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The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Edgy MD Jan 27 2016 10:01 PM

A cast photo from that diamond of your 1982 fall schedule, The New Odd Couple. Relive the old fun and laughter with a new twis... wait a minute... who the hell dressed Demond Wilson?! [fimg=500]http://1ut4jnm5m10oxrax2wal0104.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/6a00d8354f822a69e201a511ae4606970c-pi.jpg[/fimg] No wonder Fred called him "Dummy."

G-Fafif Jan 30 2016 01:52 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Matt Harvey guested on Bravo's Look Who's Talking: Live with Andy Cohen, alongside Connie Chung (Thursday, January 28, 2016). There was one baseball question (pertaining to staying in for the ninth inning of Game Five; Harvey claimed he had no idea what inning it was until he went back out to the mound) and the rest involved whether Harvey's been in a three-way (he has), whether he's had shall we say relations on a ballfield (he has, in college), whether he's in the mile high club (he's not) and which Met brings the most sizable Louisville Slugger to bear, if you will (he invoked the Fifth Amendment). Kiner's Korner it was not.

Edgy MD Jan 30 2016 08:14 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

He should have said he was there to talk about Qualcomm.

seawolf17 Jan 30 2016 01:27 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Matt Harvey guested on Bravo's Look Who's Talking: Live with Andy Cohen, alongside Connie Chung (Thursday, January 28, 2016). There was one baseball question (pertaining to staying in for the ninth inning of Game Five; Harvey claimed he had no idea what inning it was until he went back out to the mound) and the rest involved whether Harvey's been in a three-way (he has), whether he's had shall we say relations on a ballfield (he has, in college), whether he's in the mile high club (he's not) and which Met brings the most sizable Louisville Slugger to bear, if you will (he invoked the Fifth Amendment). Kiner's Korner it was not. Not for nothing, but Harvey is NOT the star of that show. Connie Chung is hysterical.

G-Fafif Jan 30 2016 10:26 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Matt Harvey guested on Bravo's Look Who's Talking: Live with Andy Cohen, alongside Connie Chung (Thursday, January 28, 2016). There was one baseball question (pertaining to staying in for the ninth inning of Game Five; Harvey claimed he had no idea what inning it was until he went back out to the mound) and the rest involved whether Harvey's been in a three-way (he has), whether he's had shall we say relations on a ballfield (he has, in college), whether he's in the mile high club (he's not) and which Met brings the most sizable Louisville Slugger to bear, if you will (he invoked the Fifth Amendment). Kiner's Korner it was not. Not for nothing, but Harvey is NOT the star of that show. Connie Chung is hysterical. Connie would definitely garner her share of Schaefer points. Forgot to mention that as Andy was signing off, he hyped the "aftershow" to which, "the catcher with the best ass in baseball," Anthony Recker, would be calling in. Harvey broke up like he was Jimmy Fallon in the Debbie Downer at Disney World sketch. Meanwhile, Randy Rice wore a 7 Line neon Shea catcher cap on the January 29, 2016, episode of The Smartest Guy in the Room on the History Channel.

Edgy MD Jan 30 2016 10:40 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

I'll drop this lovely Sears ad in here for posterity (though not the Recker kind of posterity).

MFS62 Jan 31 2016 01:31 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Yep. The $110 price sure speaks for itself. It screams, "You spent me for WHAT?" Later

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 31 2016 12:21 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

You guys mock, but hey, double-knit is, like, twice the knit! TOM KNOWS TERRIFIC VALUE

Lefty Specialist Feb 01 2016 12:52 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Those suits look bulletproof.

Vic Sage Feb 01 2016 05:37 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

i had a powder blue suit like that. fuck you... it was the 70s. You'd have to have been there to understand.

d'Kong76 Feb 01 2016 05:56 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Matt Harvey guested on Bravo's Look Who's Talking: Live with Andy Cohen, alongside Connie Chung (Thursday, January 28, 2016). Note to self: open and read all threads before posting Q's in new threads about The Harvester. Vic Sage wrote: i had a powder blue suit like that. fuck you... it was the 70s. I had a dark brown one. I think I'm the the only guy in my senior class who wore it for my yearbook picture. Everyone wore a jacket and tie. I didn't get that memo, and got a LOT of ribbing over it when the yearbooks came out.

Frayed Knot Feb 01 2016 06:09 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

One of the advantages to never actually being in fashion is that there are no leisure suit pictures in my past.

cooby classic Feb 01 2016 06:13 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Practically all the boys in my yearbook are wearing them. I can remember wanted my dad to get the TomSeaver ensemble at Sears.

Centerfield Feb 01 2016 06:17 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Frayed Knot wrote: One of the advantages to never actually being in fashion is that there are no leisure suit pictures in my past. So he says. I think I met FK in the late 90's. He was wearing big oversized jeans, combat boots, a Starter jacket and was wearing a hairpick.

