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Mets by the Parent's Occupation

Edgy DC Jun 28 2011 07:39 AM

Jesus Santana, retired electrician, with his son.

metirish Jun 28 2011 07:47 AM Re: Mets by the Parent's Occupation

Ron Davis, retired MLB pitcher with son Ike, also a retired MLB player

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 28 2011 07:57 AM Re: Mets by the Parent's Occupation

Bob Parnell, Fire Chief, Salisbury, N.C.

Edgy DC Jun 28 2011 08:03 AM Re: Mets by the Parent's Occupation

Retired ballplayer. Snort.

Ceetar Jun 28 2011 08:14 AM Re: Mets by the Parent's Occupation

Edgy DC wrote: Retired ballplayer. Snort. Speaking of retired ballplaying parents, Cecil Fielder thinks Prince could be a Met.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 28 2011 08:28 AM Re: Mets by the Parent's Occupation

Meet Jeff and Annette Niese. They've been married for 28 years and have 5 kids, including Jonathon (2nd oldest). Jeff is a maintenance technician over at Defiance College and also serves on the Defiance County Fish & Game board of directors.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 28 2011 08:35 AM Re: Mets by the Parent's Occupation

Do we have profile photos of them? We need to determine the source of the Niese Nose.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 28 2011 09:10 AM Re: Mets by the Parent's Occupation

RA Dickey's mysterious father, Harry L. Dickey, appears to have been employed by a bible company. He divorced Leslie Bowers Dickey when RA was 7. R.A. was largely raised by a maternal grandmother and her husband, R.G. Bowers.

Edgy DC Jun 28 2011 09:28 AM Re: Mets by the Parent's Occupation

Mike Pelfrey also had an AWOL dad, one Jim Pelfrey, but benefitted from the generous guidance of stepfather Stan Madden, who Big Mike came to call Dad. No photo evicence found. I'm closer to the age of these guys' parents than to theirs.

attgig Jun 28 2011 09:41 AM Re: Mets by the Parent's Occupation

Jose Reyes with his dad: Jose Manuel. He owns a 'roadside family bodega' called 'Colmado Reyes' - which apparently, is like a 7-11 but smaller. His dad also played pickup baseball, and encouraged Reyes to learn how to bat from both sides of the plate, and made sure the speedster was fed well as he was growing up when the elder realized his son was a special athelete.

Vic Sage Jun 28 2011 10:21 AM Re: Mets by the Parent's Occupation

would his dad not have fed him if Jose wasn't a special athlete?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 29 2011 07:56 AM Re: Mets by the Parent's Occupation

Is anyone else playing this game? Angel Pagan Sr. passed away in 2005. He was "all about baseball" but couldn't fly to the US to see his son play following a stroke and other health issues. "Me and my father, we were really close. He never saw me play professional baseball. He couldn't because he was sick and couldn't fly. After he died, I bent on my knees and I promised to him and God that I would do my best, that I'd give my everything so I could make my father proud. Even though he's not here, I know he's watching me. I dedicated the victory [a 2-home run game on his birthday, his 1st 2 pro HRs] to him and his glory, and first of all God. I always wanted him to watch me because he was all about baseball. He was a sick man — diabetes."

Edgy DC Jun 29 2011 08:58 AM Re: Mets by the Parent's Occupation

Dillon Gee's father is a Fort Worth firefighter who got half the town at the The Ballpark in Arlington to see Dillon's last start. Daniel Murphy's father is Tom Murphy. Try and find a picture of a guy named Tom Murphy on the internet. Go ahead, I dare ya. Anyhow, while Tom's picture may elude you, it might help you to know that as a dad, he can be kind of ungenerous. "He's got basically one tool, hitting, and everything else is average," said his father, Tom Murphy. "The way he runs, throws, plays defense - average. His glove was always a little shaky, but that bat worked." "When he got drafted," said Tom Murphy, "I thought, 'Go do that for three or four years in the minors, then go back to school for your degree and get a real job." How about you go find a real job, Dad? I'm gonna be a Met.