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Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

G-Fafif Jan 02 2015 04:03 PM

Warming up for a new year of keeping an eye out for the Mets infiltrating film, theater, television, stage, literature and what have you by passing along a few pre-2015 sightings FAFIF readers have shared since the awarding of Oscar's Caps. • The Stargate TV followup, Stargate: SG-1 also showed pictures of Jack’s son in a Mets unfiorm. • Peter Falk as Vince Ricardo in The In-Laws (1979) while on a stakeout: “I can’t believe this trade. What the hell the Mets need another pitcher for? All they got is pitchers!” • Jeff in Rules of Engagement (ran on CBS between 2007 and 2013) mentioned the Mets frequently and loved to show off his Mets memorabilia collection at any given opportunity. • The Gift of Life, by Michael Elias (2013), discusses the Mets and features the main character’s connection to them. Specifically, the narratives in the book refer to the dominance over the Mets by the Braves, the exciting 2006 season and ultimately short-circuited postseason (including a dramatic re-telling of the late stages of the final playoff game), the 2007 collapse, and other baseball commentary as observed by the main character. The novel is said by the author to be "about so much more than that, including disability and coming to terms with certain life situations, but there’s the sports aspect of it for fans as well".

Edgy MD Jan 02 2015 04:27 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

That Falk quote. What time of the year might that be? I like to think it refers to one or both of the June 15 deals to acquire Doc Ellis and Andy Hassler.

G-Fafif Jan 02 2015 04:37 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

I see a release date on IMDB of September 12. Pretty topical for a movie presumably in the can by June 15. I'd also question the characters' assessment of the Mets' bounty of pitching in 1979.

G-Fafif Jan 17 2015 08:11 AM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

“Legal or not, if it gets the New York Mets a better shortstop, I am so down with this.” —Bill Maher on opening US-Cuba relations, Real Time, 1/16/2015

G-Fafif Feb 11 2015 04:58 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Harry Breitner with the 2014 tune, "Faith and Fear in Flushing Meadows," a title that has a nice ring to it. Song has nothing to do with your (perhaps) favorite blog. Stumbled into it. References 1962, Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, Ray Knight and Mookie Wilson. Not exactly about the Mets, but in no way is not about the Mets, either. Dude's from Chicago. He has another song that features Roger Maris in the title.

dgwphotography Feb 27 2015 10:00 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Joe McNally's latest blog post on a shoot he did for SI called baseball's glove men. This features the famous shot of Ozzie standing in different parts of the infield with the aid of mirrors. It's a straight shot, without the aid of photoshop. This also includes one of the coolest images I've seen of Keith Hernandez digging out one in the dirt...

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 28 2015 02:58 AM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Great photos. I always got the SI Baseball Preview back then. Andy Summers, guitarist for the Police, uses his preparation for that band's August 1983 performance at Shea Stadium as a device for triggering memories of his career in a surprisingly readable and enjoyable memoir, called ONE TRAIN LATER. To hear him tell it the Police by then were long since over touring and working with one another but a Shea appearance? That meant something. Nobody will ever say such a thing about Citifield.

Edgy MD Feb 28 2015 03:08 AM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

I bet Austin Mahone did!

dgwphotography Feb 28 2015 01:22 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

David Wright prominently displayed in the bar set of the new Odd Couple.

G-Fafif Mar 12 2015 03:04 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

“You're right, Father. I’m a Mets fan now.” —Danny Castellano, The Mindy Project, after his priest (guest star Stephen Colbert) tells him the Yankees are “the team of sin,” March 10, 2015, S3, Ep 19, “Confessions of a Catho-holic”.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 12 2015 03:20 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Danny has a photo of Shea Stadium hanging in his office.