Frayed Knot Feb 01 2016 06:22 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Are you kidding? In the '90s I was so out of fashion that when I tried to buy a 'Members Only' jacket they refused to sell me one because I wasn't a member!!

cooby classic Feb 01 2016 06:38 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

I had one of them! It was gray and I loved it

MFS62 Feb 03 2016 04:50 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Frayed Knot wrote: Are you kidding? In the '90s I was so out of fashion that when I tried to buy a 'Members Only' jacket they refused to sell me one because I wasn't a member!! BOOOOO! Old joke. (For those of us who are old enough to remember it) Later

bmfc1 Feb 04 2016 01:33 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

"Brooklyn Nine-Nine", February 2, 2016. It's Peralta's Birthday (Andy Samberg), his mother says that it's time for his surprise. Peralta says excitedly: "you got me the '86 Mets?" but it might get awkward, some of them turned out to be drug addicts (something like that).

Benjamin Grimm Feb 04 2016 01:50 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

In an earlier episode, Jake mentioned how once Mr. Met came to his birthday party and did number 2 in his bathroom.

G-Fafif Feb 04 2016 04:34 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Mets Pop Culture Alert: Matt Harvey visits Late Night With Seth Myers in the next hour or so.

G-Fafif Feb 04 2016 04:52 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Benjamin Grimm wrote: In an earlier episode, Jake mentioned how once Mr. Met came to his birthday party and did number 2 in his bathroom. Sources say lots of misters did No. 2 in the MFY bathroom.

MFS62 Feb 04 2016 02:39 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

G-Fafif wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: In an earlier episode, Jake mentioned how once Mr. Met came to his birthday party and did number 2 in his bathroom. Sources say lots of misters did No. 2 in the MFY bathroom. BAM! Thanks for reminding me. I haven't insulted Jeter for a while. But you did a good job for me. Later

Zvon Feb 10 2016 06:32 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

I ran into this today. I don't recall it being shared here before, if it has, sorry. Grank Funk Railroad live at Shea Stadium. They really sounded good. This is the first time I've ever seen any footage from the GFR show @Shea. I read that structural engineers were worried about the stadium being damaged. I thought that was bullshit until I saw the end of this vid. How did that dugout not collapse? [youtube:3bj4bpr8]z1UujH1v6WU[/youtube:3bj4bpr8]

seawolf17 Feb 10 2016 02:18 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

And even more interesting, how did nobody fall off the front?

G-Fafif Feb 10 2016 05:46 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

On HBO's new animated series Animals, two "PDNY" horses discuss the unlikelihood that there'll ever be a Mets parade in which they can march, while one of them remembers his grandfather was part of the '86 Mets parade (and that Doc Gooden offered him "blow"...which would be tough, considering he's not there, but here I am, analyzing a talking cartoon horse's penchant for accuracy). Came across this gem... [youtube]UEicZnTrWYA[/youtube] ...via Jonathan Schwartz's annual Super Bowl Sunday Salute to Baseball, The St. Louis Browns, from 1972, by Skip Battin. Pertinent lyric: "The St. Louis Browns were a baseball team. And they lost more than the Mets could ever dream." Former presidential candidate Chris Christie invoked his desire to order a pizza, open a beer and "watch the Mets" during the Saturday night debate in which he devoured Marco Rubio. At this point, the context hardly matters.

Zvon Feb 14 2016 05:12 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

I don't want to make a new thread for this. I asked this on the Tommie Agee facebook page and it's occurred to me that I should ask here too: When I was a kid I had an illustrated book that was about playing outfield in baseball. It was brilliantly illustrated (no idea who the artist was) with a series of pencil drawings of Tommie Agee doing various outfield things. It was a small book, pretty much for kids, IIRC. I have looked for this book or the drawings from the book for years and I have never come across either. Does anyone else here remember this Outfielders Guide Book with Tommie Agee in it?

batmagadanleadoff Feb 14 2016 06:12 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Zvon wrote: I don't want to make a new thread for this. I asked this on the Tommie Agee facebook page and it's occurred to me that I should ask here too: When I was a kid I had an illustrated book that was about playing outfield in baseball. It was brilliantly illustrated (no idea who the artist was) with a series of pencil drawings of Tommie Agee doing various outfield things. It was a small book, pretty much for kids, IIRC. I have looked for this book or the drawings from the book for years and I have never come across either. Does anyone else here remember this Outfielders Guide Book with Tommie Agee in it? "How to Play the Outfield", by Tommie Agee. I remember that book from elementary school. I never owned it, though. Early '70's. I think that Agee may not have even been a Met anymore when I first saw that book. I tried googling it for a picture of the cover, with no luck.

