Met-Lovin Big Shots, 2008

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Cait Murphy
[url:3agnu9oj]http://cardboardgods.baseballtoaster.com/archives/970452.html[/url:3agnu9oj]

[metirish]

Thanks for the link , got to pick up that book , looks like a good one.

[Guest AG/DC]

It is.

Cait Murphy is an assistant managing editor at Fortune magazine in New York. She previously worked at The Economist in London and the Wall Street Journal Asia in Hong Kong. A former Little League infielder, Murphy played softball at Amherst College, where she received her degree in American Studies. She does not throw like a girl.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Looks like we're still bumping 2007's Big Shots...

Anyway, Lonesome George:

[url:3v7culkb]http://www.mbtn.net/the-worlds-baddest-met-fan-the-george-thorogood-interview[/url:3v7culkb]

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

It fugures that George Thorogood would be a Mets fan since he's b-b-b-bad to the bone.

[G-Fafif]

That interview, however, was good to the core.

[Guest AG/DC]

Yeah, it's steeped in awesomeness. I like how he takes control right at the start.

[metirish]

Fucking brilliant , I would never have guessed that you would be interviewing Thorogood , he came across as quite funny, loved this.

] How good a ballplayer were you? I went from second base, to first base, to the first-base coaching box all in one year. I got signed up in January. By the time July came around they said, �You really can�t play, can you?� I talked a good game. My lifetime batting average talking is better than Stan Musial�s.

[Guest AG/DC]

I like where you left it.

[stevejrogers]

Great stuff, though too bad it was over the phone, otherwise you could have said you had one bourbon, one scotch and one beer with George Thorogood!

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[G-Fafif]

And for what it's worth, when Cait Murphy signed my copy of "Crazy '08" at a Giants Nostalgia Society meeting, she inscribed it "Let's Go Mets!"

[seawolf17]

Of course, when Bill Simmons signed my copy of his book, he signed it "Let's Go Mets" also. But maybe he just felt bad for me.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Great interview with George Thorogood. He sounds like a very knowledgeable fan.

How did you get hooked up with him?

[Guest AG/DC]

With apologies to Lonesome George, John Fogarty, and Big Al, I came up with this on my way home from job two today.

It's probably over-large as I'm just introducing myself to the recording application. It's also sung in a whisper and in one take so as not to wake Ms. Edgy up. Make of it what you will.

[TransMonk]

I like it. Especially the whisper.

The sound reminds me of Roger Waters.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Nice job, Edgy. I agree with Monk the Rain Out has a Floyd type of feel. It think it would have fit in nicely on The Wall.

[Guest AG/DC]

You're being silly, but thank you.

It's harder than I thought to stay on pitch in a whisper, unless you're Peggy Lee or something. I'm all over like Bob Raissman in verse one there.

[Guest sharpie]

Nice work. A candidate for Desert Island Edgy.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I could pass it along to GT if you like

[Guest AG/DC]

Wow, awesome. It's not great work but as long as there's a mad scramble for attention, why shouldn't I get mine?

Thanks.

[soupcan]

Nice job Edgy. Good for you.

="John Cougar Lunchbucket":2hkio819]I could pass it along to GT if you like[/quote:2hkio819] You know George Thorogood?

metirish Aug 06 2008 06:37 PM

You won't believe who's a huge Mets fan. I own nothing about it[/url:2238pxwl]

AG/DC Aug 06 2008 06:51 PM

That's some pretty good stuff --- Benigno aside --- but they do a pretty weak job getting and cropping source photos. They should have got a shot from Joe Pepitone's Foxy Lady spread.

TheOldMole Aug 18 2008 05:50 AM

NY Times on Jon Stewart: ]He�s the Jersey Boy and ardent Mets fan as Mr. Common Sense.

bmfc1 Aug 18 2008 06:08 AM

Mike Tirico. On "Mike & Mike" today, he said that he will be taking his children to Shea this weekend for the last time and remembering all that happened there. He said "it may be a dump, but it's our dump."

soupcan Aug 18 2008 07:30 AM

I knew Tirico in college, we had a couple of mutual friends. Watched a few Met games with him. He's genuine, always been a Mets fan.

SteveJRogers Aug 18 2008 10:06 AM

="bmfc1"]Mike Tirico. On "Mike & Mike" today, he said that he will be taking his children to Shea this weekend for the last time and remembering all that happened there. He said "it may be a dump, but it's our dump." Oh, that is so not going fly around here! =

Rockin' Doc Aug 18 2008 11:02 AM

Actually, Tirico might as well be quoting our own Vic Sage when he refers to Shea as "...a dump, but it's our dump".

AG/DC Aug 18 2008 11:12 AM

Yeah, well, Steve thinks he's got us pigeonholed or something.

Centerfield Aug 18 2008 11:40 AM

Tirico likes the Mets and went to Syracuse. I wonder if he has douchebag neighbors.

bmfc1 Aug 20 2008 11:10 AM

More on Tirico: http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/watchdog/blog/2008/08/espns_mike_tirico_took_his.html

