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Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Edgy MD Jan 16 2011 09:15 PM

Last year's thread can be found here. When that link fails, look for the thread in the archives among threads started in January of 2010. Meanwhile, Jersey Governor Chris Christie makes his first State of the State Address wearing the colors of his favorite team:

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 17 2011 07:47 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Also a Fightin Blue Hen, this guy.

bmfc1 Jan 17 2011 09:17 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Question: are you happy to learn that any Big Shot is Met-Lovin' or are there some people that you don't like so they might as well be MFY fans?

Ceetar Jan 17 2011 09:25 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

bmfc1 wrote: Question: are you happy to learn that any Big Shot is Met-Lovin' or are there some people that you don't like so they might as well be MFY fans? Unless Christie starts offering Mets license plates in Jersey, or sets it up so donating blood here gets Mets tickets, I couldn't care less who he claims to root for.

Edgy MD Jan 17 2011 09:56 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

I prefer to see terrorists and child killers --- if I must see them at all --- in the gear of another team. I like to see both Demeritcrats and Repuiglicans in Mets colors, 'specially if they mean it.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 18 2011 01:06 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

I, too, can do without the blue-and-orange perp walks. I have to admit that there are some pols I would have a tough time embracing into the tribe-- Cheney's one of those rare ones, methinks-- but ultimately, I think sincerity is the thing for me; if you're really, truly interested in and invested in the team-- and that interest must extend to the current day, even if the investment may wax and wane*-- then I'll tip my hat to you, buy you a beer and/or accept one, and discuss all things Metly (or just plain baseball-y). *Either you're on point with the current state of affairs, or you're beating yourself up about it, and you'll get caught up as soon as you can. Maybe it's the residual Catholicism in me, but I'll take guilt/repentance-in-trade.

G-Fafif Jan 18 2011 01:30 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Cheney going hunting with Chase Utley would be swell.

Valadius Jan 18 2011 01:49 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

bmfc1 wrote: Question: are you happy to learn that any Big Shot is Met-Lovin' or are there some people that you don't like so they might as well be MFY fans? This applies to Christie.

G-Fafif Jan 18 2011 01:59 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

One I'd gladly trade to the MFYs here. Metties? Really?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 18 2011 02:15 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Baseball is so seductive, you can find yourself ignoring it all year, as I do, and then the series comes or a McGwire hits 61 home runs and you find yourself with moist eyes, cheering. Gotta love that. Baseball is so great, even phonies like me are inspired to pretend to like it.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 18 2011 02:17 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

We made ourselves unfashionable by cheering for Mike Piazza, and when I got home I found myself singing a song called Benny Abgayani, to the tune of “Gary Indiana,” from “The Music Man.” I am fairly certain that not only would she compose the whitest Song Parody entry we'd ever seen, but that she'd come damn close to composing the whitest satirical pop song humanly possible. I'm talking a Doris Day song in barbershop-quartet harmonies, accompanied by folk guitar, with friends shouting "ironic" rap lyrics and clapping on one and three until the damn thing ended.

G-Fafif Jan 18 2011 02:30 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

My sister sent me this column when it first ran as some kind of well-meaning reach across the 180-degree divide that separates us politically. I asked her to please keep the Mets out of it -- and informed her that in my then 30+ years of fandom I'd never heard of these "Metties". Haven't heard of them in the ten years since, either. What a wordsmith. John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Baseball is so seductive, you can find yourself ignoring it all year, as I do, and then the series comes or a McGwire hits 61 home runs and you find yourself with moist eyes, cheering. Gotta love that. Baseball is so great, even phonies like me are inspired to pretend to like it. Amen.

G-Fafif Jan 18 2011 02:33 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: We made ourselves unfashionable by cheering for Mike Piazza, and when I got home I found myself singing a song called Benny Abgayani, to the tune of “Gary Indiana,” from “The Music Man.” I am fairly certain that not only would she compose the whitest Song Parody entry we'd ever seen, but that she'd come damn close to composing the whitest satirical pop song humanly possible. I'm talking a Doris Day song in barbershop-quartet harmonies, accompanied by folk guitar, with friends shouting "ironic" rap lyrics and clapping on one and three until the damn thing ended. Perhaps, but you'd have to admire the effort. Then again, with all the time she spends ignoring baseball, there's definitely the time to work on it.

bmfc1 Feb 09 2011 06:28 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Mike Breen, NBA and Knicks announcer. On tonight's Knicks game, Girardi was in the crowd and Breen said that he wanted equal time for the Mets. Also, the sideline reporter said that Mike was "Mets guy."