Zvon Feb 14 2016 07:06 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

batmagadanleadoff wrote: I don't want to make a new thread for this. I asked this on the Tommie Agee facebook page and it's occurred to me that I should ask here too: When I was a kid I had an illustrated book that was about playing outfield in baseball. It was brilliantly illustrated (no idea who the artist was) with a series of pencil drawings of Tommie Agee doing various outfield things. It was a small book, pretty much for kids, IIRC. I have looked for this book or the drawings from the book for years and I have never come across either. Does anyone else here remember this Outfielders Guide Book with Tommie Agee in it? "How to Play the Outfield", by Tommie Agee. I remember that book from elementary school. I never owned it, though. Early '70's. I think that Agee may not have even been a Met anymore when I first saw that book. I tried googling it for a picture of the cover, with no luck. It was by Tommie? Those drawings were so fantastic. I think it might have been one of those artists that worked for a NYC newspaper as well. Not Stark. They were very realistic portrayals, not caricature like. Don't think it was Gotto. That young I usually got my books from the library or the grade school book of the month club. I also don't think I owned the book, but did possess it for an extended time. I tried to draw the drawings.

MFS62 Feb 14 2016 02:51 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

The "how to play ... " books I remember being famous were the Spaulding Books: http://rarebooks.library.nd.edu/collect ... /baseball/ Side note: I once spoke to fan-insulter Pete Franklin about how Bill Mazeroski deserved to be in the Hall Of Fame because he was the greatest player ever to field his position. I said that if the Spaulding Guide on how to play second base were written today, it would have used Maz as a model. He said "You may be right", which for him was a loud and rare compliment. Later

batmagadanleadoff Feb 14 2016 05:31 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

[fimg=555:2kpi5qme]http://pictures.abebooks.com/isbn/9780448011646-us.jpg[/fimg:2kpi5qme] [fimg=444:2kpi5qme]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91kfCPJtk7L.jpg[/fimg:2kpi5qme]

dinosaur jesus Feb 14 2016 05:37 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Z, if you want to buy a copy, there are several booksellers that have it. There's another book by the same title published in 1913 or so, but I don't think Tommie Agee is in it. [url]http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bi=0&bx=off&ds=30&recentlyadded=all&sortby=17&sts=t&tn=how+to+play+the+outfield&yrh=1973&yrl=1972

batmagadanleadoff Feb 14 2016 05:50 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Z, if you want to buy a copy, there are several booksellers that have it. There's another book by the same title published in 1913 or so, but I don't think Tommie Agee is in it. [url]http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bi=0&bx=off&ds=30&recentlyadded=all&sortby=17&sts=t&tn=how+to+play+the+outfield&yrh=1973&yrl=1972 You beat me to the punch. Amazon's also got some. http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/ ... rtIndex=10

Zvon Feb 14 2016 09:11 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Wow, you guyz are great! I don't recall that being the cover (I remember a white cover), but that has to be it. Wish they gave us a peek inside.

Zvon Feb 14 2016 09:21 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Maybe that's a re-issue of some kind. I might be mis-remembering but the pencil drawings inside were not in color and if he was wearing a red uni on the cover I would have an issue with the re-issue. I want to say I'm 100% positive he was drawn as a Mets player, but I'm not. He definitely was wearing his Mets uni (not cards, not Astros-it was pinstriped) although it's very possible the team name and the NY were not used.

Ashie62 Feb 17 2016 11:05 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Maybe a second printing. Nice that you got this far with this. It would appear the two guys doing pushups are practicing coitus. Love the Krusty Avatar.

G-Fafif Feb 19 2016 04:43 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

[youtube]Pd9oTGr_1DA[/youtube] In introducing the trailer to his 1986 feature film debut She's Gotta Have It, Spike Lee indicates his diehard baseball loyalties, and did I mention the year the movie was released?

Zvon Feb 20 2016 10:52 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Maybe a second printing. Nice that you got this far with this. It would appear the two guys doing pushups are practicing coitus. Love the Krusty Avatar. lol&2guys. Thanks:) That is a Matt Groening clown but not Krusty. The clown was in his other show Futurama and he wasn't given a name. It was a tribute to baseball clown Max Patkin so I named the clown Pax Matkin for his fantasy card. Mets infield, 3002... [fimg=400]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VcHSP_fdOUY/Vr24-4VNDiI/AAAAAAAAlg0/ZcFFQ5xCcEo/s624-Ic42/NNMinfield.png[/fimg]

themetfairy Apr 07 2016 12:21 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

On tonight's episode of The Middle, Brick is seen wearing a Mets cap.

G-Fafif Apr 26 2016 06:47 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

The otherwise unwatchable Odd Couple reboot promises to be Met-heavy this Thursday at 8:30 on CBS.

soupcan Apr 26 2016 06:56 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

The otherwise unwatchable Odd Couple reboot promises to be Met-heavy this Thursday at 8:30 on CBS. Un. Watch. Able.