G-Fafif Mar 12 2015 03:35 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

At the beginning of the series, it seemed pretty clear Danny was a Mets fan. Then, without warning, he was partial to the MFYs. The whole show has been like that, dropping all of Mindy's non-office pals as well as various colleagues. Like many workplace comedies, the people who were consumed by their professional responsibilities in the pilot and early episodes eventually spend all their time chatting, getting into high jinks and, in the case of Mindy and Danny, coupling. It's only when you stop and think, hey, how does this practice function, that it gets in the way. The show is better for the shift it has taken: 90% Mindy & Danny relationship, 10% whatever. But that doesn't excuse whoever forgot Danny's Mets leanings.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 12 2015 03:41 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Yeah, I sometimes wonder how a practice where all the doctors are idiots is able to retain any clients.

G-Fafif Mar 23 2015 12:29 AM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

[youtube:3dt22dtl]wBFZaFpGTnU[/youtube:3dt22dtl] Ray Watts, so tired, tired of waiting..."Til The Mets Win The Pennant".

Edgy MD Mar 23 2015 01:41 AM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Wait, that's like a real thing?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 23 2015 03:06 AM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Holy shit.

Edgy MD Mar 23 2015 11:28 AM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Loy Records. Wow. Almost has the air of Wag the Dog, and how they created an old record and dropped it into the historical record and had everybody believing it was a hit back in the day and we all sort of remembered it.

Edgy MD Mar 23 2015 06:58 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Loy Records apparently had a catalog of all of three singles.

Zvon Mar 23 2015 07:02 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

That might be the worst song I've ever heard.

Edgy MD Mar 23 2015 07:16 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Your listening life must be a lot richer than mine ("The Hamster Dance" and "Chinese Food" aren't worse?), as I find it delightful.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 23 2015 07:17 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Far be it from me to decry anything Metly for its Metliness, but... well... it's just so gratuitous. Like, it's the only specific detail in a ratty weave of doo-wop/garage band cliches. Like, say... I think I may have lost my baby She never even left a letter If she left me, it sure would kill me I'd die before I could forget her I'll climb the highest mountains I'll swim the deepest seas I'll walk through fires and fountains I'd even look in Pignatano's Garden

Edgy MD Mar 23 2015 07:23 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Yeah and not a lot of Otis Redding lyrics have won Pultizers either. It's called soul, baby. And the main quality of sixties soul ain't typically in the lyrics sheet. It's in the delivery. We want a hit!

Zvon Mar 23 2015 07:23 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Edgy MD wrote: Your listening life must be a lot richer than mine ("The Hamster Dance"? "Chinese Food"?), as I find it delightful. Should I go hunt down The Hampster Dance & Chinese Food? I like the backing singers. They stand there, every few minutes blurting out, "PENNANT!".

Edgy MD Mar 23 2015 07:28 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Zvon wrote: Should I go hunt down The Hampster Dance & Chinese Food? If you'd like to find a newfound critical context in which to appreciate this song among all you've ever heard, yes. If you don't want to just be plum annoyed for the rest of the day to the point of anger at everybody you encounter, no. I would describe the first with being the musical equivalent of stepping on a Lego piece barefoot. In winter. I would describe the second with being the musical equivalent of jerking your foot up after stepping on the Lego piece and kicking the coffee table.

Zvon Mar 23 2015 07:36 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Edgy MD wrote: Zvon wrote: Should I go hunt down The Hampster Dance & Chinese Food? If you'd like to find a newfound critical context in which to appreciate this song among all you've ever heard, yes. If you don't want to just be plum annoyed for the rest of the day to the point of anger at everybody you encounter, no. I would describe the first with being the musical equivalent of stepping on a Lego piece barefoot. In winter. I would describe the second with being the musical equivalent of jerking your foot up after stepping on the Lego piece and kicking the coffee table. youch!

Rockin' Doc Mar 24 2015 03:54 AM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

I couldn't just close the thread and move on. Edgy's descriptions piqued my curiosity. I knew I would regret it, but I just had to look up "Hampster Dance Song" and "Chinese Food." The Hamper Dance Song (at least the opening 20 seconds I managed to listen to) is silly, vapid , fluff, but "Chinese Food" makes it sound like a classic. Whoever Alison Gold is, I recommend she give up music and pursue a career better suited to her talent; like baby sitting based on her appearance.

