Met-Lovin' Big Shots and Their Met-Lovin' Ways, 2011

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Bad photo retouch, methinks. Not looking quite as Jacko here:



I think I knew she was at least a casual Met fan (in the same way most of these a-holes turn into MFY boosters come the fall). But referencing Ollie's performance in a ST game is a pretty big diehard indicator, and kinda struck me.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: This guy [youtube]Qnpy_Zs-f3c[/youtube]

When i saw Robert Randolph and the Family Band at Chicagofest a few years ago, he played the entire show in a Mets jersey (pinstripes no less). The man takes the country out of the steel guitar and makes it Rawk. When he blistered this number in his Beltran jersey, I knew I had found a new guitar hero.

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[Benjamin Grimm]

Charlie Sheen's strange tribute to Ralph Kiner

[bmfc1]

Sports Illustrated columnist Phil Taylor:

from the latest issue

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1182976/index.htm

[Ceetar]

Do we know who these people are? They appeared to be important. Besides Collins, there was someone who I think is a higher up Mets employee named Jim (I think) talking to them as well.

[MFS62]

Met lovin' big shot Julia Stiles turns 30 today.
Happy Birthday, kid.
We love ya'.

Later

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Mr. Leguizamo likes to arrive early, it seems. (From Edible Queens, last August or so.)

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Good triumphed over evil last night when Met-lovin creative but tortured genius Richard defeated MFY-Lovin' Jersey goombah Mike for the title of Top Chef.


Can you guess which is which?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Richard's a Met fan? No shit! I knew there was a reason I liked that guy.

A highfalutin' friend of mine in Atlanta loves One Midtown Kitchen.

Edited March 31, 2011 by Guest

[metirish]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Richard's a Met fan? No shit! I knew there was a reason I liked that guy.

watched this last night because Bucket sent out a tweet about it.......without ever seen it this season I had Mike pegged as the yankee loving douchebag five minutes in.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I would definitely like to eat in one of Richard's restaurants someday. I'm sure the other chefs are fine too, but...

It didn't occur to me Blais was orange and blue until he mentioned in a recent ep that he was a "long Island boy" and then I was like, there's no way he's not. Then I found this mention on his blog:

Meeting the wife of the guy who owns Distant Replays in Atlanta. The vintage sports clothing store. Lenny Dykstra, away jersey, Mets, size 42 , I�m just sayin...

[metirish]

Did I hear correctly that Richard currently owns four restaurants?

[Willets Point]

Daniel Balk of the band The Postelles.

Yeah, I never heard of them either.

[Edgy MD]

I hear the drummer's last name is Catchersinterference.

[Farmer Ted]

http://superbooyah.com/images/stories/Galleries/sports/firstpitch/julia%20stiles.jpg

[A Boy Named Seo]

Met-Lovin Big Shots, according to Paste Magazine:

New York Mets Musician: Ira Kaplan Band: Yo La Tengo Why he loves the Mets and how Yo La Tengo got their name: The story dates back to the 1962 Mets. We�ll let Ira tell the tale in this video. Fan-o-meter: 94/100 Musician: Daniel Balk Band: The Postelles Why he loves the Mets: "Yes, the Mets continue to collapse at the end of every season, just missing out on the playoffs year after year. It�s also true that they continuously overpay for mediocre players, while the owners complain about bankruptcy. But I still love them, like a father loves a son who comes home at the end of every school year with Cs and Ds on his report card. I admit I scream at my television all too often and I�ve also spent too much money at the bar at Citi Field in order to numb myself from the pain of watching the Mets make a 20-year-old no-name pitcher look like Sandy Koufax. Yet I still watch every game, even if I�m on the road and have to pay for a yearly subscription to watch them on my laptop. I can guarantee I was the only person in London watching the Mets as I sat in my hotel room, hoping for a win during our last U.K. tour. Though one night comes to mind as I think about how the Mets have directly affected my music career: As we played one of our first shows in New York City in a tiny Lower East Side bar, I spent our entire 30-minute set watching my Mets on the tiny bar television across from the stage. In between songs I�d clap as the Mets crossed the plate to take the lead. This of course looked like I was clapping for my own band�s achievement of finishing a song. I smile as I remember all the great memories the Mets have brought me and I hope they bring many more." Balk�s least favorite recent transaction by the Mets: Oliver Perez�s $36 million contract. Fan-o-meter: 81/100

The Postelles! Not bad! Sexy chick in the vid, too!

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[Willets Point]

I feel ten times cooler now that I know that ABNS reads Paste also.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I eat Paste. Does that make me cool?

[Willets Point]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I eat Paste. Does that make me cool?

Only if you do it ironically.

[bmfc1]

I'm sure that we've mentioned Chris Rock--he discusses his favorite team on David Letterman last night:

http://www.cbs.com/late_night/late_show/video/?pid=H_1ZhXo1j0Nw54dG_vAQCXI_YTq07ad4

(CBS makes you watch a commercial.)

[Benjamin Grimm]

Some of the cast of HBO's Entourage coming out as Mets fans in an article in the Daily News today, including Kevin Connally, who I had thought was a Yankee fan.

Seems that there's an Entourage group among the bidders for the Mets minority ownership.

[Willets Point]

We may need a Mets-loving douchebags thread for this:

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[Guest themetfairy]

My brain has just exploded....

[MFS62]

themetfairy wrote: My brain has just exploded....

We thought you Jersey girls are all alike.

Later

[Guest themetfairy]

I am, most definitely, NOT a Jersey Girl!

[Willets Point]

Yeah, metfairy is in exile like the Israelites.

[Theoldmole]

Has anyone mentioned Topo Gigio?

[Guest themetfairy]

Willets Point wrote: Yeah, metfairy is in exile like the Israelites.

I think of it as more like Felix Unger's plight. I know that some day, I will return to New York.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Some of the cast of HBO's Entourage coming out as Mets fans in an article in the Daily News today, including Kevin Connally, who I had thought was a Yankee fan. Seems that there's an Entourage group among the bidders for the Mets minority ownership.

Kevin Dillon and Ed Burns are longtime, bona-fide faithful. Ellin's a native Long Islander, and talks a good game, cred-wise.

I still wonder about shrimpy, though. Never seen him wearing the gear, and he supposedly pushed for the show characters-- save "Johnny Drama"-- to be diehard Yankee fans, once the issue of hitting a ballgame came up in a show script.

[seawolf17]

Wait, I thought metfairy was Snooki.