Lefty Specialist Apr 26 2016 09:16 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

I tried, I really did, but that's just an awful show.

cooby classic Apr 27 2016 11:00 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

themetfairy wrote: On tonight's episode of The Middle, Brick is seen wearing a Mets cap. Brick is a Cubs fan!

themetfairy Apr 27 2016 11:22 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

cooby wrote: themetfairy wrote: On tonight's episode of The Middle, Brick is seen wearing a Mets cap. Brick is a Cubs fan! Brick isn't really a sports guy, and it was more relevant that he was wearing a cap than what the team logo was.

cooby classic Apr 27 2016 11:31 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

I figured since he wandered off alone in Chicago to see wrigley field he might like them. Plus the hilarious time he was ordering flavored popcorn ...

themetfairy Apr 27 2016 01:30 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Brick could be enamored of Wrigley Field without even liking baseball. I could see that

cooby classic Apr 27 2016 02:42 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

I love Brick :)

themetfairy Apr 27 2016 06:13 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Me too, although I really adore Sue.

cooby classic Apr 27 2016 06:59 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

I like them all :D

Mets Willets Point Apr 28 2016 01:03 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Titus' construction worker boyfriend on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is a Mets fan who drops a few Mets references and wears a Mets t-shirt.

G-Fafif Apr 29 2016 07:16 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Oscar to throw out first pitch at Citi Field, a lifelong dream. He'll be throwing it to his buddy Marcus Murphy or Murph, a former Met, 6X All Star, 8 Gold Gloves. In his living room, Oscar and dad (Walter, played by Garry Marshall) watch Matt Harvey pitch vs. Marlins. He's really throwing smoke, according to Oscar. Howie Rose is doing TV PBP. Dad says he thinks he saw Harvey once at a Denny's, maybe a Red Lobster. In attempt to impress his dad, Oscar tries too hard with first pitch and hits Mr. Met in the head. Becomes object of ridicule. Has to come back to Met clubhouse and apologize. Mr. Met wears a bandage on his head. Oscar wears 4, Murph 11 (real Mets jerseys) for first pitch. Also, Walter says the pitch got Mr. Met right in the ball and he (Walter) wears a very old Mets cap.

G-Fafif May 04 2016 02:47 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

“The Met Gala is all for charity, and I hope they raise enough money so Mr. Met can finally get the cranial surgery he so desperately needs.” —Stephen Colbert, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, May 3, 2016

G-Fafif May 04 2016 02:48 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Not exhaustive, not complete, but pretty impressive: Amazin' Avenue cites a lot of songs with Met lyrics here. http://www.amazinavenue.com/2016/5/2/11 ... -rap-songs

Mets Guy in Michigan May 06 2016 12:56 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Not quite pop culture, but check out the top photo of this profile of Obama adviser Ben Rhodes. Mr. Met and a Citi Field photo. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/magaz ... .html?_r=0

Edgy MD May 06 2016 02:25 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Not exhaustive, not complete, but pretty impressive: Amazin' Avenue cites a lot of songs with Met lyrics here. http://www.amazinavenue.com/2016/5/2/11 ... -rap-songs That's fantastic stuff. Wish I discovered it for the Metly bloggers thread. But all those reference and no Duke of Iron.

Frayed Knot May 06 2016 05:17 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Willie Mays turns 85 today. Just thought that needed to be said.

G-Fafif Jun 06 2016 05:40 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

The Mets inspire Broadway's hottest show to new heights in related endeavors. [youtube:27c844gs]X0aZvUgCUb4[/youtube:27c844gs]

G-Fafif Jun 06 2016 05:46 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

John Oliver loves his team in the upcoming season of Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, evident at the 0:42 mark. [youtube]_4c9vphFoSk#t=42[/youtube]

themetfairy Jun 06 2016 06:23 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

G-Fafif wrote: The Mets inspire Broadway's hottest show to new heights in related endeavors. [youtube]X0aZvUgCUb4[/youtube] It's not the same when everyone sings in the same key.

Lefty Specialist Jul 14 2016 12:30 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

In the Netflix series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, a closeted gay construction worker hits on Titus Andromedon (a definitely out gay character) by saying he reminds him of 'Former Met Carlos Delgado'. They're both black and bald, but that's kinda where the similarities end.

themetfairy Jul 14 2016 01:47 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

I saw an old episode of How I Met Your Mother the other day that showed Lily wearing a Mets cap.

bmfc1 Jul 17 2016 03:29 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

This barely qualifies as popular culture but it's close enough: In the new play "Another Way Home", currently at the J Theater in Washington, DC, the Dad wears a Mets cap, pictured in this too-kind review: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertai ... story.html

Edgy MD Jul 17 2016 08:18 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Cool. I've enjoyed Rick Foucheux and Naomi Jacobson in the past. My wife trained with Foucheux.

bmfc1 Jul 17 2016 10:48 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Edgy: He was very good and better than the material.

Edgy MD Jul 27 2016 07:46 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Paperback from 1979 but appears to feature Yogi Berra in his Mets kit, getting piggybacked by Lucy Van Pelt, and apparently about to get his ass bitten some hybrid of Milton Berle and Iron Eyes Cody.

bmfc1 Aug 08 2016 07:53 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

In "The Night Of", Stone (John Turturro) has a son named after Dwight Gooden.