Ashie62 Feb 09 2011 07:25 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Valadius wrote: Question: are you happy to learn that any Big Shot is Met-Lovin' or are there some people that you don't like so they might as well be MFY fans? This applies to Christie. Not in this NJ House.

Frayed Knot Feb 09 2011 07:36 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

bmfc1 wrote: Mike Breen, NBA and Knicks announcer. On tonight's Knicks game, Girardi was in the crowd and Breen said that he wanted equal time for the Mets. Also, the sideline reporter said that Mike was "Mets guy." Yes, Breen has always been a Mets guy.

batmagadanleadoff Feb 19 2011 11:31 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Joe Klein, novelist, journalist and author of Primary Colors, on being sued: Excerpt: The sheer joy that attends the beginning of spring training is tempered a bit this year, for me at least, by the messy situation in which the owners of my beloved New York Metropolitan Baseball Club have been entangled. http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2011/02 ... -catchers/

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 19 2011 07:44 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Damn. This thread's a little more vaguely depressing than it used ter be; I'm half-expecting to actually see Cheney in a vintage Gilkey-era ice-cream hat the next time I open it.

bmfc1 Mar 03 2011 08:08 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Comedian Amy Schumer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Schumer

Edgy MD Mar 03 2011 08:15 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

One more professional funnyperson from my high school. It's freaky.

bmfc1 Mar 03 2011 08:37 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

What a school! Dave Atell, Amy Schumer, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Edgy!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 03 2011 09:26 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

This guy [youtube:1yco52ka]Qnpy_Zs-f3c[/youtube:1yco52ka]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 04 2011 11:45 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Happened to have the WNBC/4 late local news on last night while trying to put YoungerPooper back to bed, and, after sports anchor Bruce Beck rattled off updates about the NFL labor talks, the night's Ranger game, and some Carmelo Anthony-related event, he threw it back to the anchors to close the show. Longtime WNBC anchor Sue Simmons, who's no stranger to oddly-timed blurts, mutters, "Well, I guess I'll have to check my DVR to see those two scoreless innings Ollie Perez tossed." Did a little Googling this morning to confirm, and yep, she's apparently one of us.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 04 2011 11:53 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Ouch. Facelifts.

metirish Mar 04 2011 11:57 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Happened to have the WNBC/4 late local news on last night while trying to put YoungerPooper back to bed, and, after sports anchor Bruce Beck rattled off updates about the NFL labor talks, the night's Ranger game, and some Carmelo Anthony-related event, he threw it back to the anchors to close the show. Longtime WNBC anchor Sue Simmons, who's no stranger to oddly-timed blurts, mutters, "Well, I guess I'll have to check my DVR to see those two scoreless innings Ollie Perez tossed." Did a little Googling this morning to confirm, and yep, she's apparently one of us. Oh yeah , a big Mets fan, she scolded one of the sports guys last week for saying Shea Stadium.....

Edgy MD Mar 04 2011 12:01 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

I rememember how excited she was when Mookie Wilson debuted!

metirish Mar 04 2011 12:02 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

didn't see the pic before , when did she turn white?

Edgy MD Mar 04 2011 12:09 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

I'm pretty sure she's a twofer.

Frayed Knot Mar 04 2011 12:13 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Yeah, I remember Simmons as one of the earlier public figures to make public her mixed race background. When TV news first started to get away from being all white Ken & Barbie clones one of the first and favorite hiring targets was white-looking black chicks. As for her looking ever more whiter these days I suppose that's either the lighting of that particular photo or the result of getting too many chemical skin peel procedures to go along with the facelifts.

seawolf17 Mar 04 2011 12:15 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

I can't think of Sue Simmons without thinking of the FoW line from "Traffic & Weather": Chuck Scarborough turns to Sue Simmons Says sugar you don't know what you're missin' Oooh we belong together Like traffic and weather Like traffic and weather [youtube]FLMeYrZoqpE[/youtube]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 04 2011 12:19 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Bad photo retouch, methinks. Not looking quite as Jacko here: I think I knew she was at least a casual Met fan (in the same way most of these a-holes turn into MFY boosters come the fall). But referencing Ollie's performance in a ST game is a pretty big diehard indicator, and kinda struck me.

Rockin' Doc Mar 04 2011 08:42 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: This guy [youtube]Qnpy_Zs-f3c[/youtube] When i saw Robert Randolph and the Family Band at Chicagofest a few years ago, he played the entire show in a Mets jersey (pinstripes no less). The man takes the country out of the steel guitar and makes it Rawk. When he blistered this number in his Beltran jersey, I knew I had found a new guitar hero. [youtube]h5CALmf7ziQ[/youtube]

Benjamin Grimm Mar 06 2011 05:26 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Charlie Sheen's strange tribute to Ralph Kiner

bmfc1 Mar 09 2011 09:48 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Sports Illustrated columnist Phil Taylor: from the latest issue http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/ ... /index.htm

Ceetar Mar 21 2011 09:16 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Do we know who these people are? They appeared to be important. Besides Collins, there was someone who I think is a higher up Mets employee named Jim (I think) talking to them as well.

