Pedro's Compadres

[Vic Sage]

they can go back to the "K Korner" idea just by using "K-Dro's Korner", and they can still hang Ks.

[Guest martin]

the key is intent. these cats are just dumbasses, not jerks.

anyways, regardless of my ethnicity, i would love it they had martin's compadres cheering for me. or martin's drunk irishmen or martin's blackface darkie squadron or martin's stupid southern hillbillies. i mean, it is definitely stupid and embrassing, but yunno, no biggie.

the pedro's martini drinkers, now that is a good idea.

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

="Yancy Street Gang"]Or they could wear a large one of these on their backs:

How about dressing up as big orange rock guys with 4 fingered hands



Pedro's "Things"

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

That guy looks familiar.

If he was wearing a sombrero, however, I'd be offended.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

I love the idea of the martini glasses

[Elster88]

Centerfield wrote: I think we should be the Pedro Martinis. We'll go to games dressed like martini glasses. Or we could just drink lots of martinis and get really drunk.

Why martinis? Is he James Bond?

[Guest Hillbilly]

Vic Sage wrote: they can go back to the "K Korner" idea just by using "K-Dro's Korner", and they can still hang Ks.

There was a group doing this too.

Martin and I see this the same way. Dumbasses yes; jerks no.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Elster88 wrote: Why martinis? Is he James Bond?

No - Pedro's martinis just sounds a lot like Pedro Martinez.

[Elster88]

Oh. Duh. Nice.

[Centerfield]

Someone needs to create a drink called the Pedro Martini.

And it shouldn't be me, otherwise it would be a martini with a splash of beer.

[Vic Sage]

you should make a "Pedro Martini" with rum, because rum comes from Jamaica which, apparently, is the same as the DR.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

A Blue Martini would suffice. Blue Curacao would do the trick.

Blue is for the Mets, as well as for Pedro's glove.

All that's left is figuring out what goes on the toothpick to replace the olive.

[Vic Sage]

ScarletKnight41 wrote: A Blue Martini would suffice. Blue Curacao would do the trick. Blue is for the Mets, as well as for Pedro's glove. All that's left is figuring out what goes on the toothpick to replace the olive.

a slice of orange, of course!

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Get a really big toothpick and you can impale a mango on it.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Mini baseball bats for toothpicks.

Mercy, but won't we look stupid.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Get a really big toothpick and you can impale a mango on it.

YES! That's It!

[Willets Point]

I think a slice of mango would be more appropriate in tribute to this quote:

]I actually realized that I was somebody important, because I caught the attention of 60,000 people, plus the whole world watching a guy that if you reverse time back 15 years ago, I was sitting under a mango tree without 50 cents to pay for a bus.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Some more fan ideas:

Duaner's Abstainers--weilding large, Mets-themed crosses with Jesus on them; lots of finger-wagging.

Heil's Hitlers--trademark mustache, blue armband with Mr. Met on it.

Victor's Zambonis--blue Mets ice shovels, cold weather gear, and frequent attempts to use said shovels to "resurface" aisles.

Paul's Luddites--masked by Mets scarfs, the Luddites try to sneak onto the field to destroy Questec & the speed gun.

David's Wright Brothers--2 fans wearing Mets hats with wings on them

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

How about the Star Spangled Bannisters?

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Cliff's Divers -- Flippers, goggles, speedos, spear guns -- the whole Scuba thing.

I like the Star Spangled Bannisters.

[Guest martin]

the doubting thomases could hold signs that say: "glavine is too old!" , "he cant keep this up!".

[Diamond Dad]

Really, rolling on the floor here. How can I get any work done with brilliant stuff like this going on??

Here's the connection -- in the DR, they celebrate Mexican Night -- just like Pedro's Compadres:

Man dies after winning tequila-drinking contest
AZCentral.com reports (8 March 2005) from the Dominican Republic that the 21-year-old winner of a competition to drink the most tequila died and three other contestants were gravely ill in the hospital. Ricardo Ivan Garcia drank more than 50 shots of tequila at Santo Domingo's Blanc, Dance and Lounge discotheque to win the prize of $330 at a Mexican night celebration. But he took ill, was hospitalized and died within hours, apparently from heart failure brought on, you guessed it, by alcohol poisoning.

[Willets Point]

The Dangling Chads for Chad Bradford (attach long dangling prosthetic arms in tribute to Bradford's delivery)
Oliver's Army for Darren Oliver (military uniforms)
The Trashmen for Steve Traschel (dress like sanitation workers)
The Dukes of Earl for LoDuca (regal attire)
My Funny Valentins for Valentin (red, pink and lots of hearts)
The Wright Stuff for David Wright (5 brave men dressed as NKOTB, or alternatively as astronauts)

[Centerfield]

I think we had a thread like this a few years ago.

Anyway, Glavine's crew should be called the Uncle Tom Glavines. Fans dress up like black people who have become too whitewashed or have otherwise turned their backs on the black community.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'm a member of the bannister polishers.

[Guest abogdan]

Someone I know came up with an idea for an Aaron Heilman cheering section that would be much more offensive than Pedro's Compadres.

Edit: D'oh, just noticed that Rotblatt beat me to the idea. His was the "Heil Men," though. Bit catchier name.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Nady's Ladies would be cool -- if it was only guys doing it.

[Centerfield]

Fan Groups and their Costumes of Choice:

The Pink Floyds






The Star-Spangled Bannisters




The Uncle Tom Glavines

[nymr83]

It's all in good fun and everyone just take this racism bull too seriously. If people showed up with fake beards and pais to cheer on a jewish ballplayer i wouldn't be offended in the slightest.
as long as pedro isn't offended by it everyone else should just mind their business.

[Guest Edgy DC]

People mugging for TV at a Met game is the business of a Met forum.

If people showed up dressed in fezzes or turbans to salute a Jewish ballplayer, you might see fit to comment.