G-Fafif Aug 15 2016 11:39 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

In the 1966 film Penelope, banker’s wife Penelope Elcott, played by Natalie Wood, asks police lieutenant Horatio Bixbee, played by Peter Falk, “Who’s Ron Swoboda?” upon finding him in a pack of baseball cards (that Falk is carrying only for the bubble gum) and “Do I get to I keep Ron Swoboda?” as they part ways. [youtube]J6WuFq7olsc[/youtube]

Edgy MD Aug 15 2016 05:05 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Am I the only one seeing a black stripe where an embedded video should be?

HahnSolo Aug 15 2016 05:08 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Edgy MD wrote: Am I the only one seeing a black stripe where an embedded video should be? Perhaps you're Flash needs to be updated?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 15 2016 06:44 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Edgy MD wrote: Am I the only one seeing a black stripe where an embedded video should be? I am seeing the same black stripe

Benjamin Grimm Aug 15 2016 06:46 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

I'm seeing a black stripe too, but I can't be sure it's the same black stripe. My stripe is vertical!

Frayed Knot Aug 15 2016 07:04 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Me too (started a couple days ago) meaning that it's unlikely that all our 'Flash' players are in need of updating at the same time and so the problem lies elsewhere.

Rockin' Doc Aug 16 2016 02:16 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Whew, thank goodness. I was afraid it was just me seeing the black stripe in all the posts. Glad to know it's just something with the site. I was afraid I may have had one too many of these [fimg=150:293kaqur]http://www.savorsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/red-stripe-lager.jpg[/fimg:293kaqur]

metsmarathon Aug 16 2016 02:03 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

how about met fans in popular culture... http://www.hardballtimes.com/still-pitc ... ing-at-69/ featuring a photo of one of our own:

themetfairy Aug 16 2016 02:41 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

how about met fans in popular culture... http://www.hardballtimes.com/still-pitc ... ing-at-69/ featuring a photo of one of our own: There's actually a great story behind this photo. I ran the Run to Home Base at Fenway Park in May 2012. It's a 9K charity race that starts outside Fenway Park, goes into Cambridge and then back into Boston (BTW, the view of Boston from the Mass Ave Bridge as you're heading into the city from Cambridge on a sunny day with sailboats on the water is THE most gorgeous view I've ever had during a run. And I have run in some damn gorgeous places!) and eventually finishing inside the Green Monster - a really fun course! The ribbon, BTW, is in memory of Dana Brand; I couldn't make the Mets 50th Anniversary Conference at Hofstra due to prior commitments, but I wore the ribbon in Dana's honor during races that spring. ANYWAY, before the race they announced that Red Sox players would be on hand after the race, but they didn't say who would be there. While I was running, D-Dad ascertained that Bill Lee was one of the players. After the race, while I was in my post-running daze, D-Dad walks me over to the table where there's a line of people waiting to meet the Spaceman and yells out, "Bill - there's someone here from Team McGraw to meet you!" Bill left the table for about a minute and a half to talk to us, telling us how much he and Tug and Hank used to go out drinking together and how much fun they had. Then he returned to the table, to resume meeting all of the Red Sox fans who were still waiting on line for him. Good times!

Edgy MD Aug 16 2016 03:01 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Ah yes. Some of that Judeo-Christian bullsh*t did get in there. I’m in the more liberal wing of the religion. Bill, Rastafari is an Abrahamic religion. It ain't all dope smoking.

Frayed Knot Aug 19 2016 04:55 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Am I the only one seeing a black stripe where an embedded video should be? I am seeing the same black stripe Hey, the stripes are gone!

Benjamin Grimm Aug 21 2016 08:42 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

It's entirely possible that I imagined this, but... I just saw Suicide Squad this afternoon. (Eh!) But there was a scene where several characters are forced to imagine what they would like their life to be like. The character called "Diablo" (the guy who shoots flames from his hands) imagines himself at home with his wife and kids, listening to the radio. And I think the radio announcer says something about Lee Mazzilli. Since it was on the big screen and not on TV I couldn't pause, rewind, and listen again.