MFS62 Mar 28 2011 08:24 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Met lovin' big shot Julia Stiles turns 30 today. Happy Birthday, kid. We love ya'. Later

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 28 2011 10:06 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Mr. Leguizamo likes to arrive early, it seems. (From Edible Queens, last August or so.)

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 31 2011 08:05 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Good triumphed over evil last night when Met-lovin creative but tortured genius Richard defeated MFY-Lovin' Jersey goombah Mike for the title of Top Chef. Can you guess which is which?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 31 2011 09:16 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 31 2011 10:08 AM

Richard's a Met fan? No shit! I knew there was a reason I liked that guy. A highfalutin' friend of mine in Atlanta loves One Midtown Kitchen.

metirish Mar 31 2011 09:18 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Richard's a Met fan? No shit! I knew there was a reason I liked that guy. watched this last night because Bucket sent out a tweet about it.......without ever seen it this season I had Mike pegged as the yankee loving douchebag five minutes in.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 31 2011 09:27 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

I would definitely like to eat in one of Richard's restaurants someday. I'm sure the other chefs are fine too, but... It didn't occur to me Blais was orange and blue until he mentioned in a recent ep that he was a "long Island boy" and then I was like, there's no way he's not. Then I found this mention on his blog: Meeting the wife of the guy who owns Distant Replays in Atlanta. The vintage sports clothing store. Lenny Dykstra, away jersey, Mets, size 42 , I’m just sayin...

metirish Mar 31 2011 09:30 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Did I hear correctly that Richard currently owns four restaurants?

Willets Point Mar 31 2011 12:01 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Daniel Balk of the band The Postelles. Yeah, I never heard of them either.

Edgy MD Mar 31 2011 12:22 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

I hear the drummer's last name is Catchersinterference.

Farmer Ted Mar 31 2011 12:48 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

http://superbooyah.com/images/stories/G ... stiles.jpg

A Boy Named Seo Mar 31 2011 01:28 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Met-Lovin Big Shots, according to Paste Magazine: New York Mets Musician: Ira Kaplan Band: Yo La Tengo Why he loves the Mets and how Yo La Tengo got their name: The story dates back to the 1962 Mets. We’ll let Ira tell the tale in this video. Fan-o-meter: 94/100 Musician: Daniel Balk Band: The Postelles Why he loves the Mets: "Yes, the Mets continue to collapse at the end of every season, just missing out on the playoffs year after year. It’s also true that they continuously overpay for mediocre players, while the owners complain about bankruptcy. But I still love them, like a father loves a son who comes home at the end of every school year with Cs and Ds on his report card. I admit I scream at my television all too often and I’ve also spent too much money at the bar at Citi Field in order to numb myself from the pain of watching the Mets make a 20-year-old no-name pitcher look like Sandy Koufax. Yet I still watch every game, even if I’m on the road and have to pay for a yearly subscription to watch them on my laptop. I can guarantee I was the only person in London watching the Mets as I sat in my hotel room, hoping for a win during our last U.K. tour. Though one night comes to mind as I think about how the Mets have directly affected my music career: As we played one of our first shows in New York City in a tiny Lower East Side bar, I spent our entire 30-minute set watching my Mets on the tiny bar television across from the stage. In between songs I’d clap as the Mets crossed the plate to take the lead. This of course looked like I was clapping for my own band’s achievement of finishing a song. I smile as I remember all the great memories the Mets have brought me and I hope they bring many more." Balk’s least favorite recent transaction by the Mets: Oliver Perez’s $36 million contract. Fan-o-meter: 81/100 The Postelles! Not bad! Sexy chick in the vid, too! [youtube]qhQ4Hwwjf08[/youtube]

Willets Point Mar 31 2011 01:48 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

I feel ten times cooler now that I know that ABNS reads Paste also.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 31 2011 01:59 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

I eat Paste. Does that make me cool?

Willets Point Mar 31 2011 02:01 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I eat Paste. Does that make me cool? Only if you do it ironically.

bmfc1 Apr 01 2011 03:37 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

I'm sure that we've mentioned Chris Rock--he discusses his favorite team on David Letterman last night: http://www.cbs.com/late_night/late_show ... I_YTq07ad4 (CBS makes you watch a commercial.)