Edgy MD Mar 24 2015 04:14 AM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

I apologize. But I would not let Ray Watts & the Questions go so unappreciated for giving what was, and remains, a lost gift for mankind.

bmfc1 Mar 30 2015 10:50 AM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

In the documentary "Going Clear" (on HBO), John Travolta is wearing a classic Mets jacket.

G-Fafif Apr 02 2015 05:21 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

A new TV Mets fan joins the prime time ranks: Eric Lewandoski (Nathan Torrence), 34, toll collector and one of the Weird Loners on Fox. In the pilot episode that aired March 31, we meet Eric as he wears a Mets baseball shirt (skyline logo) and watches a game with his dad (wearing a 2013-14 style alternate cap). In their game, an announcer says it's the bottom of the ninth and Wright is up. Father and son argue over whether a base on balls would be an acceptable outcome. Then the pop drops dead. Eric is concerned until he hears the announcer say the batter swings. He turns toward the television and...SCENE. Reviews indicate we'll be seeing more Mets stuff in this Queens-set program (the title characters -- two guys, two gals -- live in Ridgewood and blow off steam by wandering over to the Unisphere where they partake of an open bar at a weeknight wedding that just happens to be going on for their bonding needs). Also, what likely appears to be a one-off character, a dermatologist who is jilted by one of the other Loners. His name (the doctor) is Howard Blatt, who used to cover the Mets for the Daily News. That's probably a coincidence, but who knows?

dgwphotography Apr 03 2015 07:11 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

G-Fafif wrote: Also, what likely appears to be a one-off character, a dermatologist who is jilted by one of the other Loners. His name (the doctor) is Howard Blatt, who used to cover the Mets for the Daily News. That's probably a coincidence, but who knows? Yeah, I think that's as much of a coincidence as the Koosmans being the neighbors of the Seavers on Growing Pains.

G-Fafif Apr 03 2015 08:38 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

If next week we meet "my colleague, Dr. Maury Allen," then we'll know something's up.

G-Fafif Apr 08 2015 04:59 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

In the second episode of Weird Loners, or at least the parts I didn't fast-forward through in the search for Mets content, Eric the Mets fan, who is missing his late dad with whom he watched games, convinces hot neighbor Zara to watch a doubleheader with him. She's disturbed to learn there is a second game, though the between-games interregnum lasts about 90 seconds. Each is wearing a Met jersey of sorts. His is not regulation but hers is a SEAVER 41 blue pullover top that Tom might have worn in 1983, and, I have to say, it has never looked better.

G-Fafif Apr 08 2015 05:01 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

In Mad Men’s second half of the seventh season premiere (S. 7 E. 8), April 6, 2015, Joan Harris is seen reading the May 1970 issue of McCall’s, with Tom and Nancy Seaver on the cover. Implicit in that development is Matt Weiner time-jumped from July 21, 1969, to the final week of April 1970, meaning my extensive collection of "Mets win the World Series and Don takes Sally to the ticker-tape parade" fan fiction is for naught.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 12 2015 07:42 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

In Mad Men’s second half of the seventh season premiere (S. 7 E. 8), April 6, 2015, Joan Harris is seen reading the May 1970 issue of McCall’s, with Tom and Nancy Seaver on the cover. Implicit in that development is Matt Weiner time-jumped from July 21, 1969, to the final week of April 1970, meaning my extensive collection of "Mets win the World Series and Don takes Sally to the ticker-tape parade" fan fiction is for naught. slate.com: The mustaches [on the second half of the Mad Men seventh season premiere] are a reminder of how much time has passed since the last episode … Matthew Weiner: … Although they practically sprung up overnight. I don’t know if people are aware of the time passage between episodes, but we made it exactly the amount of time we were off the air: We left off in July of 1969, and we come back in April of 1970. What’s happened in the culture during that time is that the hippie aesthetic that’s been going on since 1966 has reached its way to the masses. http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/201 ... son_7.html

dgwphotography Apr 16 2015 01:33 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

In Episode 7 of Daredevil : Matt, discussing Foggy's injured side: "I think Foggy will be pitching for the Mets by midseason" Karen: "I'm being serious" Matt: "So am I. Have you seen their bullpen?"

