Questions for Steve Zabriskie

[Guest Edgy DC]

If we're going to "reel him in," I'd like to start by doing an online interview with him where a single admin delivers him quesitons and respects solicited from the gallery.

I'd be happy to feed him the questions, although there are more qualified persons here.

If I get ten or so questions, I'll try and close the deal.

[Willets Point]

Not so much a question but just a general impression of what it was like to work with Ralph Kiner and Tim McCarver. Any particular memories, funny stories. Maybe someone can phrase better as a question than I.

[metirish]

What do we know a bout Steve, I know nothing about him,do we have a profile of what he's at these days?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yancy?

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Here are a few for Stevie Z:

* It's hard to think of the 1986 Mets now without also knowing the sad way that team would fall apart in the years that followed. With the benefit of hindsight, how much of the those troubles were forseeable?

* Gary Carter: Insensere ham he was he was often criticized for being or the genuine article?

* The best story nobody remembers about those mid-80s Mets teams was ___________________ ... .

* Was Davey Johnson a good manager? Why or why not?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Nope, don't know. All I know is that he was sending and receiving e-mail last Friday. He said he was going to submit to the UMDB an update on what he's been up to, but as yet that hasn't happened.

[Guest F X Healy]

Can you ask him about the hundred bucks he owes me? I never forget anything.

[Elster88]

Good to see you, Francis. You don't make nearly enough appearances.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Looks like I'll be doing a 1-on-1 with Steve Z:

* Whom do you recall as the best interviewees from the Mets teams you covered and why?

* You, along with Tim McCarver, joined the Met broadcasting team in 1983 and in retrospect that was among the first signs of a committment to excellence that Met fans hadn't seen in years. What do you recall about the circumstances of your arrival here, and did you have a sense you were about to play a role in something that was special? Had you not accepted the Met job, do you know who might have been named?

* Of your colleagues in the Met booth, with whom did you enjoy working with most and why?

* The Ultimate Mets Database is missing your birthdate, place of birth, height, weight and handedness. Please provide.

* How would you describe the Met organization in terms of its involvement with the content or presentation of their broadcasters? How might have it compared to other teams you have been employed by? Tell the truth -- did you or your colleagues ever get under the collar of Frank Cashen, Davey Johnson or another Met official? What were the circumstances?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Great questions. I was formulating something similar to Johnny's last one in my head.

Here's one of my own:

When you and Tim joined the broadcast team in 1983, you brought a new style to the telecasts. Ralph did eventually get with the program, but can you comment on how easily he made the adjustment? Did he have any initial difficulties at first?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Hey! My question was the tenth! We've reached the magic number.

Let's reel him in!

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[Zvon]

I forgot all about good ol SteveZ...

For some reason thoughts of his wife keep poppin into my head......
Was she a hotty or something?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Let's not ask him that.

[Zvon]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Let's not ask him that.

LMAO...
then I have no qustions for him.......

[seawolf17]

Steve, if you're reading this, we apologize for Zvon.

[Guest old original jb]

With hindsight, Johnny, everything is forseeable.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Ah, but if Doc Brown has taught us anything, it's that using hindsight whilst traveling back in time nuetralizes foresight.

[Benjamin Grimm]

A message from Steve Zabriskie on the Ultimate Mets Database

[Guest Edgy DC]

That was excellent. Good work.

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

Bravo to Steve for clarifying the Mush-mouth issue.

The posters made it seemed like a straight resume issue rather than Jay and Dennis having some "creative license" when it came to media guide bios and that it cost Steve his job.

I know there is nothing Yancy (or any message board moderator) can really do about it, but one of my biggest irks about people who post to essentially message boards is when posts are made without any fact checking to see if what the poster said actually happened.

By the way, I'd have to say though, the Mets do a great job in making the broadcasters' bios.

I did a profile on Ed Coleman once and called up WFAN asking for a thumbnail sketch profile and was told to see WFAN.com Ed's bio on that site is lifted straight from the Ed Coleman section of FAN's 10th Anniversary booklet. Basically Ed reflecting on stories about WFAN and his favorite callers! Not much of a bio

However, his bio in the Met guide is very good, pretty much a blow-by-blow of his stops along the way

Steve

[Valadius]

Thanks Steve, if you're reading this.

[Benjamin Grimm]

We haven't reeled in Steve Zabriskie yet, but look at this:

We have 133 registered users
The newest registered user is MadDog

I'm guessing it's an imposter, but click on the link. Would any imposter be that clever???

[Guest Edgy DC]

Zabriskie wrote to me, asking which way we'd like him to answer the questions. I responded, but never heard back. I need to try again.

[Elster88]

]We have 133 registered users The newest registered user is MadDog I'm guessing it's an imposter, but click on the link. Would any imposter be that clever???

LOL. Got to be an imposter. I doubt Mad Dog gives a crap about websites.

[Guest Steve Z]

http://www.charlenelockwood.com/Images/debutpost.jpgI noticed the post but have been unable to access the link. I wasn't me and I'm still interested in setting up a date and time for an interview. Sorry I have been so busy. Perhaps next Wednesday night, the 14th, around 8 would work. At least that seems good right now. Please let me know. I'm curious to know what 'the imposter' wrote.
Steve Z

[Guest Edgy DC]

Thanks Mr. Zabriskie. I'll re-write.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cool!

What imposter is he referring to? Was Steve confused, perhaps, by my Mad Dog post above?

[Elster88]

I think so.

[Guest cooby]

Was that really him?

(Steve Zabriskie)

[Zvon]

cooby wrote: Was that really him? (Steve Zabriskie)

Hope so...
I have a question for him.









J/K!!!!
Ill behave.