Benjamin Grimm Apr 01 2011 06:48 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Some of the cast of HBO's Entourage coming out as Mets fans in an article in the Daily News today, including Kevin Connally, who I had thought was a Yankee fan. Seems that there's an Entourage group among the bidders for the Mets minority ownership.

Willets Point Apr 01 2011 07:33 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

We may need a Mets-loving douchebags thread for this: [youtube:367hsw6v]4E75JMm8cmc[/youtube:367hsw6v]

themetfairy Apr 01 2011 07:42 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

My brain has just exploded....

MFS62 Apr 01 2011 07:45 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

themetfairy wrote: My brain has just exploded.... We thought you Jersey girls are all alike. Later

themetfairy Apr 01 2011 08:02 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

I am, most definitely, NOT a Jersey Girl!

Willets Point Apr 01 2011 08:04 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Yeah, metfairy is in exile like the Israelites.

TheOldMole Apr 01 2011 09:32 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Has anyone mentioned Topo Gigio?

themetfairy Apr 01 2011 09:37 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Willets Point wrote: Yeah, metfairy is in exile like the Israelites. I think of it as more like Felix Unger's plight. I know that some day, I will return to New York.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 01 2011 09:39 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Some of the cast of HBO's Entourage coming out as Mets fans in an article in the Daily News today, including Kevin Connally, who I had thought was a Yankee fan. Seems that there's an Entourage group among the bidders for the Mets minority ownership. Kevin Dillon and Ed Burns are longtime, bona-fide faithful. Ellin's a native Long Islander, and talks a good game, cred-wise. I still wonder about shrimpy, though. Never seen him wearing the gear, and he supposedly pushed for the show characters-- save "Johnny Drama"-- to be diehard Yankee fans, once the issue of hitting a ballgame came up in a show script.

seawolf17 Apr 01 2011 09:53 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Wait, I thought metfairy was Snooki.

TheOldMole Apr 01 2011 09:59 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Snooki's taller.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 01 2011 10:04 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I still wonder about shrimpy, though. Never seen him wearing the gear, and he supposedly pushed for the show characters-- save "Johnny Drama"-- to be diehard Yankee fans, once the issue of hitting a ballgame came up in a show script. I think I've heard that too. Maybe he pushed for his character to be a Yankee fan because he wanted to show some jerkish tendency that he feels that "E" has? Or maybe he's suddenly a long-time Mets fan because he sees a shot at being something of an insider. Who knows?

Edgy MD Apr 01 2011 10:10 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Yeah, and the poetry thread was gay.

themetfairy Apr 01 2011 10:11 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

TheOldMole wrote: Snooki's taller. I'm going to kick you in the shins for that one!

Willets Point Apr 01 2011 10:13 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

themetfairy wrote: TheOldMole wrote: Snooki's taller. I'm going to kick you in the shins for that one! I'm dyin' here.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 01 2011 12:05 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

In this video, Chris Rock riffs on baseball, opening day, and his team --the Mets -- on the David Letterman show. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/0 ... 43579.html

G-Fafif Apr 01 2011 12:53 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Spike Lee, on Twitter: I grew up a Mets fan and migrated to the interlocking N and Y. Go migrate off a cliff, pal.

Gwreck Apr 01 2011 12:55 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Wow? Spike Lee's a douchebag? I never would have guessed! SC = infinity

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 01 2011 12:56 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Spike Lee, on Twitter: I grew up a Mets fan and migrated to the interlocking N and Y. Go migrate off a cliff, pal. Do the Right Thing and kill yourself, Spike.

G-Fafif Apr 01 2011 12:56 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

How he missed being cast in Entourage we'll never know.

Edgy MD Apr 01 2011 01:18 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Spike Lee, on Twitter: I grew up a Mets fan and migrated to the interlocking N and Y. Go migrate off a cliff, pal. Some wouldn't call that growing up, Spike.

metirish Apr 01 2011 01:24 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

If ever two assholes deserved each other it's those two assholes.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 01 2011 01:41 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Postelles. Not bad! Not available on rdio.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 16 2011 08:48 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Andy Shernoff of the Dictators (aka the Christopher Columbus of Punk) rocks Queens style. Can any of you punks out there confirm?

Gwreck May 16 2011 10:04 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Andy Shernoff of the Dictators (aka the Christopher Columbus of Punk) rocks Queens style. Interesting. I did not know that. The band's singer "Handsome Dick" is a notorious YLDB.

Gwreck May 23 2011 01:34 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Jeffrey Toobin!

metirish Jun 23 2011 06:35 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Mets lovin cop takes accused pharmacy scumbag killer David Laffer to hospital after his arrest.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 23 2011 06:50 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

I saw that in the Daily News this morning and was wondering if he was undercover, or if the Suffolk County police force have adopted Mets road jerseys as their official uniforms. Either way... good choice! And, not insignificantly, I'm glad they nailed that creep.

