Michael and the Mets

[Guest Edgy DC]

1) Darryl tried to be an emissary for his church in reaching out to Michael.

2) A Mets hat appears in the "Bad" video.

3) The joke about wearing one glove for no apparent reason was made about a lot of people, but Ralph Kiner liked to tell it about Dick Stuart.

4) Both were conceived in 1958.

That's all I've got, other than a similar fondness for Jheri Curl-type notions between him and Gooden. We didn't even get a Shea stop on the Victory Tour.

[metirish]

I have a vague memory of his music used for the stroll up to the hitters box......I think by a most unexpected player too.

[Benjamin Grimm]

He had a lifetime 5.31 ERA vs. the Mets in 35 games:

http://leaptoad.com/mets/profile.php?PlayerCode=3126


Trivia question: What do Mookie Wilson, Jeff Kent, Edgardo Alfonzo, Gary Carter, Dave Gallagher, Tony Tarasco, Joe Orsulak and John Gibbons have in common?

Answer: They've never been in Willets Point's kitchen. And they're also the only Mets to homer off Michael Jackson.

[Guest Edgy DC]

The Mets have employed a Michael (Tucker), a Marlon (Anderson), a Jermaine (Allensworth), and a Tito (Navarro).

They're simply drowning in in Randy (Jones, Milligan, Myers, Niemann, Sterling, Tate), but still lack a Jackie, though they've played six Jacks and one Jackson.

[Guest sharpie]

They do have a Jackie Robinson Rotunda.

[Benjamin Grimm]

When I buy the Mets, I'm going to add a Jackie Gleason Rotunda to the other side of Citi Field.

And I'll cover the facade with big blue and orange corrugated metal titles.

[G-Fafif]

Final day of 1995, the DiamondVision montage of season highlights was set to a medley of Michael Jackson hits; "The Way You Make Me Feel" stands out in memory. That was the year "Scream" came out (the video for which the Mets showed while the Gruccis arranged their fireworks display) on the two-volume HIStory anthology, which was the only reason I could discern for why the Jacko backo catalogue was suddenly so prominent on the Shea PA.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I knew a document thread like this could bring you out of hiding. Welcome back.

[G-Fafif]

You can't spend a half-inning with Fman & Son and not go looking for more.

Though maybe a Michael Jackson thread isn't the place to express delight at meeting someone known as Fboy...

[Frayed Knot]

They should do another montage of Michael hits. Only, you know, updated for the situation.

- (He just) Beat It

- Guess I Can Say Goodbye

- I Won't Be There

- The Thrill(er's) Gone ... OK, I know that's not his but we can do some covers too

[Guest themetfairy]

You can't spend a half-inning with Fman & Son and not go looking for more.

Though maybe a Michael Jackson thread isn't the place to express delight at meeting someone known as Fboy...[/quote:azglwqcx]

BTW, MK thought it was very wrong of me to refer to that adorable youngster as Fboy. I had to explain to him why it was ok under the circumstances.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I don't have much on Farrah and the Mets. She was in a shaving cream commercial with Joe Namath. That's, um, something.

[Benjamin Grimm]

How about a challenge: Find ten photos of Mets wives with Farrah Fawcett hair.

[G-Fafif]

1977, in Archie, as seen when I was delivering Newsday...

MRS. ANDREWS: I think Archie is growing up.
MR. ANDREWS: How so?
MRS. ANDREWS: Archie took down his poster of the California Angels and put up a poster of Charlie's Angels.

Cue sweat beads.

Former Met Nolan Ryan pitched for Archie's erstwhile object of affections throughout Farrah Fawcett-Majors' stay with the other Angels.

Archie lived in Riverdale, where Willie Mays kept an apartment for many years, including his stint as a Met. Maybe not the same Riverdale.

M. Donald Grant and Aaron Spelling both made jughead moves where their franchise player was concerned in 1977 At least Spelling could call up Cheryl Ladd. The Mets often field a lineup that looked like something out of the Farrah Fawcett-Minors. Too many lads on the roster.

Before the next season started, Buddy Harrelson was traded to the Phillies for Fred Andrews, who shared a name with Archie's dad but, vis-a-vis Riverdale, probably wasn't the same one.

Archie and Mets fans were both regularly annoyed by some upper crust type named Reggie.

So, in conclusion, no, not a lot of connection between Farrah and the Mets.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Well, when Archie Andrews dies, you'll be all set for that thread.

[HahnSolo]

Admit it Greg, you've been waiting years to use that Farrah Fawcett-Minors line, haven't you?

[Fman99]

You can't spend a half-inning with Fman & Son and not go looking for more.

Though maybe a Michael Jackson thread isn't the place to express delight at meeting someone known as Fboy...

[Guest cooby]

Thriller is a GREAT song to play for your cats. Try it sometime

[Guest Edgy DC]

Karl Malden played the father of future-Met Jimmy Piersall in Fear Strikes Out. You don't have a career that long without rubbing up against the Mets somehow, but that's all I've got right now.

[G-Fafif]

After getting shelled at Pac Bell in May 2000, Mike Hampton roamed the streets of San Francisco.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Walter Cronkite's 6/17/1977 news broadcast opened with his report that the Russians had a new president, a Mr. Brezhnev. He hit elections in Spain, riots in South Africa --- new riot gear and dogs are proving effective! --- and a New York Supreme Court decision that it's not illegal for CBers to warn each other about speed traps, before closing with an item about Tom Seaver being traded to the Reds. He noted that Seaver, Joe Namath, and Julius Erving have all left New York within a year, and he bid America good night.

That's the way it was.

[G-Fafif]

Just discovered: Another murder at the Feline Club. "Now they're killing off the centerfolds." One of the suspects is Victor, who comes on too strong. But according to Jill Monroe's sources, "Of course he's struck out more times than the '62 Mets."

See for yourself at approximately 16:15.

[Guest Edgy DC]

John Hughes protagonists were Cubs people. They weren't Chicagoans so much as residents of lilly-white suburbs of Chicago. But watch Ferris Bueller's Day Off and you'll see Mr. Rooney come upon a baseball game while searching for Ferris. This, in actuality was a June 5, 1985 Braves-Cubs game, and at bat at that moment was then-ex-Met Claudell Washington. That's all that comes to mind with John Hughes and the Mets.

Which makes me wonder --- did the Mets get any interesting compensation when the Braves signed away Washington?

[dgwphotography]

I love that Terry Blocker has a WHiP of 2.00

[Guest Edgy DC]

I love that he has a middle name of "Fennell."

[Guest Edgy DC]

Les Paul and Mike Piazza were friends, I think. They took in at least one metal show together.

[seawolf17]

did the Mets get any interesting compensation when the Braves signed away Washington?

[G-Fafif]

I hoped for less Paul when we got Siebert.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I never owned a Gibson Les Paul, but, thanks to Topps, I owned a lot of Paul Gibsons.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Met-lovin' big shot DJ AM in his last public appearance before dying this week, throwing out the first pitch at CitiField on Sunday:



Can't say I know much about AM, but I hate to see an MLBS go so young.