TransMonk Aug 24 2016 05:31 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

bmfc1 wrote: In "The Night Of", Stone (John Turturro) has a son named after Dwight Gooden. Last week's episode had Turturro's character wearing a Yankees sweatshirt at the gym. I'm hoping he didn't name his kid after the Yankee version of Doc.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 29 2016 02:38 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

It's the White Shadow all weekend long on Decades binge. In Epidode 2, Season 3, Reeves and his terminally ill father go restaurant/bar-hopping on the Upper East Side. They run into Mickey Mantle in a restaurant, and after dinner, are then shown entering and exiting various other joints in the nabe. Including JG Melon's on 3rd and 74th and this place south on the same block at 3rd and 73rd: Well I couldn't find a pic to post of the joint's exterior so you'll have to do with a dinner plate -- and from the 5th Avenue location -- not from the UES: [fimg=555:2u952fro]http://www.bidami.com/pics/79775_01_lg.jpg[/fimg:2u952fro]

Lefty Specialist Sep 01 2016 12:30 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Beastie Boys, Washington Square Park, 1986.

cooby Sep 01 2016 07:44 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

batmagadanleadoff wrote: It's the White Shadow all weekend long on Decades binge. In Epidode 2, Season 3, Reeves and his terminally ill father go restaurant/bar-hopping on the Upper East Side. They run into Mickey Mantle in a restaurant, and after dinner, are then shown entering and exiting various other joints in the nabe. Including JG Melon's on 3rd and 74th and this place south on the same block at 3rd and 73rd: Well I couldn't find a pic to post of the joint's exterior so you'll have to do with a dinner plate -- and from the 5th Avenue location -- not from the UES: [fimg=555]http://www.bidami.com/pics/79775_01_lg.jpg[/fimg] Realize I already missed it, dang. What is Decades?

batmagadanleadoff Sep 01 2016 08:48 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

cooby wrote: It's the White Shadow all weekend long on Decades binge. In Epidode 2, Season 3, Reeves and his terminally ill father go restaurant/bar-hopping on the Upper East Side. They run into Mickey Mantle in a restaurant, and after dinner, are then shown entering and exiting various other joints in the nabe. Including JG Melon's on 3rd and 74th and this place south on the same block at 3rd and 73rd: Well I couldn't find a pic to post of the joint's exterior so you'll have to do with a dinner plate -- and from the 5th Avenue location -- not from the UES: [fimg=555]http://www.bidami.com/pics/79775_01_lg.jpg[/fimg] Realize I already missed it, dang. What is Decades? http://www.decades.com/wheretowatch/ These are just some, but not all of the programs shown on Decades: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_p ... by_Decades

cooby Sep 03 2016 11:28 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Thank you!

Benjamin Grimm Sep 14 2016 06:53 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

I'm hoping that Ginny Baker gets traded from the Padres to the Mets.

Frayed Knot Sep 14 2016 06:57 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Oh my Gawd, Lucas Duda is in Fred Wilpon's box!!!

Lefty Specialist Sep 19 2016 02:56 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

This week's New Yorker:

G-Fafif Sep 20 2016 04:33 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

A Mets hoodie, with Kevin James inside it, appeared in the premiere of James's new unnecessary series, Kevin James Does Other Things Besides Wear a Mets Hoodie on CBS, September 19, 2016.

batmagadanleadoff Sep 20 2016 04:55 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Lefty Specialist wrote: This week's New Yorker: [fimg=444]http://www.newyorker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CoverStory-2016_09_26_Ulriksen_Late-Innings-879x1200-1474052625.jpg[/fimg] I think that's the first time an actual Met appeared on the cover of the NY'er. There have been generic Mets, but not an actual player. Coupl'a Yankees made the cover, though. Jeter, A-Rod and Randy Johnson for sure.

Lefty Specialist Sep 20 2016 05:02 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

G-Fafif wrote: A Mets hoodie, with Kevin James inside it, appeared in the premiere of James's new unnecessary series, Kevin James Does Other Things Besides Wear a Mets Hoodie on CBS, September 19, 2016. Saw a Met hat hanging on a door before I hurriedly changed the channel.

Ceetar Oct 14 2016 04:58 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

[url]https://twitter.com/MeeshFrack/status/786964694527598592 "Scream Queens on Fox had some actors dressed as some of our fav NYMets in a Halloween scene. S2Ep2."

Zvon Oct 14 2016 07:33 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Noah really gets around. The little funny clips, the photo ops, magazine covers, and now a cartoon. Who does he think he is? Matt Harvey? ;) [youtube:2ebcrgah]-f9IPknw0gE[/youtube:2ebcrgah]

themetfairy Oct 22 2016 12:20 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

One of Bruno Mars' backup singers on SNL last week was wearing a Mets shirt. [fimg=440:qjh8pizc]https://www.nbc.com/sites/nbcunbc/files/files/styles/1080xauto/public/images/2016/10/15/SNL1707_Set_Photos_44.jpeg?itok=6s4_8uH-[/fimg:qjh8pizc]

G-Fafif Oct 22 2016 03:10 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

themetfairy wrote: One of Bruno Mars' backup singers on SNL last week was wearing a Mets shirt. [fimg=440]https://www.nbc.com/sites/nbcunbc/files/files/styles/1080xauto/public/images/2016/10/15/SNL1707_Set_Photos_44.jpeg?itok=6s4_8uH-[/fimg] With HUNDLEY 9 on the back.

G-Fafif Nov 01 2016 07:35 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Thor killed it as "the viking" on Kevin Can Wait. Played a laconic dude in a familiar costume on Halloween. Best Viking on TV Monday night.