Edgy MD Jun 23 2011 07:34 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Looks like they did more than nail him.

Frayed Knot Jun 23 2011 08:38 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

One account of that guy and the robbery/slaying talked about what a huge Islander fan he was. Bet they were happy to hear that.

soupcan Jun 23 2011 08:57 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Excerpt from the Post story about the murderer (David Laffer) and his wife: After a four-year courtship, he proposed to Melinda Brady, a secretary, at an Islander game in 2006 -- by popping the question on the Nassau Coliseum's Jumbotron screen. It read, "Melinda, will you marry me. Love, David."

Edgy MD Jul 05 2011 10:08 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

I'm working with audio only. Any Hollywood MLBS's in attendance this eve?

G-Fafif Jul 06 2011 12:00 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Edgy DC wrote: I'm working with audio only. Any Hollywood MLBS's in attendance this eve? Tom Hanks -- Major League Big Shot, there the whole game. No outward affiliation.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 06 2011 05:18 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

G-Fafif wrote: Edgy DC wrote: I'm working with audio only. Any Hollywood MLBS's in attendance this eve? Tom Hanks -- Major League Big Shot, there the whole game. No outward affiliation. Grew up outside SF, lives in SoCal. I'm thinking... NotMetly.

Edgy MD Jul 06 2011 05:42 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Howie was talking about Gene Simmons there also. He may have Judeo-Queens roots, but I'm not giving him a ticket to the MLBS club without a thorough investigation by the membership committee.

bmfc1 Jul 06 2011 05:56 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I'm working with audio only. Any Hollywood MLBS's in attendance this eve? Tom Hanks -- Major League Big Shot, there the whole game. No outward affiliation. Grew up outside SF, lives in SoCal. I'm thinking... NotMetly. He grew up in Oakland and was a fan of the Athletics. I remember when he went on a baseball road trip w/Ron Howard and others. Since they have a few bucks, they did the trip the way you'd want to: they rented a bus and hired a driver.

Gwreck Jul 06 2011 07:20 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

An article from that trip cites the Dodgers as Hanks' favorite team: Article here.

G-Fafif Jul 06 2011 01:59 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Wore no Dodger gear last night. Then again, he's got a movie to promote to all parts of the nation.

Fman99 Jul 06 2011 07:02 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Edgy DC wrote: Howie was talking about Gene Simmons there also. He may have Judeo-Queens roots, but I'm not giving him a ticket to the MLBS club without a thorough investigation by the membership committee. He's a tremendous douche, regardless of who's laundry he's rooting for.

metsguyinmichigan Jul 06 2011 07:57 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Fman99 wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Howie was talking about Gene Simmons there also. He may have Judeo-Queens roots, but I'm not giving him a ticket to the MLBS club without a thorough investigation by the membership committee. He's a tremendous douche, regardless of who's laundry he's rooting for. Not Gene!!!!! The God of Thunder! Go easy on the idols of my youth!

Benjamin Grimm Jul 06 2011 08:35 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Since when is Gene Simmons the God of Thunder??

Edgy MD Jul 06 2011 10:09 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Not shocking about Simmons.

G-Fafif Jul 07 2011 12:34 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Dodger-Lovin' Big Shot Kareem Abdul-Jabbar calls out one of baseball's Horrible Bosses, Frank McCourt. Entertaining rant, though for a kid whose team abandoned him when he was 10 years old -- and for a kid who got a new team in his neighborhood as a fifteenth birthday present -- too bad he never made the switch to MLBS. In any event, he and Fred must have a lot to talk about. I often wonder how this would have played out if the Dodgers were still in the borough of Brooklyn. My guess is Brooklynites would have thrown the perpetrators of this type of farce out on their ears. I wondered the same thing, actually, when the Steve Bartman incident happened in Wrigley Field a few years back. You'll recall that he interfered with a foul ball that the Cubs' left fielder was trying to catch for a crucial out, an incident that very well might have changed the outcome of that 2003 playoff game. Would Bartman have made it out of the stands alive if that had happened in Ebbets Field? Brooklyn fans could be tough.

Edgy MD Jul 07 2011 07:03 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

People got to get over Bartman.

G-Fafif Jul 15 2011 10:53 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

On Real Time With Bill Maher, Bill Maher asked Mark Cuban to please buy the Mets because "I'm still a Mets fan." Cuban responded he's a Pirates fan, how sad is that? On the night his team went into first place.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 16 2011 04:46 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

G-Fafif wrote: On Real Time With Bill Maher, Bill Maher asked Mark Cuban to please buy the Mets because "I'm still a Mets fan." Wow! I had no idea!

