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Willie Randolph's First Game

Edgy DC Jan 11 2006 01:00 AM

He claims to have saved his allowance as a 14-year-old and taken his future wife Gretchen to see this game. "Gretchen, that guy on the mound getting raked is named Nolan Ryan. Someday, I'm going to grow up and be a ballplayer. I'm going to have an 18-year career of distinction, and after I finally hang it up, that son of a bitch will still be going."

Johnny Dickshot Jan 11 2006 06:52 AM

[url]http://ultimatemets.com/gamedetail.php?gameno=1121[/url] You mean this game? at Wrigley?

Bret Sabermetric Jan 11 2006 07:59 AM

Lot of 'llowance saving for two round-trips tickets to Chicago there.

Edgy DC Jan 11 2006 08:03 AM

Well, that can't be right, can it? He reports (and it may be merely their first date, not his first game) the future Mrs. to Shea and Billy Williams hit three homers. That was the only BW three-homer game I saw.

Yancy Street Gang Jan 11 2006 08:04 AM

Maybe Willie didn't realize it would have been a bit cheaper to wait three more days until the Mets returned to Shea to play the Pirates. I mean, he's a genius, but he's not a super genius!

Edgy DC Jan 11 2006 08:07 AM

"I saved up my allowance for our first 'legitimate' date," Randolph said. "And I took her to Shea. We had good seats, upper deck on the third-base side behind the plate. The Cubs played, and Billy Williams hit three home runs. Her only reaction was: 'He's cute.'"

Yancy Street Gang Jan 11 2006 08:16 AM

I have only four Cubs ever homering three times in a game against the Mets. Three of them occurred at Wrigley Field: Adolpho Phillips, 6/11/1967; Billy Williams 9/10/1968, and Karl Rhodes, 4/4/1994. The one time at Shea was Dave Kingman, 7/28/1979. Maybe Williams only hit two that game, and the years have embellished the memory.

Yancy Street Gang Jan 11 2006 08:23 AM

Other than Dave Kingman, the only Mets opponents who have homered three times in a game at Shea are Pete Rose, 4/29/1978 and Dick Allen, 9/29/1968. No Met has ever hit three homers in a game at Shea. Mets who have homered three times: Jim Hickman, 9/3/1965, St. Louis. Dave Kingman, 6/4/1976, Los Angeles. Claudell Washington, 6/22/1980, Los Angeles. Darryl Strawberrry, 8/5/1985, Chicago. Gary Carter, 9/3/1985 San Diego. Edgardo Alfonzo, 8/30/1999, Houston.

Bret Sabermetric Jan 11 2006 08:26 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 11 2006 10:29 AM

He'd never hit two against the Mets before this, and he next hit two against the Mets in May of 1970. You think he'd remember if he was 14 or 16, wouldn't you? I'd love to get him in the witness chair for a few incisive questions. Williegate. OE: added key preposition

Elster88 Jan 11 2006 09:25 AM

Poor Willie. Caught out as a liar and fraud of the highest order. Order his execution immediately.

Yancy Street Gang Jan 11 2006 09:27 AM

Alert Phil Mushnick!

sharpie Jan 11 2006 09:36 AM

Willie's version of "A Million Little Pieces"

Johnny Dickshot Jan 11 2006 09:40 AM

That Million Little Pieces expose is fascinating. (See smoking gun). People want to say that fraud was just literary license but because it promotes a "treatment" for real problems of addiction it could be incredibly dangerous. Bullshitting is just epidemic in our society today.

Edgy DC Jan 11 2006 09:57 AM

What scares me more is people's rush to defend a bullshitter out of some sort of warped brand loyalty. A dangerous position for a Met fan to take, I know all too well. OE: considering how Willie made a monkey out of me in this thread and all.

ScarletKnight41 Jan 11 2006 10:27 AM

I think it's obvious that Willie and Gretchen spent their time at the game making out, and after the fact he concocted a story about the game, just so their parents wouldn't find them out. After all of these years, he's stuck by his story to protect Gretchen's reputation.

HahnSolo Jan 11 2006 12:00 PM

Or maybe it wasn't Gretchen with him at all. Hmmmm.

Edgy DC Jan 13 2006 12:10 PM

Yancy, please kindly reject any memories I posted about this game, if you will.

metirish Jan 13 2006 12:19 PM

Willie is going on Oprah today,damn liar is all he is,George O' Leary got canned fron the ND job because he lied, pity we did't catch Willie in this lie before he "set the room alight" in his interview.

Frayed Knot Jan 13 2006 12:25 PM

I suspect if you polled most fans on memories of their first game there'd be more incorrect and hazy recollections than actual ones ... a ratio which would probably increase even more when the fan in question is in close contact with a 16 y/o girl.