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 22 2008 01:01 PM

="soupcan":1k8o5vbb]Nice job Edgy. Good for you. ="John Cougar Lunchbucket":1k8o5vbb]I could pass it along to GT if you like[/quote:1k8o5vbb] You know George Thorogood?[/quote:1k8o5vbb] He'll be a guest on Mets Weekly this week. I had a small part in making that happen since the producer saw the interview on my site. AG/DC Aug 22 2008 01:09 PM Has he cut the song yet? John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 22 2008 01:09 PM uh AG/DC Aug 28 2008 02:09 PM Still no word from Lonesome George. Meanwhile, meet Sam Champion metirish Aug 28 2008 02:29 PM Funny that they call themselves Sam Champion and are Mets fans. Farmer Ted Aug 28 2008 02:34 PM Mrs. Ted came across a photo of American Idol David Cook taking BP at Shea. Pinstripe jersey, blue hat, hacking at it left handed. I'll try to pull it up if I can find it. I'm guessing he's not a Mets lovin' big shot, rather "I'll dress up in the (name city) uniform to show 'em I'm down with (name team)". seawolf17 Aug 28 2008 02:35 PM ="metirish"]Funny that they call themselves Sam Champion and are Mets fans. "Wait... what?" TheOldMole Sep 19 2008 09:57 AM Josh Waitzkin, inspiration for the movie Searching For Bobby Fischer: During an interview following his first U.S. Junior Chess championship win, when asked what he aspired to when he grew up, Josh replied that he'd like to play for the Mets. MFS62 Sep 24 2008 07:07 AM You may not have heard about him, but in the Danbury, Ct area, he used to get a lot of press in the sports pages. He was a local kid who played minor league ball for a number of years.: http://minors.baseball-reference.com/players.cgi?pid=20155 I was called to jury duty yesterday (Tuesday). When the clerk read the roll call, I remembered his name. After, I went over to him and asked "Are you Sean Fesh the pitcher?" When he said he was, I said "Boy the Mets sure could have used you last night." He said "I know. Last night's game killed me. I've been a big Mets fan for a long time." Then he got a cell phone call. Then the jurors got dismissed, the case was settled out of court. SO, I never got to ask him any more questions about his Metliness. Later Centerfield Oct 01 2008 08:34 AM I read an article that Chris Rock is a die-hard Mets fan. I wasn't sure whether he was or whether he just agreed to tape the segment used at Shea. I don't know whether this team makes its fans funny, or whether it attracts funny fans, but this is a pretty impressive list: Jerry Seinfeld Chris Rock Ray Romano Kevin James Jon Stewart I'd pay to see that show any day. The Yanks can keep Billy Crystal. Rockin' Doc Oct 01 2008 10:34 AM It helps to have a sense of humor when you're a Mets fan. AG/DC Oct 13 2008 09:38 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 13 2008 12:55 PM J.R. Moerhinger, award winning author of The Tender Bar We loved the Mets because we felt like born losers. Though we were in just the first inning of our lives, we were already down four runs, with a weak bullpen and no bench. Sons of single mothers, living on food stamps, attending so-so schools, wearing ill-fitting clothes, we faced a future that seemed sure to include a heavy dose of failure, ignorance and want. The Mets, therefore, were more than our home team. The Mets were proof that losers could be lovable. Better yet, they were proof that losers could shock the world and win. And Shea Stadium, 12 miles from where McGraw and I played Wiffle ball every day, was sacred ground. It was our home away from home, especially when we had no homes of our own. Our mothers struggled to make rent, and when they couldn't make it, which was often, we'd move in with our grandparents, in a house so overcrowded with cousins and aunts and uncles that McGraw and I sometimes slept in the same bed. From such chaos, inner and outer, Shea provided needed, frequent escape. It says something about our childhoods that Shea -- surrounded by vacant lots, chop shops and strip bars -- was one of the few places where we felt safe. Four feet tall, dangerously naive, we'd take the train to the stadium, alone, at night. The memory makes me shudder. We carried little more than 10 bucks and standing orders from an old-timer in our hometown, a guy who supplied all the paper products to Shea: Go into the bathrooms, pull out the towels and toilet paper, and throw it all on the floor -- so the stadium will have to order more from me next week. These were our people. Read on Gwreck Oct 13 2008 11:02 AM I thought it was a nice tribute to his childhood and memories of Shea but when he came across as uninformed it didn't help the piece. AG/DC Oct 28 2008 10:54 AM Tobin Bell, kinda. Edgy DC Nov 12 2008 10:25 AM J.C. Romero, totally. Rockin' Doc Nov 12 2008 07:12 PM Get Romero for the pen, NOW! John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 12 2009 07:46 AM Ralph Macchio on a FAN interview this morning confessed to Met and Jet fandom. However in my Lawn Guyland yout, I recall an acquaintence who knew him tell me that he walked into a room where a NY Giants football game was on TV and couldn't tell which one was the Giants.

[metirish]

You won't believe who's a huge Mets fan.


I own nothing about it[/url:2238pxwl]

[Guest AG/DC]

That's some pretty good stuff --- Benigno aside --- but they do a pretty weak job getting and cropping source photos. They should have got a shot from Joe Pepitone's Foxy Lady spread.

[Theoldmole]

NY Times on Jon Stewart:

]He�s the Jersey Boy and ardent Mets fan as Mr. Common Sense.

[bmfc1]

Mike Tirico. On "Mike & Mike" today, he said that he will be taking his children to Shea this weekend for the last time and remembering all that happened there. He said "it may be a dump, but it's our dump."

[soupcan]

I knew Tirico in college, we had a couple of mutual friends. Watched a few Met games with him.

He's genuine, always been a Mets fan.

[stevejrogers]

="bmfc1"]Mike Tirico. On "Mike & Mike" today, he said that he will be taking his children to Shea this weekend for the last time and remembering all that happened there. He said "it may be a dump, but it's our dump."

Oh, that is so not going fly around here! =

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Actually, Tirico might as well be quoting our own Vic Sage when he refers to Shea as "...a dump, but it's our dump".

[Guest AG/DC]

Yeah, well, Steve thinks he's got us pigeonholed or something.

[Centerfield]

Tirico likes the Mets and went to Syracuse. I wonder if he has douchebag neighbors.