blake. Must have had Frenchy on the brain.
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| HahnSolo Sep 01 2010 08:22 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Looks like a young Omar nervously answering a query from the NY media.
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| G-Fafif Sep 01 2010 10:45 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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LaDainian Tomlinson spotted wearing one of these on Hard Knocks.
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| bmfc1 Sep 02 2010 07:54 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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From Adam Rubin:
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| G-Fafif Sep 02 2010 09:46 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Roughly the same answers Wally Backman gave the Post.
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| Edgy DC Sep 02 2010 09:57 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Is he in the doubles draw with Dykstra this year?
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| G-Fafif Sep 02 2010 11:11 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce head of accounts Pete Campbell in Lane Pryce's office:
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| G-Fafif Sep 14 2010 01:55 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Aging MLB stars who grew up adoring the Mets edition. Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo modeled his leg kick on the ace of his favorite childhood team, Dwight Gooden. Knew about A-Rod, didn't know about Damon.
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| Benjamin Grimm Sep 14 2010 08:19 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I just watched that episode last night. During that scene, my eyes were riveted on that banner. Dig that crazy font! Given Mad Men's reputation for attention to details, I suppose that's a real style that was available in 1964. Lane Pryce is a Brit. Imagine a time when people would move to this country and root for the Mets. Now the world is blanketed in Yankees caps.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 14 2010 09:21 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I think the Mets banner in Lane's office was a clue that he'd been hanging out with Ken Creswell. What's his name who hates Ken is obviously a MFY fan.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 14 2010 09:46 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Mr. Grimm? There's a Mr. Irish for you on line one. Shall I take a message?
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| Benjamin Grimm Sep 14 2010 09:50 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I know there are exceptions... but Yankee fandom has infested the planet.
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| G-Fafif Sep 16 2010 02:00 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Sep 16 2010 02:14 AM |
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Ken Cosgrove attended at least two Mets game we know of in Seasons Two and Three. The meeting in Lane's office regards Ken coming to the new firm. which is why Pete Campbell, who considers Ken a rival, appears so pissy. My theory is Ken and Lane schmoozed about it at Shea (early May of '65) using Birdseye's seats and then retired to the Charcoal Room to toast their tentative deal.
As for the pennant, I have a display board of miniature Mets pennants from (mostly) the 1960s and the first one is the one in Lane's office, listed on the board as representing 1962. Would the Mets still be selling it in 1965? Or maybe Lane bought it downstairs from Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce's Time & Life Building offices at a 30 Rock gift shop that sells NYC trinkets. That's where I purchased my favorite 1986 World Champions pennant. Important thing is Mad Men captures the Zeitgeist of its period correctly: The Mets. Pete is old New York money (though his father went through it all before dying in a plane crash). Other than pestering Hollis the reticent Negro elevator operator over what kind of television he bought (it was Pete's clumsy attempt at market research) and Pete protesting that you must watch baseball, he's never betrayed any particular team allegiance. It would be easy to assume Pete would have MFY leanings (though he's the only consistently forward-thinking character on the show), but he's never mentioned it one way or the other. Of course going back as far as he does in Manhattan, it's quite possible he comes from a long line of old Giants fans. Or, better yet, Cubans fans. See, Pete's mother's family is the Dyckmans, the uptown aristocrats who gave us the Dyckman Oval, onetime home of the same Negro League team whose uniforms the Mets occasionally sport as an overdue tribute to one of their NYC predecessors. 
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| G-Fafif Sep 16 2010 02:07 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Politico New York beat reporter Maggie Haberman does not wish to be portrayed as a criminal and is illustrated, instead, as a decent citizen of Gotham.
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| bmfc1 Sep 24 2010 06:47 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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From Survivor, it's Rob Cesternino:
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| Frayed Knot Sep 24 2010 07:22 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Also writer John Feinstein. Claims he's always been one.
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| G-Fafif Sep 25 2010 10:23 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Jim Thome loved a Met, even if he came to him between Met stints.
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| Edgy DC Sep 26 2010 08:00 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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That's not, strictly speaking, a parable, so much as an anecdote.
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| G-Fafif Oct 11 2010 12:00 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Homer Simpson, from last night's baseball-themed Simpsons episode, "MoneyBART".
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| G-Fafif Oct 17 2010 07:24 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Don Draper, called in for an interview at Citi Field, possibly getting the Mets account.
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| Edgy DC Oct 21 2010 07:46 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Promoting his new movie, Billy Joel does some dubious tapdancing.
