Mets In Weird Places

[Guest cooby]

My son and his girlfriend know I've been dreading the holidays this year, and today they surprised me by doing the decorating while I was out doing errands.
It looks beautiful and it really does cheer me up.

Anyway, I noticed while I was looking around tonight
that tucked into the bottom right corner of my daughter's Penn State degree is a Mr Met baseball card. It's probably been there for months, who knows?
No wonder she was a little snippy over Thanksgiving.



Got any Mets stuff in weird places at your house?

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Well, used to be that people called my house a weird place with Mets stuff. But now my wife has me pretty much trained to keep things in the baseball room in the basement.

But, I do have a cool metal sign in the garage. It says "Mets Fans Parking Only. Yankee Fans Go Home." My folks found it for me last year.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

We tacked the Mr. Met t-shirt my little guy grew out of on his wall. I love it.

[soupcan]

In weird places? Nah, not really, but there is Mets crap all over my world.

My son's room is chock full o' Mets stuff - pennants, lamp, posters, hats, balls, cards. The refrigerator in the basement has a Mets magnetic schedule from every year since 1994 stuck on it. My home office is adorned with an item or two including a ticket stub from Game 6 (wasn't there - someone gave it to me). My actual office in the City has one of those Mookie/Buckner autographed pictures and a ticket from Game 3 of the 2000 World Series and two game used balls - the first and only foul ball I ever got (Rockies 4, Mets 0 - at Shea 8/6/97 off the bat of 23 year-old rookie Todd Helton) and a ball Bill Robinson flipped to me after a game at Wrigley (Mets 5, Cubs 2 - 6/28/86).

[Theoldmole]

I have a Mets hooked rug that one of my daughters made for me.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Missus Edgy claims I have "Mets Tourette's." If I come into a room and forgot what I came for, I start trying to jog my memory by muttering Mets-based jibberish.

[Frayed Knot]

Mets In Weird Places:

Well let's see ...
- How 'bout Kevin Mitchell at SS?
- Kaz Matsui at SS
- HoJo in CF
- Pete Harnisch on the opening day mound
- Frank Tavaras hitting lead-off
- Mike Piazza behind the plate
- Dave Kingman with a glove on
- Rich Becker on base
- Mickey Lolich at a salad bar
- Victor Zambrano OFF the disabled list
- Doug Sisk with the bases empty
- Mel Rojas in the 9th inning

[Benjamin Grimm]

Don't forget Todd Hundley in left field.

We also have Mets stuff scattered around the house. Mostly it's promotional stuff that I got when I was a regular at Shea back in the 1980's. (The one most frequently used is a Kahn's Franks Mets oven mitt. There's also a Tropicana Mets pitcher that we turn to once in a while.)

When we were on Long Island for my grandmother's funeral a couple of weeks ago we went to the Smith Haven Mall and my daughter saw a Mr. Met light switch plate that she just had to have. It's now installed on her bedroom wall.

[Valadius]

I had a Mets trash can for a few years that I had to throw away because the stench had become intolerable. I have a Mets apple clock on my desk, a Mets throw pillow, a Mets bottle opener, and Mets vs. Yankees checkers, among other things. I also have a plaque honoring the 2000 Mets I got at a mall years ago.

[Frayed Knot]

"Don't forget Todd Hundley in left field"


That one should have led off the list ... I hate it when I miss the gimme putts.

[soupcan]

="Edgy DC"]Missus Edgy claims I have "Mets Tourette's." If I come into a room and forgot what I came for, I start trying to jog my memory by muttering Mets-based jibberish.

Yeah that is weird.

="Valadius"]...and Mets vs. Yankees checkers...

My daughter and I play checkers with that set.

[Guest cooby]

Now ThAT sounds neat Seriously, where did you get that?



PS, today when I got home I discovered my kitties felt the diplomas looked better on the floor than on the new table so they are now upstairs. The diplomas, not the kitties.
At least Mr Met survived the ordeal.

[Farmer Ted]

Tony Tarasco and Mark Corey in a hotel parking lot near Shea smoking doobage. Not for medicinal purposes.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

soupcan - "My daughter and I play checkers with that set."

If you make your daughter play with the Yankee checkers, I swear, I'm turning you into social services for contibuting to the delinquency of a minor.

[soupcan]

Loosers have to be the Yankees.

[Guest cooby]

Grrrrr. Where'd you get it, where'd you get it?

[Fman99]

There are Mets all over my Monopoly board. Er, make that "Metsopoly."

I'd bet I'm not the only CPF member to have that in my house somewhere.

[soupcan]

cooby wrote: Grrrrr. Where'd you get it, where'd you get it?

Nice kitty, Frankie say relax.

I dunno - a gift I think. I'm sure you can find it online somewhere.

[Willets Point]

"I've got Mets in weird places..."

[Guest cooby]

soupcan wrote: ="cooby"]Grrrrr. Where'd you get it, where'd you get it? Nice kitty, Frankie say relax. I dunno - a gift I think. I'm sure you can find it online somewhere.

I want your friends

[Guest sharpie]

John Maine was in a weird place:

http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2007/12/04/2007-12-04_mets_pitch_is_a_changeup.html

[Guest Edgy DC]

If the Mets had won two more games, Maine would've gotten the dress and shoes as well.

[TransMonk]

Truly weird.

[Guest themetfairy]

Tomorrow night, which is the last night of Chanukah, we'll be lighting blue and orange candles.

[Guest themetfairy]

[DocTee]

enjoy the latkes with cranberry sauce-- and thanks for that yummy tip!

[nymr83]

DocTee wrote: enjoy the latkes with cranberry sauce-- and thanks for that yummy tip!

APPLE sauce.

[Guest themetfairy]

DocTee wrote: enjoy the latkes with cranberry sauce-- and thanks for that yummy tip!

I'm glad that you liked the suggestion Doc.

We had some tonight - it's the best

[MFS62]

Oops, posted this in another thread before seeing this one:
We just noticed that the Chanukah candles we've been using this year were made in China.

So, that's where the Lost Tribe ended up.

Later

[soupcan]

John Maine was NOT in a weird place...