Met-Loving Big Shots 2010

[HahnSolo]

My dad taught me that no real Brooklyn Dodger fan would ever root for the Yankees. So there's a lot of bull spit in there.

Then again, he was 8 when the team left for LA. So maybe he's embellishing his Dodger fandom as well.

[seawolf17]

A guy I know is friends with pro golfer Joey Sindelar, who is apparently a die-hard Mets fan.

[metirish]

seawolf17 wrote: A guy I know is friends with pro golfer Joey Sindelar, who is apparently a die-hard Mets fan.

and apparently a pro golfer

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

metirish wrote: seawolf17 wrote: A guy I know is friends with pro golfer Joey Sindelar, who is apparently a die-hard Mets fan. and apparently a pro golfer

ka-POW!

[seawolf17]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: metirish wrote: seawolf17 wrote: A guy I know is friends with pro golfer Joey Sindelar, who is apparently a die-hard Mets fan. and apparently a pro golfer ka-POW!

Confused.

[metirish]

Ah , just taking the piss outta the guy , a pro-golfer that no one outside his family and you heard of.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I think you should give him his urine back.

[metirish]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think you should give him his urine back.

He can take it to the high grass...he's there a lot anyway...

[Guest Edgy DC]

And a handsome family they are.


"My dad recorded only the third double eagle in PGA championship history.
No, really, his name is Joey Sindelar.... Yes he is a golfer... . No, a
professional one!"

[soupcan]

Why is the blender on the front lawn with them?

[Guest Edgy DC]

I think you get those for sinking a double eagle.

Mike Nickeas' dad Mark, meanwhile, plays regional tournaments.

[HahnSolo]

Can't you wear a non-golf looking outfit at home?

[Frayed Knot]

HahnSolo wrote: Can't you wear a non-golf looking outfit at home?

I suspect most golfers don't even have any clothing that they didn't either buy specifically for playing golf or get for free via some sponsor or some tourney somewhere. It probably helps explain the paucity of them on best-dressed lists.

And, btw, I had heard of Joey Sindelar prior to this.

Mike Nickeas' dad Mark, meanwhile, plays regional tournaments.

Isn't he the one who played professional soccer for a time?

[MFS62]

Golf and soccer?
(Ducking)
When is he going to play a real sport?
Hey!
Stop throwing that stuff!
I was only kidding!
Really!
HELLLLLLLPPPPPPPP!

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Frayed Knot wrote: Mike Nickeas' dad Mark, meanwhile, plays regional tournaments. Isn't he the one who played professional soccer for a time?

For a significant period of time, yes. US, Britian, Canada. Indoors and out.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly on playing at YSIII.

�I hate to say this, but my memories were of Mets stadium when the Red Sox played the Mets in the World Series. We all watched that groundball go down the first baseline,� Kelly recalled of Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner�s game-ending error in Game Six of the 1986 World Series. �The agony of not making that last play.�

Mets Stadium, baby. Hey, Kelly, what the Hell you talking about?

[G-Fafif]

Branford Marsalis moved to NYC in the early '80s and becomes a Mets fan, according to this charming if factually challenged mlb.com interview.

[bmfc1]

Chris Mullin. At least he was when growing up in Brooklyn, as per an interview today on ESPN 1050. (The question was "which team did you root for when growing up?" There was no follow-up by Jody McDonald or Brandon Tierney to ask if he still roots for the Mets.)

[seawolf17]

bmfc1 wrote: Chris Mullin. At least he was when growing up in Brooklyn, as per an interview today on ESPN 1050. (The question was "which team did you root for when growing up?" There was no follow-up by Jody McDonald or Brandon Tierney to ask if he still roots for the Mets.)

Well, obviously he roots for the Yankees now. Why even ask the question?

[Ceetar]

I know we've mentioned Julia Stiles before, but I just read her almost Fire Joe Morganesque breakdown of k-rod's texts and had a laugh.

Like most horribly selfish fans, I wish K Rod had thought to strike with his left hand

[Guest themetfairy]

Ceetar wrote: I know we've mentioned Julia Stiles before, but I just read her almost Fire Joe Morganesque breakdown of k-rod's texts and had a laugh. Like most horribly selfish fans, I wish K Rod had thought to strike with his left hand

Brilliant!

[Benjamin Grimm]

I really liked how she refrained from calling him "K-Rod" but then at the end she snuck one in there.

Oh well.

I've really been enjoying Julia on Dexter this season. We need to deputize somebody to invite her to come join us.

[G-Fafif]

MLBS and outgoing Governor David Paterson spending the afternoon with YLDB Mike Francesa. Paterson knows his sports. Francesa informing Paterson that being governor of NY is a big job.

[metirish]

G-Fafif wrote: MLBS and outgoing Governor David Paterson spending the afternoon with YLDB Mike Francesa. Paterson knows his sports. Francesa informing Paterson that being governor of NY is a big job.

Now there's a guy in Paterson that reminded me a lot of Jerry Manuel, liked him plenty when he got the job but that quickly changed.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Making some hard cuts, people, on my 2010 top-10 albums list, and was giving an extra look at Justin Townes Earle's "Harlem River Blues" for the 10 spot, based on the strength of my fav song on that album, "Christchurch Woman", about a Kiwi ("How many nationalities have you been with??") he met in a Sydney bar.

Long-story short, he got the #10 spot.

JTE, MLBS.

[Guest sharpie]

His dad is a MFY fan.

[A Boy Named Seo]

That explains a lot.

[G-Fafif]

Met-Loving Big Shot 1983...or all-time, in terms of stature. From Bill Gallo's News column regarding what would have been the 95th birthday of the Chairman of the Board on Sunday:

The man did know his fights. I found that out when I interviewed him at the Meadowlands' Brendan Byrne Arena in 1983. He came out of his dressing room wearing a Met jacket and we sat down to talk fights for more than an hour. It was a pleasure because Sinatra made it seem as if he wasn't a celebrity. It was just two guys engrossed in fight talk. What two fighters did he put on the top of his list? Joe Louis and Sugar Ray Robinson.

[Guest Edgy DC]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: That explains a lot.

Like the process by which he's gone from low-society rebel to NPR-darlin' Kennedy Center-headlinin' high-society-douchebag since about, oh 1996?