Edgy MD Jul 16 2011 05:55 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

I know hundreds of my Facebook friends want me to join in with them in celebrating the work of Bill Maher because, dammit, he zings Republicans, but he's insufferrable.

soupcan Jul 18 2011 09:13 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Edgy DC wrote: ...because, dammit, he zings Republicans, but he's insufferrable. Ain't that the truth.

TransMonk Jul 18 2011 09:38 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

I enjoyed his ABC show back in the 90s. His HBO show is barely tolerabe, though.

Edgy MD Jul 18 2011 09:45 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Waiting in the courthouse to destify against my designated face puncher, I was surrounded by MPD officers waiting to testify in 10 different courtrooms. Many were in uniform, but a handful were in plainclothes. The baseball jersey count included one Nats, one Orioles, and two Mets --- a black home jersey and a classick road gray. Neither had any numbers on the front, and cops never show you their backs, apparently even when surrounded by other cops.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 18 2011 09:51 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

No point-and-thumbs-up?

Edgy MD Jul 18 2011 09:57 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

I tried to get one cop's attention, but failed. I figured that they didn't even know what they were wearing --- that Thursday was "Mets Day," as in "We have all our undercover boys in Mets jerseys today, men. For God's sake, if you think you have a perp, but he has a Mets jersey, he's probably one of ours. It could be an actual Met, but I just heard that they traded Rodriguez, so don't count on that."

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 18 2011 11:15 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

More on the Hoodoo Gurus' affection for the Mets from a recent fb post from Faulkner: I went to my first MLB game at Yankee Stadium in when I was 21 years old (!). It was versus Texas Rangers and I remember that Dale Berra was playing for Texas. We bought scalped tickets outside and were seated behind home plate (not bad!). My american friend explained the finer points of the strategies to me as we watched and I was pretty much hooked. As I got more knowledgeable I came to favour the National League (I'm not a fan of the DH rule) and as NYC was my home-away-from-home I chose the Mets. Never regretted it for a moment, despite the frequent heartbreak.

Edgy MD Jul 18 2011 11:24 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Either you or Second Spitter better sign him up.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 14 2011 04:36 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Local hip-hop legend/NYPD-"hater" Pete Rock, in an early-summer video for Smif-N-Wessun collabo "Monumental":

G-Fafif Sep 15 2011 02:03 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Poppy Montgomery is Unforgettable as the star of the new CBS crime drama poses in the jersey of her favorite team Wednesday night. It's a show about a detective who remembers everything -- unlike Angel Pagan who forgets to get out of the picture, or so it seems.

Edgy MD Oct 04 2011 08:34 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Have we mentioned Itzhak Perlman?

Gwreck Oct 04 2011 09:06 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Rick Porcello, tonight's starter for the Detroit Tigers, described as a Mets rooter in a family of Yankee fans.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 04 2011 10:33 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

I know he was already mentioned in this thread, in the opening post, but it's time to mention Chris Christie again now that he may* be flirting with the idea of becoming the biggest Met-loving bigshot of all. * Me, I don't think he'll take the plunge. But I suppose we'll find out soon enough.

Ceetar Oct 04 2011 10:37 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Edgy DC wrote: Have we mentioned Itzhak Perlman? I heard him perform th National Anthem one day at Shea.

sharpie Oct 04 2011 11:21 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Christie not running. Let's not ever mention him again.

Edgy MD Oct 04 2011 11:25 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Oops. Just mentioned him.

Ceetar Oct 04 2011 11:41 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

sharpie wrote: Christie not running. Let's not ever mention him again. unfortunately, he's still my governor.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 04 2011 11:46 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

-- Christopher Meloni, late of "Law and Order: SVU"-- a closing day attendee, witnessed with mine own eyes. -- A more palatable gubernatorial fan for some of youse... sorta. Q: Mets or Yankees and favorite overall sport? A: Mets, football. -- A Jersey kid who may grow much, much bigger in my estimation by night's end. West Orange's Rick Porcello doesn't know how it happened. His parents were Yankees fans. They would even let him skip one day of school per year to go to the old Yankee Stadium, but for some reason he became a Mets fan. "I guess when I was pretty much old enough to start following baseball and really be in touch with the players was right around the 2000 [Mets] team and they went to the World Series," the 22-year-old Porcello said. "I just rooted for them. I always liked the fact that they were kind of more of an underdog in New York."

bmfc1 Oct 06 2011 12:32 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Rick Schwartz, movie producer: http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood ... makes-them Rick Schwartz is an independent producer who lives in New York City. His credits include The Others, The Departed and Black Swan. He’d much rather be playing shortstop for the Mets.