Edgy MD Apr 16 2015 02:05 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Of course, Matt can't see, so... .

TheOldMole Apr 16 2015 06:16 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

A Met fan gets a home.

Edgy MD Apr 16 2015 06:53 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

That's a fantastic document of the incredible rigamarole that the homeless are put through to gain help and services. We assigned professionals to act as advocates and walk with the clients through the red tape, and they found it paralyzing. Asking the mentally ill and and mentally disabled and addicts to run that gauntlet is comical.

TransMonk Apr 17 2015 06:19 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

HBO has been airing a two-part Sinatra doc lately. There is a shot of Mookie during the '86 victory parade in the middle of a "New York, New York" montage near the end of the film. Of course, there is also a shot of Jeter celebrating one of the Yanqui shampionships a few shots later.

MFS62 Apr 27 2015 12:58 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

I was working in my garage yesterday. Didn't realize I had left the TV on. When I came in from the garage, the movie Eraser was on. And I heard a character say, "I got a pizza for Blevins on 14." Not really about the pitcher now on the DL, but his name will be heard whenever this film is shown. Later

Frayed Knot Apr 27 2015 01:19 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

TransMonk wrote: HBO has been airing a two-part Sinatra doc lately. There is a shot of Mookie during the '86 victory parade in the middle of a "New York, New York" montage near the end of the film. Of course, there is also a shot of Jeter celebrating one of the Yanqui shampionships a few shots later. Right, because Sinatra dying just two years into Jeter's career meant they had so much in common. If we revise history enough maybe in a few years it'll start to become accepted fact that Frank sung that song in honor of Jeter.

MFS62 Apr 27 2015 01:38 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Frayed Knot wrote: TransMonk wrote: HBO has been airing a two-part Sinatra doc lately. There is a shot of Mookie during the '86 victory parade in the middle of a "New York, New York" montage near the end of the film. Of course, there is also a shot of Jeter celebrating one of the Yanqui shampionships a few shots later. Right, because Sinatra dying just two years into Jeter's career meant they had so much in common. If we revise history enough maybe in a few years it'll start to become accepted fact that Frank sung that song in honor of Jeter. I just threw up in my mouth. Later

G-Fafif May 03 2015 04:55 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Long before the Dark Knight swooped in to make Citi Field a safe zone, there was, on June 25, 1966, a live “Batman Concert,” featuring Adam West and Frank Gorshin (as the Riddler) at Shea Stadium. The Mets bore the brunt of several jokes, including, “Why are the Mets like my mother-in-law’s biscuits? ... Because they need a better batter!” and “The Mets are like a box of Kleenex because when they get boxed in, they pop out one at a time!” (The original script, to which I was directed by my baseball-averse but Batman-embracing brother-in-law, also penciled in Mayor Lindsay's participation -- he was gonna call on Batman to help the Mets -- but I'm guessing Henry Francis wisely steered him away from showing up.) The event, whose original bill included acts like the Young Rascals, the Chiffons and the Temptations (not sure if all of them made it, either), drew 3,000 young people to the ballpark. That same Saturday in Chicago, the Mets were beating the Cubs, 9-3, behind a complete game 11-hitter from Bob Shaw and home runs from Ed Kranepool and Eddie Bressoud, raising their ninth-place record to a pretty good (for them) 28-37.

batmagadanleadoff May 03 2015 05:07 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Holy Kathy Kersh! [fimg=755]http://www.hakes.com/product_images/14/78960/001_big.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=777]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/e3/8b/44/e38b44296aae7666cbf80ac487cc17b4.jpg[/fimg]

Zvon May 03 2015 05:17 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

I don't know what's more astonishing. That the '66 Batman played Shea or that he had nipples. I wasn't aware of either. Can't make out the year or the price. 1966/buck.fiddy?

G-Fafif May 03 2015 08:51 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

"Concerts at the Shea" should've drawn 50,000 based on name alone.

