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Willie's "supposed" Met-Loving Big Shot-dom
SteveJRogers Oct 28 2006 12:03 PM |
Seems like I hear alot about Willie Randolph being a Met fan growing up and taking his future wife to a Met game on their first date, but on this board its usually with quotes around it suggesting that it really is alledged that he grew up a Met fan
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soupcan Oct 28 2006 04:36 PM |
There's a lot that you are not being told.
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metirish Oct 28 2006 05:16 PM |
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I don't remember anyone saying that Willie growing up a Mets fan was just BS...
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SteveJRogers Oct 28 2006 06:28 PM |
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Edgy tends to say "supposedly" often when refering to Randolph being a Met fan growing up. Probably something to do with the date of the Randolphs' first date being screwy where a date was given but the Mets were actually on the road or something like that.
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cooby Oct 28 2006 06:50 PM |
Maybe he took her to an away game
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SteveJRogers Oct 28 2006 06:53 PM |
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Or just got the date of the game wrong, who remembers the EXACT day of something like that years later. Maybe the season and general month, and maybe something triggers why you remeber the exact day (well it HAD to be a Monday because we always did such and such on Mondays)
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KC Oct 28 2006 06:53 PM |
We could start a large thread if we wanted to on what regulars here tend to do.
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cooby Oct 28 2006 06:54 PM |
My first date with my husband was August 25, 1978
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SteveJRogers Oct 28 2006 07:04 PM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Oct 28 2006 07:11 PM |
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Fair enough, I was just curious if there was something to it rather than just one person's opinion. I.e. Randolph's growing up a Met fan only being first discussed when he was being bandied about as the Met skipper in the winter of 2004. Granted a person's fandom is none of anyone's business but I can see how someone would take it as being a bit odd that despite nearly 30 years of being associated with New York City baseball (including a year as a Met player) that it'd be the first time peeps would have heard about it. Eh, everyones entitled...
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SteveJRogers Oct 28 2006 07:05 PM |
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Neat, I was a year and a half then! =;)
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Johnny Dickshot Oct 28 2006 07:35 PM |
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I soitenly believe Willie was a Met fan.
Ken Boswell. Not much love for this guy but he came up pretty big in both postseasons he played for the Mets.
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SteveJRogers Oct 28 2006 09:14 PM |
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True, but the story has been told that they went to Shea for a Met game on their first date
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SteveJRogers Oct 28 2006 09:29 PM |
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BTW the former probably was more of a sign of how much Willie changed through the years as a person. Usually players get the coaches uniform, no questions asked (Mookie Wilson and everyone who has worn 1 during his tenure) Well as the story goes, Mel had been released by the Yankees prior to the 1975 season. No plans for a retirement were of course made (and nor should they have been, even by today's standards Mel doesn't hold up (see Guidry, Ron), but the Yankees put 30 out of circulation in 1975. Willie comes aboard in 1976 and having wore 30 as a Pirate the year before, asks for 30 without thinking. The Yanks clubhouse guys put on the spin about Mel and 30 is "out of circulation" Randolph insists out of the basis that the Yanks weren't planning on retiring Mel's 30, and thats how Willie Randolph came to wear 30 as a Yankee player and coach all those years. Actually, as bold as it was, I kind of agree with that original line of thinking. It's one thing to hold a number for a legend, but for a nice player with a nice career? Bit much, especially one that was a reminder of a time the MFY and their fans probably would rather be moving on from!
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cooby Oct 28 2006 09:39 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 28 2006 09:59 PM |
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Steve all I'm saying is please stop trying to be an expert on every subject under the sun. It's tiresome. Some people remember the date of their first date with their spouse. I'm one of them. Maybe Willie is too.
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seawolf17 Oct 28 2006 09:50 PM |
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December 9, 1995. Like it was yesterday. Got your back, Coob.
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metirish Oct 28 2006 09:54 PM |
No one puts Cooby in a corner....
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Willets Point Oct 28 2006 10:12 PM |
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Edgy DC Oct 29 2006 12:06 AM |
Cooby can dance.
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soupcan Oct 29 2006 10:02 AM |
April 3rd, 1992.
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Frayed Knot Oct 29 2006 10:51 AM |
The other thing that got a few questioning Willie's story about his & future wifey's first date was that, after being confronted by a few press-types w/the small inaccuracies in the story, he insisted that his memory was correct and it must be their "facts" which were off ... 'That's my story and I'm a-stickin' to it'!
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Edgy DC Oct 29 2006 12:12 PM |
I don't remember that.
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metsmarathon Oct 29 2006 12:23 PM |
first saturday after thanksgiving, 1999
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old original jb Oct 29 2006 02:42 PM |
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We recall our first date anniversary, but celebrate our fourth date anniversary. Remembering the date of your first date with your spouse is on the list of "best practices".
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ScarletKnight41 Oct 29 2006 03:35 PM |
We still dispute when we actually had our first date. I don't count a situation when we were meeting up with a bunch of people at freshman orientation as a date.
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Rockin' Doc Oct 29 2006 04:09 PM |
I sent the Mrs. a bouquet of a dozen yellow roses for Valentine's Day. The enclosed card asked her out. That Friday, February 16th, 1979 we went to see National Lampoon's Animal House for our first date.
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cooby Oct 29 2006 04:31 PM |
That was our first date too, Animal House :)
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SteveJRogers Oct 29 2006 04:50 PM |
My parents first date was a Johnny Cash concert at MSG circa 1972. My dad had convinced my mom that they were going to a Muhammad Ali boxing match! My mom thought that right up untill the point The Man In Black strolled on stage.
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