G-Fafif Nov 08 2016 03:15 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

"I hope that wherever you are, the New York Mets are on and it's always the '86 World Series." --Oscar Madison (Matthew Perry), attempting to scatter his father Walter's ashes (which are stuck in taffy), The Odd Couple, "Taffy Days," S 3 Ep 1, 11/7/2016 (tribute to Garry Marshall)

Zvon Nov 13 2016 04:59 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

There might be a better place for this but they ain't wed yet. And congratulations Mr. Matz! Ripped jeans? Do you do that with sexy boots? [tweet:ag2rusca]https://twitter.com/Smatz88/status/797652414383923204[/tweet:ag2rusca]

Frayed Knot Nov 13 2016 12:56 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

G-Fafif wrote: "I hope that wherever you are, the New York Mets are on and it's always the '86 World Series." --Oscar Madison (Matthew Perry), attempting to scatter his father Walter's ashes (which are stuck in taffy), The Odd Couple, "Taffy Days," S 3 Ep 1, 11/7/2016 (tribute to Garry Marshall) The most surprising thing about this? ... that the reworked version of that show is still on the air.

MFS62 Nov 13 2016 03:26 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Zvon wrote: There might be a better place for this but they ain't wed yet. And congratulations Mr. Matz! Ripped jeans? Do you do that with sexy boots? [tweet]https://twitter.com/Smatz88/status/797652414383923204[/tweet] She can wear anything she wants. Later

themetfairy Nov 13 2016 03:47 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Zvon wrote: There might be a better place for this but they ain't wed yet. And congratulations Mr. Matz! Ripped jeans? Do you do that with sexy boots? [tweet]https://twitter.com/Smatz88/status/797652414383923204[/tweet] Ah - I saw this after posting in the Wifey Watch thread.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 13 2016 03:57 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Which is the obvious place for it, of course.

bmfc1 Dec 20 2016 01:48 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Morgan Freeman wears a Mets cap in the trailer for "Going In Style" (at 1:30): https://youtu.be/hcdTN5soeQw

G-Fafif Dec 29 2016 09:14 AM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Your as comprehensive as can be 2016 Mets in the Popular Culture roundup, here.

G-Fafif Dec 30 2016 09:25 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

From Dan Epstein: The nights the Stones (no, not George and Steve) came to Shea, featuring Mick Jagger's postseason wrapup. Ever mindful of his audience and surroundings, Jagger made sure to acknowledge the Mets during the first night of the Stones’ six-show stand. “We’re sorry the Mets didn’t make it to the World Series,” he told the audience from the stage, which had been built across the far reaches of the Shea outfield. “Too bad—but we’re going to have the World Series of Love!”

G-Fafif Dec 30 2016 09:30 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

A late 2016 entrant: From the eighth episode of the first season of the online series Horace and Pete (courtesy of bmfc1). Horace (Steve Buscemi) has just been told that he can no longer be prescribed the drug that keeps him sane (because of the side effects) and that he will have to return to the mental hospital. He tells his cousin, Pete, why he wants to stay in the world, as it is for him with the drug: “It's not a joyful life, you know? I mean, but you do it because you know, there's always, you know, some potential. I mean, some days are okay, and even if they're not, then, you know, you know you can have an okay one. Or maybe even a great day. So you're sort of, you know, just biding your time to see what happens next. See what life offers. Maybe hit the lottery. Meet someone special. Maybe the Mets will win the playoffs, or if they make it into the playoffs. You know, or, like, looking forward to Easter this year. I — I like talking to you. I like TV. But you gotta understand, Horace. My life is about to be a nightmare. My mind is gonna drift into madness. I mean, you have no idea what it's like.”

batmagadanleadoff Jan 01 2017 07:43 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 02 2017 06:01 AM