G-Fafif May 04 2015 12:40 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

[fimg=600:lc3pcba7]http://imageshack.com/a/img538/9313/IUYWAF.jpg[/fimg:lc3pcba7] In Ed Gifford’s final scene on Mad Men (“Lost Horizon,” Season 7, Episode 12, May 3, 2015; takes place late summer 1970), the infrequently seen copywriter dons a Mets cap before taking leave of the almost abandoned offices of Sterling Cooper & Partners.

Edgy MD May 04 2015 01:47 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

How terrific is it that Batman in concert at Shea prompted the Times to send their music critic? And that he critiqued classical and had a soft spot for good folk as well, but hated rock 'n' roll.

G-Fafif Jun 13 2015 12:31 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

From Batman to The Bachelorette. From your friends in Mets PR: The New York Mets and Metropolitan Hospitality today announced that Citi Field will be featured in an upcoming episode of the hit romance reality series, The Bachelorette. The episode is scheduled to air Monday, June 15, 2015, at 8/7c on ABC. The episode will highlight the ballpark following a New York filled week of dates with the newest Bachelorette, Kaitlyn Bristowe. Citi Field is the first ballpark to serve as the setting for the much-anticipated rose ceremony before the remaining suitors continue on their quest for love. The cocktail party takes place in one of the many luxurious event spaces that Metropolitan Hospitality offers all year throughout the ballpark, and the rose ceremony takes place on the field itself.

Fman99 Jun 13 2015 02:29 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

From Batman to The Bachelorette. From your friends in Mets PR: The New York Mets and Metropolitan Hospitality today announced that Citi Field will be featured in an upcoming episode of the hit romance reality series, The Bachelorette. The episode is scheduled to air Monday, June 15, 2015, at 8/7c on ABC. The episode will highlight the ballpark following a New York filled week of dates with the newest Bachelorette, Kaitlyn Bristowe. Citi Field is the first ballpark to serve as the setting for the much-anticipated rose ceremony before the remaining suitors continue on their quest for love. The cocktail party takes place in one of the many luxurious event spaces that Metropolitan Hospitality offers all year throughout the ballpark, and the rose ceremony takes place on the field itself. Yuk

Frayed Knot Jun 13 2015 02:38 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

As soon as I saw 'Batman' and 'Bachelorette' in the same sentence my first thought was: What embarrassing publicity stunt has Harvey agreed to now?

themetfairy Jul 17 2015 02:58 AM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

In the new film Trainwreck, Colin Quinn plays Amy Schumer's dad, and his character is an unabashed Mets fan.

Edgy MD Jul 17 2015 03:12 AM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Schumer is from my home town, and hers was a Mets family.

themetfairy Jul 23 2015 05:10 AM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

On Wednesday's The Daily Show Jon Stewart just referenced the Nolan Ryan for Jim Fregosi trade.

MFS62 Jul 23 2015 12:27 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

themetfairy wrote: On Wednesday's The Daily Show Jon Stewart just referenced the Nolan Ryan for Jim Fregosi trade. Still painful to hear. Later

G-Fafif Sep 01 2015 06:46 AM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 01 2015 04:42 PM

In the Pearls Before Swine comic strip of August 29, 2015, Pig asks Rat, “Want to go to the Mets game with me? It’s gonna be terrific.” Rat goes on to disabuse Pig of that notion, given the $45 apiece for tickets plus $20 for parking. They watch the game at home instead. (h/t Ceetar, by way of Mets Police blog) OE: Met-a culpa. I see "Mets" everywhere, even where it doesn't appear. And in this case, the word doesn't appear. Consider this Mets Pop Culture Sighting a mirage.

Edgy MD Sep 01 2015 12:11 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Something's fishy down at the Syndicate, as that link makes no Metly mention.

Lefty Specialist Sep 01 2015 12:30 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

And parking is $22.

G-Fafif Sep 01 2015 04:42 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Yeah, I imagined it said Mets because it would have been cooler if it had. "Never mind," as Ms. Litella advised.

Edgy MD Sep 01 2015 04:49 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Where else would they go?

Benjamin Grimm Sep 01 2015 04:52 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

To Meet the Mets! All the fans are true... (Oops... sorry, I thought we were doing a singalong.)