TransMonk Oct 18 2011 11:08 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Rainn Wilson http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/17/world/cnn ... hpt=hp_bn4 Talking religion: He was convinced he wanted a religion that had something similar to the Great Spirit of Wonka Tonka, a deity of Native Americans. While watching a Mets game, Wilson and a friend prayed to Wonka Tonka that former Mets outfielder Darryl Strawberry would hit a home run to win the game. And he did. “True story. Not making it up,” Wilson said. http://www.theeagleonline.com/news/stor ... comedy-AU/

metirish Oct 18 2011 11:11 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Class

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 18 2011 11:26 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

This is a much, much funnier fanbase than the one 'cross town.

Frayed Knot Oct 18 2011 01:11 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: This is a much, much funnier fanbase than the one 'cross town. But, but ... they've got Jay-Z and Spike* * at least until they fall into the abyss

metirish Oct 18 2011 01:13 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Frayed Knot wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: This is a much, much funnier fanbase than the one 'cross town. But, but ... they've got Jay-Z and Spike* * at least until they fall into the abyss it made it all the more sweeter to see them get knocked out as the cameras were constantly cutting to them.....

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 21 2011 09:06 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

We've probably had this on here before, but that's Ferris Bueller & Carrie Bardshaw's kid

TransMonk Oct 21 2011 09:11 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Holey jeans, Batman!

Edgy MD Oct 21 2011 09:14 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Earlier in this thread, his dad openly lamented his MLBS status and hinted at jumping ship.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 21 2011 09:15 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Yeah, well his dad's a douche.

Edgy MD Oct 21 2011 09:19 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

And I'm sure Lunchpail could run circles around that kid.

Frayed Knot Oct 21 2011 09:26 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

TransMonk wrote: Holey jeans, Batman! I wonder if they got those matching duds (at probably $115 per) in the pre-distressed section of the 'Mommy & Me' jeans store on the upper west side. "Look son, we'll get you a pair that are torn in the same place as mine so now we can both pretend we're not part of the 1% that all those unwashed people downtown are complaining about"

Edgy MD Oct 21 2011 11:15 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Thorogood returns to the Mets: http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/story/_/i ... ing-page-2

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 21 2011 12:56 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Edgy DC wrote: Thorogood returns to the Mets: http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/story/_/i ... ing-page-2 Spitter and he: charter and sole members of Met Fans For Bobby Bo.

metsguyinmichigan Oct 21 2011 01:50 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

That's a GREAT interview!!!

Lefty Specialist Oct 21 2011 02:38 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Wow, Thorogood knows his stuff. Talking baseball in a bar for hours with Hernandez, well, I could die a happy man after that.

Frayed Knot Oct 21 2011 02:58 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

GT sounds like my kind of baseball fan.

dgwphotography Oct 25 2011 04:45 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

That was a great interview. I always knew there was a reason I keep going back to Thorogood on my playlist... Kelli Garner

Edgy MD Oct 25 2011 08:52 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Do we have this from earlier in the year? Supposed big shot stars of Unforgettable, Dylan Walsh and Poppy Montgomery, taking batting practice. Supposed big shot producer Ed Redlich is the real fan.

MFS62 Oct 25 2011 08:56 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

I had to look up Kelli Garner. I don't think I've ever seen one minute of anything in which she has appeared. But she's a Mets fan, so I don't care. I love her. Later

Benjamin Grimm Oct 25 2011 08:57 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

I've never heard of her either. She's cute. And toothsome.

MFS62 Oct 25 2011 09:05 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

We could start a thread on "Words you see anymore". Toothsome would certainly be on that list. Then again, if they're on that list, we would have seen them recently. Oh well, back to MLBS. Later

Frayed Knot Oct 25 2011 10:36 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

MFS62 wrote: I had to look up Kelli Garner. I don't think I've ever seen one minute of anything in which she has appeared. But she's a Mets fan, so I don't care. I love her. Later I was confused too, mainly because in that picture she's a blond yet she plays the red-headed sister - opposite her blond-haired siblinig - in the new series 'Pan Am'. Other than that I had never heard of her either.