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| HahnSolo Oct 21 2010 08:33 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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My dad taught me that no real Brooklyn Dodger fan would ever root for the Yankees. So there's a lot of bull spit in there.
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| seawolf17 Oct 21 2010 02:17 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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A guy I know is friends with pro golfer Joey Sindelar, who is apparently a die-hard Mets fan.
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| metirish Oct 21 2010 02:18 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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and apparently a pro golfer
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 21 2010 02:22 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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ka-POW!
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| seawolf17 Oct 21 2010 02:34 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Confused.
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| metirish Oct 21 2010 02:38 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Ah , just taking the piss outta the guy , a pro-golfer that no one outside his family and you heard of.
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| Benjamin Grimm Oct 21 2010 02:42 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I think you should give him his urine back.
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| metirish Oct 21 2010 02:44 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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He can take it to the high grass...he's there a lot anyway...
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| Edgy DC Oct 21 2010 02:47 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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And a handsome family they are.
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| soupcan Oct 22 2010 07:34 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Why is the blender on the front lawn with them?
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| Edgy DC Oct 22 2010 07:38 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I think you get those for sinking a double eagle.
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| HahnSolo Oct 22 2010 08:17 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Can't you wear a non-golf looking outfit at home?
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| Frayed Knot Oct 22 2010 08:23 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I suspect most golfers don't even have any clothing that they didn't either buy specifically for playing golf or get for free via some sponsor or some tourney somewhere. It probably helps explain the paucity of them on best-dressed lists. And, btw, I had heard of Joey Sindelar prior to this.
Isn't he the one who played professional soccer for a time?
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| MFS62 Oct 22 2010 08:30 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Golf and soccer?
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| Edgy DC Oct 22 2010 08:56 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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For a significant period of time, yes. US, Britian, Canada. Indoors and out.
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| Edgy DC Nov 17 2010 11:05 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly on playing at YSIII.
Mets Stadium, baby. Hey, Kelly, what the Hell you talking about?
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| G-Fafif Nov 23 2010 11:07 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Branford Marsalis moved to NYC in the early '80s and becomes a Mets fan, according to this charming if factually challenged mlb.com interview.
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| bmfc1 Nov 24 2010 12:37 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Chris Mullin. At least he was when growing up in Brooklyn, as per an interview today on ESPN 1050. (The question was "which team did you root for when growing up?" There was no follow-up by Jody McDonald or Brandon Tierney to ask if he still roots for the Mets.)
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| seawolf17 Nov 24 2010 12:50 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Well, obviously he roots for the Yankees now. Why even ask the question?
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| Ceetar Nov 24 2010 12:53 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I know we've mentioned Julia Stiles before, but I just read her almost Fire Joe Morganesque breakdown of k-rod's texts and had a laugh.
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| themetfairy Nov 24 2010 01:12 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Brilliant!
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| Benjamin Grimm Nov 24 2010 01:51 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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I really liked how she refrained from calling him "K-Rod" but then at the end she snuck one in there.
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| G-Fafif Dec 01 2010 11:17 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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MLBS and outgoing Governor David Paterson spending the afternoon with YLDB Mike Francesa. Paterson knows his sports. Francesa informing Paterson that being governor of NY is a big job.
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| metirish Dec 02 2010 12:10 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Now there's a guy in Paterson that reminded me a lot of Jerry Manuel, liked him plenty when he got the job but that quickly changed.
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| A Boy Named Seo Dec 12 2010 01:01 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Making some hard cuts, people, on my 2010 top-10 albums list, and was giving an extra look at Justin Townes Earle's "Harlem River Blues" for the 10 spot, based on the strength of my fav song on that album, "Christchurch Woman", about a Kiwi ("How many nationalities have you been with??") he met in a Sydney bar.
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| sharpie Dec 12 2010 02:15 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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His dad is a MFY fan.
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| A Boy Named Seo Dec 12 2010 02:25 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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That explains a lot.
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| G-Fafif Dec 12 2010 08:49 PM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Met-Loving Big Shot 1983...or all-time, in terms of stature. From Bill Gallo's News column regarding what would have been the 95th birthday of the Chairman of the Board on Sunday:
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| Edgy DC Dec 13 2010 05:49 AM Re: Met-Loving Big Shots 2010 |
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Like the process by which he's gone from low-society rebel to NPR-darlin' Kennedy Center-headlinin' high-society-douchebag since about, oh 1996?
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