G-Fafif Sep 05 2015 02:28 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

You Gotta Believe, say Marc Black and friends like John Sebastian, Eric Weissberg and Steve Somers?

Ashie62 Sep 05 2015 02:53 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

MFS62 wrote: themetfairy wrote: On Wednesday's The Daily Show Jon Stewart just referenced the Nolan Ryan for Jim Fregosi trade. Still painful to hear. Later As bad as that was, I think of Amos Otis for Joe Foy. Joe passed away at age 46. Here is an article about Joe's career and adult struggles. [url]http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/0cc84530

G-Fafif Sep 05 2015 08:49 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

“I almost moved to the Mets.” —Moose Washburn, “You Can Win ’Em All,” The Bob Newhart Show, Season 1, Episode 22, first aired February 24, 1973. The line was uttered by .183-hitting Cubs backup catcher Moose Washburn (Vern Rowe), who becomes a patient of Dr. Hartley’s when he sees how Bob has helped his teammate, pitcher Phil Bender. It refers to the many times he’s been traded. He eventually goes to Japan.

RealityChuck Sep 06 2015 02:11 AM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Ashie62 wrote: MFS62 wrote: themetfairy wrote: On Wednesday's The Daily Show Jon Stewart just referenced the Nolan Ryan for Jim Fregosi trade. Still painful to hear. Later As bad as that was, I think of Amos Otis for Joe Foy. Joe passed away at age 46. Here is an article about Joe's career and adult struggles. [url]http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/0cc84530 I agree. The Mets had refused to give up Otis for Joe Torre a year before that, so they know what they had. And there isn't anyone in 1971 who didn't think the Mets had made a great trade in getting Fregosi. He looked at the time to be a borderline Hall of Famer; Ryan kept getting worse every year (even modern advanced statistics show this). Ryan turned things around; Fregosi got injured and the trade just didn't work out, but it cannot be faulted given the information at the time

G-Fafif Sep 08 2015 08:01 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Morgan Freeman, filming 2016 remake of Going In Style, sporting Mets cap on location downtown.

G-Fafif Oct 24 2015 05:26 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

In addition to Mr. Met appearing on Kimmel from Brooklyn on October 22, 2015, four Mets -- Wright, Flores, Harvey, deGrom -- enjoyed the prodigal host. He properly slobbered over them and the crowd went wild.

themetfairy Oct 24 2015 05:40 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Several Mets, including David Wright, Jacob deGrom, Matt Harvey, Daniel Murphy, Jonathon Niese, Tyler Clippard, and Steven Matz were at last night's Islanders/Bruins game in Brooklyn.

G-Fafif Oct 24 2015 10:00 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Forgot to mention: Flavor Flav wore a Mets cap while Public Enemy performed on Kimmel. There are a couple of variations on this theme floating around. This is the good one. [youtube:1dmtniby]WVvI3AUSxAg&feature=youtu.be&a[/youtube:1dmtniby]

bmfc1 Oct 25 2015 12:40 AM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Mets logo at 1:13 of this trailer for the new Julia Roberts movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD_IlSSFVX4

themetfairy Oct 26 2015 04:52 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

I'm not quite sure which thread is best for this, but I love the fact that Foley's is renaming itself Daniel Murphy's for the World Series.

dgwphotography Oct 26 2015 08:16 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

This season's third episode of Blue Bloods used Citi Field as a backdrop: http://www.cbs.com/shows/blue_bloods/vi ... ou-re-out/

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 09 2015 02:44 AM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

We don't have a Pop Culture Sightings of 1991 thread but came across (not literally) fleeting moments of Shea and various Met fans in this video for a resplendent Crowded House song: [youtube:9tti8b1g]duf-dofeoms[/youtube:9tti8b1g]

Edgy MD Dec 09 2015 03:01 AM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Was that song part of our poll? Because whatever I voted for, change it that.

G-Fafif Dec 30 2015 10:16 PM Re: Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

Your fourth annual Oscar's Cap Awards, surveying the year in Mets Pop Culture contemporary and rediscovered. A tip of said cap to everybody who contributed in this thread.