Edgy MD Oct 25 2011 10:49 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

It seems to be the other tiresome trend in TV. Sexy, stylish and morally ambiguous times in the sexy, stylish, morally ambiguous early-mid sixties. Women are exploited as mere sex things, but they push back within the narrow confines they are permitted to exist in. This makes them sexier and more exploitable. Tune in! They shouldn't have torn down Shea, but rather brought it back to it's early look and rented it out as a filming location. The mania for Mad Men fashionability recent led Target to re-launch a line of classic Missoni post-war looks on the middle class, segments of whom, you may or may not have noticed, have gone nuts and stormed the stores (and crashed the website). They've bought the stores out of --- and please feel free to disagree --- some questionable fashion choices.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 25 2011 12:48 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

I kinda want them all, in assorted colors. But that may just be because second-from-left's sweater has hypnotized me.

metirish Oct 25 2011 12:55 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Lefty Specialist wrote: Wow, Thorogood knows his stuff. Talking baseball in a bar for hours with Hernandez, well, I could die a happy man after that. Nearly as good as JCL's interview from a few years back.....loved the word association in this one.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 25 2011 01:00 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I've never heard of her either. She's cute. And toothsome. "There's only one, so that doesn't make sense. Unless they're adding one during the CitiField alterations this winter-- are they? Otherwise... what do you mean, 'Show me the Home Run Apples?'"

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 25 2011 02:26 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Toothsome and boobsome.

Fman99 Oct 25 2011 08:14 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Edgy DC wrote: Nothing says fashion like a dried up old hag and her four uber-homosexual sons. Seriously, did she raise them on Charles Nelson Reilly "Match Game" appearances?

Edgy MD Oct 29 2011 01:52 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Egyptian uprising prisoner Ilan Grapel. Report: Ilan Grapel told Mets won Series By Adam Rubin ESPNNewYork.com After being freed following a nearly five-month stint in an Egyptian jail during that country's uprising, Queens native Ilan Grapel received interesting news: The New York Mets won the World Series during his isolation. Mets blog Looking for more information on your Mets? ESPNNewYork.com has you covered. Blog The misinformation was a joke played by Rep. Gary Ackerman, according to the New York Post. In a news conference in Tel Aviv following his release, the newspaper reports, Grapel said: "There's so many people to thank, and after being cut off for the past five months ..." At that point, the Post reports, Ackerman chimed in: "We told him the Mets won the World Series." Grapel, a 27-year-old U.S.-Israeli citizen, was freed Thursday in a prisoner swap between Israel and Egypt. The Emory University law student arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport Saturday morning. He said he was arrested June 12 while attending a demonstration in Cairo and was accused of spying for Israel, which denied the allegation. Adam Rubin covers the Mets for ESPNNewYork.com. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. Follow Adam Rubin on Twitter: @AdamRubinESPN

Benjamin Grimm Oct 29 2011 06:11 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

My 10-year-old daughter tells me that the tallest man in the world is a Mets fan, and he lives in Poland. I don't know if this is true, but I'm sharing it here anyway.

Edgy MD Oct 29 2011 08:33 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

She may not be talking about an actual tall man, but singer/songwriter Kristian Matsson, a Swede who bills himself as "The Tallest Man on Earth."

metirish Oct 31 2011 08:58 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

My 10-year-old daughter tells me that the tallest man in the world is a Mets fan, and he lives in Poland. I don't know if this is true, but I'm sharing it here anyway. proof! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/2 ... lide_image

Edgy MD Oct 31 2011 09:02 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

The world's tallest man, Sultan Kosen, was in New York Monday as part of his Guinness Book of World Records' world tour. The 8'1" Turkish man was re-measured and posed for pictures in Times Square before hitting Citi Park in Queens. And yes, Kosen did get to meet Mr. Met. Ah, good ol' Citi Park. Where the Meters play the in the borough of the Queen.

dgwphotography Oct 31 2011 10:16 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Edgy DC wrote: The world's tallest man, Sultan Kosen, was in New York Monday as part of his Guinness Book of World Records' world tour. The 8'1" Turkish man was re-measured and posed for pictures in Times Square before hitting Citi Park in Queens. And yes, Kosen did get to meet Mr. Met. Ah, good ol' Citi Park. Where the Meters play the in the borough of the Queen. Really? You're surprised the Huffington Post got something wrong?

Edgy MD Oct 31 2011 10:25 AM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Surprised? Sheesh, if you needed me to tell you the difference between The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, Slate, The Daily Koz, and any other high-profile online news sources, you'd be in trouble. I get my news from The Brooklyn Eagle and El Diario, thank you very much.

Edgy MD Oct 31 2011 12:01 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Dwight Gooden tweeting, ladies and gentlemen If CC goes else where which he's not... look for the angels to be players not the philliis Thanks, Uncle Dwight!

Benjamin Grimm Oct 31 2011 12:02 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

Wait... is he saying that Cloris Leachman is not a player?

G-Fafif Oct 31 2011 01:02 PM Re: Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

My 10-year-old daughter tells me that the tallest man in the world is a Mets fan, and he lives in Poland. I don't know if this is true, but I'm sharing it here anyway. proof! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/2 ... lide_image Miss that target, David.