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eff Wilpon :Part 2

metirish Jul 10 2013 11:11 AM

Irish Heritage Night on August 2nd....against guess who?....The Kansas City ROYALS I mean really, of all the teams the Mets could have held this wonderful night against they chose the Royals. This is a huge insult and I'd not be one bit surprised to see step dancers pull out Does anyone working there have a clue? http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/ticketi ... roup=irish

Mets – Willets Point Jul 10 2013 11:22 AM Re: eff Wilpon :Part 2

It's a good thing the Syracuse Orangemen don't have a MLB franchise.

Centerfield Jul 10 2013 11:29 AM Re: eff Wilpon :Part 2

Other celebratory nights: Southern Heritage Night Opponent: NY Yankees Beanstalk Appreciation Night Opponent: SF Giants Mothers Against Drunk Driving Night Opponent: Milwaukee Brewers Steve Irwin Memorial Night Opponent: Tampa Bay Rays Nerd Appreciation Night Opponent: Oakland Athletics Individuality Night Opponent: Minnesota Twins

metirish Jul 10 2013 11:30 AM Re: eff Wilpon :Part 2

Hilarious

Edgy MD Jul 10 2013 11:43 AM Re: eff Wilpon :Part 2

"It's about culture, not politics. We don't want anything political. We now present Black 47."

bmfc1 Jul 10 2013 12:18 PM Re: eff Wilpon :Part 2

Selecting the Right Financial Advisor Night Home Team: New York Mets

metsmarathon Jul 10 2013 01:34 PM Re: eff Wilpon :Part 2

vietnam veterans night opponent: dodgers sigfried and roy appreciation night opponent: tigers barefoot runners' day opponent: white sox rain date opponent: red sox atheists and agnostics night opponent: padres rain date opponent: cardinals ninja night opponent: pirates it must be really hard to put together a promotional schedule...

TheOldMole Jul 10 2013 01:37 PM Re: eff Wilpon :Part 2

CF and marathon-- those are great.

Mets – Willets Point Jul 10 2013 01:59 PM Re: eff Wilpon :Part 2

Centerfield wrote: Southern Heritage Night Opponent: NY Yankees Perhaps the one instance where I wouldn't want to offend the Yankees, because the alternative is worse. I guess there would be a KKK Korner for that game.

soupcan Jul 10 2013 02:25 PM Re: eff Wilpon :Part 2

Mets – Willets Point wrote: It's a good thing the Syracuse Orangemen don't have a MLB franchise. The Syracuse Orangemen haven't existed since 2004. They dropped the names 'Orangemen' & 'Orangewomen' in favor of the less offensive and more all-inclusive 'Orange'. I suppose if you had 'Color Blindness Awareness Night' then, yeah, maybe you don't want to be playing Syracuse. Or Alabama. Or Brown.

Nymr83 Jul 10 2013 08:06 PM Re: eff Wilpon :Part 2

soupcan wrote: Mets – Willets Point wrote: It's a good thing the Syracuse Orangemen don't have a MLB franchise. The Syracuse Orangemen haven't existed since 2004. They dropped the names 'Orangemen' & 'Orangewomen' in favor of the less offensive and more all-inclusive 'Orange'. I suppose if you had 'Color Blindness Awareness Night' then, yeah, maybe you don't want to be playing Syracuse. Or Alabama. Or Brown. What race is orange anyway? I don't even know who that was offending

metsmarathon Jul 10 2013 08:38 PM Re: eff Wilpon :Part 2

why, the citrus intolerant, of course. no, really, it's a thing.

soupcan Jul 11 2013 06:46 AM Re: eff Wilpon :Part 2

Nymr83 wrote: soupcan wrote: The Syracuse Orangemen haven't existed since 2004. They dropped the names 'Orangemen' & 'Orangewomen' in favor of the less offensive and more all-inclusive 'Orange'. I suppose if you had 'Color Blindness Awareness Night' then, yeah, maybe you don't want to be playing Syracuse. Or Alabama. Or Brown. What race is orange anyway? I don't even know who that was offending They were originally named the 'Saltine Warriors' in a nod to the indigenous Onondagan tribe of central New York. Because the school mascot was a student dressed as an American Indian with makeup and orange-y skin, they became the 'Orangemen'.

Frayed Knot Jul 11 2013 06:52 AM Re: eff Wilpon :Part 2

soupcan wrote: They were originally named the 'Saltine Warriors' in a nod to the indigenous Onondagan tribe of central New York. Because the school mascot was a student dressed as an American Indian with makeup and orange-y skin, they became the 'Orangemen'. And the 'Saltine Warriors' brings to mind the name of a very different stereotype name from Southern League baseball: The Atlanta Crackers

Edgy MD Jul 11 2013 08:10 AM Re: eff Wilpon :Part 2

Which brings to mind their strangely monikered African-American counterparts.

Mets – Willets Point Jul 11 2013 09:46 AM Re: eff Wilpon :Part 2

Nymr83 wrote: soupcan wrote: Mets – Willets Point wrote: It's a good thing the Syracuse Orangemen don't have a MLB franchise. The Syracuse Orangemen haven't existed since 2004. They dropped the names 'Orangemen' & 'Orangewomen' in favor of the less offensive and more all-inclusive 'Orange'. I suppose if you had 'Color Blindness Awareness Night' then, yeah, maybe you don't want to be playing Syracuse. Or Alabama. Or Brown. What race is orange anyway? I don't even know who that was offending This was in response to metirish's Irish Heritage Night. In Northern Ireland and Scotland, Orangemen are a group of loyalist Protestants known for their discrimination against Irish Catholics and nationalists, and thus would be offensive to they typical attendee on an Irish Heritage Night. That was the joke. Now it is explained. Now it's not funny. Perhaps it never was.

metirish Jul 11 2013 09:55 AM Re: eff Wilpon :Part 2

Oh, it was funny....when the ROI soccer team unveiled an all orange third strip a few years back it caused all sorts of silly commotions.

soupcan Jul 11 2013 12:37 PM Re: eff Wilpon :Part 2

It was/is funny. I just see everything Orange as only Syracuse-related. I need to get out more.

metirish Jul 11 2013 12:49 PM Re: eff Wilpon :Part 2

soupcan wrote: It was/is funny. I just see everything Orange as only Syracuse-related. I need to get out more. even the "tan" you were sporting poolside in that pic on FB was orange :)

cooby Jul 13 2013 08:35 AM Re: eff Wilpon :Part 2

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Mets – Willets Point wrote: It's a good thing the Syracuse Orangemen don't have a MLB franchise. The Syracuse Orangemen haven't existed since 2004. They dropped the names 'Orangemen' & 'Orangewomen' in favor of the less offensive and more all-inclusive 'Orange'. I suppose if you had 'Color Blindness Awareness Night' then, yeah, maybe you don't want to be playing Syracuse. Or Alabama. Or Brown. What race is orange anyway? I don't even know who that was offending This was in response to metirish's Irish Heritage Night. In Northern Ireland and Scotland, Orangemen are a group of loyalist Protestants known for their discrimination against Irish Catholics and nationalists, and thus would be offensive to they typical attendee on an Irish Heritage Night. That was the joke. Now it is explained. Now it's not funny. Perhaps it never was. I got it Willets, and I thought it was a good joke. Orange was explained to me by my good buddy Mike Murphy who wears orange every St Patricks Day. He just wears it because he is Protestant, not because he is a radical. He's an Irishman to the core