From Dan Epstein: The nights the Stones (no, not George and Steve) came to Shea, featuring Mick Jagger's postseason wrapup. Ever mindful of his audience and surroundings, Jagger made sure to acknowledge the Mets during the first night of the Stones’ six-show stand. “We’re sorry the Mets didn’t make it to the World Series,” he told the audience from the stage, which had been built across the far reaches of the Shea outfield. “Too bad—but we’re going to have the World Series of Love!” Excerpt from your linked article - The Rolling Stones at Shea Stadium [The promoters] held a joint press conference to announce that the Stones would perform two shows at Shea Stadium, on Oct. 26 and Oct. 28 [1989]. Tickets, at $30 a pop, would go on sale via Ticketmaster at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 19, with a limit of eight tickets per buyer. Though anyone born in the last quarter-century may have difficulty imagining it now, obtaining concert tickets—especially for big-name acts—in the pre-Internet age generally required more effort than just refreshing your browser. You could try repeatedly dialing various local Ticketmaster outlets from your home or work phone, praying you could get through to an operator before all the tickets sold out (or an important call came in); but if you were serious about snagging tickets, you had to stake out a store that housed an actual Ticketmaster desk, and line up hours (or even days) before the show went on sale. Marty Walsh ... and a friend decided to buy their tickets from a Ticketmaster outlet located in a TSW toy store in nearby Yorktown Heights. He remembers showing up the Friday afternoon before the tickets went on sale in order to snag two of the 250 individually numbered wristbands that were handed out ahead of time to prevent people from camping out overnight (or cutting in line on the day of the sale). “It didn’t matter which numbered band we received, because the store would pick a random number to be the first on line,” Walsh explains. “Even if someone had wristband #001, if #120 was the number pulled, [the customer with the #120 wristband] would be first in line to purchase the tickets, with subsequent numbers 121, 122, 123, etc., being the next in line.” I attended one of these Stones at Shea concerts in '89. I purchased my tickets in the exact same manner that Marty Walsh, above did, through Ticketmaster. I remember waiting in line all night long for my tickets more than I remember the concert itself, which, like the article says, was pretty good all around, even though by '89, I had lost some interest in the Stones, seeing them as an over the hill band whose new music was losing relevancy. Still. terrific outdoor sound system, deep cuts and a cameo by Eric Clapton, joining the Stones on Little Red Rooster. That was the only time in my life I ever camped out overnight for any kind of tickets. I'm normally averse to obtaining tickets in that camping out fashion. The only reason I was motivated to pull that stunt in the first place was because the Ticketmaster location happened to be about a block and a half from me and because the Stones were rock and roll royalty, and from an historical perspective, the greatest band still making music, what with the Beatles having broken up and Led Zeppelin disbanding after John Bonham's death. I'd say that waiting overnight on a ticket line is something for the younger ones, like driving instead of flying from NY to Florida (I never did that one, no regrets either). My biggest takeaway from that experience was a first-hand lesson into just how corrupt that whole Ticketmaster set-up was. Not that I didn't know beforehand. Everyone knew. It was always an open secret, and much more open than secret, that any seat available through Ticketmaster that was even remotely desirable or prime would never be made available to the regular masses. Those tickets were always set aside for the big-shots, the connected, and the professional scalpers. My Ticketmaster location didn't have a wrist band system like the one Walsh describes in the excerpt above. You simply waited on line until the Ticketmaster opened in the morning. That was it. First come, first serve. I was about the 10th person from the front of the line. No worse than 15th. I was certain that, given my position in line, I'd score some tickets on the actual baseball field. Isn't that how fans scored prime concert tickets without having to go to the scalpers? I was sure that my effort would result in some prime Stones tickets. No such thing. Not even close. The best tickets available by the time I got to buy my tickets, which was less than 10 minutes after the Ticketmaster opened, was the very last row of the Mezzanine section behind home plate, right up against that chicken-wire fencing. I had that window-pane or letterbox view of the concert created by the overhang from Shea's Upper Deck. Fuck you, Ticketmaster.

Edgy MD Jan 01 2017 10:53 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

I got scrod by Ticketmaster and arbitrary rules at different outlets for the Stones and for the 1989 U2 shows as well. What a messed-up system. What I enjoyed about the show from the perspective of the horrid nosebleed seats I did manage to get was that it was their first real tour in eight or nine years, and so rather than merely include the de rigueur two singles from the latest album ("Mixed Emotions" and "Rock and a Hard Place") in the standard hits lineup, they included all the neglected singles from the interim years, and so many of the likes "One Hit to the Body," "Too Much Blood," "Undercover of the Night," "She Was Hot," and "Harlem Shuffle" got an airing they hadn't gotten before or since. That said, checking setlist.fm, I see no appearances by "Too Much Blood," so clearly my memory of their mini-set of catching up on the eighties singles is distorted.

Fman99 Dec 04 2017 05:34 PM Re: The Mets in Popular Culture, 2016

Edgy MD wrote: I got scrod by Ticketmaster and arbitrary rules at different outlets for the Stones and for the 1989 U2 shows as well. What a messed-up system. What I enjoyed about the show from the perspective of the horrid nosebleed seats I did manage to get was that it was their first real tour in eight or nine years, and so rather than merely include the de rigueur two singles from the latest album ("Mixed Emotions" and "Rock and a Hard Place") in the standard hits lineup, they included all the neglected singles from the interim years, and so many of the likes "One Hit to the Body," "Too Much Blood," "Undercover of the Night," "She Was Hot," and "Harlem Shuffle" got an airing they hadn't gotten before or since. That said, checking setlist.fm, I see no appearances by "Too Much Blood," so clearly my memory of their mini-set of catching up on the eighties singles is distorted. We scored amazing seats at the local Ticketmaster, thanks to buddies of mine who camped out overnight. Tenth row, stage left, for the Thursday night October 26th show. Still the greatest night of live music I've ever experienced. Being on the field, at Shea, certainly had something to do with it.