The Ways of Met-Loving Big Shots, 2012

[metirish]

Sue Simmons getting canned at NBC..... http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/07/veteran-tv-anchor-sue-simmons-is-losing-her-job/?hp Sue's been steadfast in her MLBS ways, good times and bad. Compare her with Channel 4 colleague Scott Stanford, the second-string sportscaster (and third-rate Dennis Miller impersonator, essentially) who not only can't pronounce Nickeas correctly, but when gently Tweeted about it so he might not blow it next time, claimed his producer's a big-time Mets fan and he says it's Nuh-KEY-us...as opposed to the way those uninformed naifs Gary Cohen, Howie Rose and Kevin Burkhardt say it. Oh, this guy. THIS guy. He's like the terrible, punny, "HEY, LOOK AT ME, FUCKOS" small-market anchor from the '80s reincarnated-- a chattier Ron Burgundy who does WWE shilling on the side. I like Sue a lot... but in terms of bang-for-the-buck (she really only shows up a couple of nights a week, on average), she's probably looking to the Comcast regime like a Donna Karan-ladysuited Jason Bay.

I'm looking at Stanford with new eyes since reading this, and boy how right you are....tonight he had all his routine working and it was as bad as it gets....showing a clip of Jones and Granderson nearly colliding in CF he went into song " I'm all out of glove,sp lost without you"......."hey a little Air Supply for ya"...yeah like that is really cool Scott.....now I will just laugh when I watch him.


liked the Brooks article

why didn't he try and talk to Ron I wonder

A Mets at bat is more vivid to me than an at bat not involving the Mets. A Mets prospect is more consequential than any other prospect. Hustling players like Daniel Murphy, charming players like Ike Davis, and funny players like R.A. Dickey are more endearing because they happen to be Mets. I was in the media center of the Mets spring training facility in Florida this week when Ron Darling, the excellent pitcher from the great teams of the 1980s, sat down at the table next to me and started reading The Times. That was a vivid moment, evoking all sorts of memories, though I didn�t try to talk with him.

[G-Fafif]

The kids love Air Supply references (though 6:00 newscasts are hardly directed at anyone not sentient pre-1980). Good thing his producer's such a genius.

[Edgy MD]

The question is whether his producer is IGnorant or igNORant.

If Brooks wants to buy back in at this point in history, amidst the Great Boycott of 2012, he's welcome.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy DC wrote: And I choo-choo-choose YOU.

OK, Done!

[Vic Sage]

i just saw Sandford make a Willy Wonka reference... i wanted to put my foot through the tv.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

This photo really hurts. The person who took the photo is Robin Van Persie (current Arsenal captain and part-time superhero) who visited Citi with Cesc Fabregas (former Arsenal captain) last July. Both are confirmed MLBS.

[Frayed Knot]

We have news of a Met offspring loving big shot as the NYPost reveals an on-going romance between ex-Sopranos babe Jamie Lynn-Sigler and current Nationals minor league property Cutter Dykstra.

Cutter -- son, of course, of one-time Met and current convict Lenny -- was last seen serving his time in northern Virginia with the Single-A Potomac Nationals where they are apparently attempting to rehabilitate him from an outfielder to an infielder. Considering his weak hitting last season, it sounds like Cutter's minor league sentence has a ways to go and there appears to be little hope of a pardon from the Governor Manager.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Big-shottery from bloopy twittering Ryan Braun lovin' Brooklyn indie hipster musician Jesse Cohen. Is there any other kind?

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[Edgy MD]

And add Associate Justice Kagan to the ranks of Met fans who hate the Mets.

Mets Have No Hitting, Fan Kagan Writes for Supreme Court By Greg Stohr - Apr 17, 2012 2:49 PM ET U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, described as a �die-hard� New York Mets baseball fan by President Barack Obama when he nominated her in 2010, doesn�t sound impressed with her favorite team�s performance at the plate. In an opinion today interpreting a federal drug-approval law, Kagan slipped in a mention of the Mets while discussing how the word �a� can sometimes mean �any.� �If your child admits that she �did not read a book all summer,� you will surmise that she did not read any book (but went to the movies a lot),� Kagan wrote. �And if a sports-fan friend bemoans that �the New York Mets do not have a chance of winning the World Series,� you will gather that the team has no chance whatsoever (because they have no hitting).� The ruling was unanimous. The Mets, 7-3 after yesterday�s game, are hitting .248, seventh in the 16-team National League, and are tied for 12th with 3.6 runs per game. To contact the reporter on this story: Greg Stohr in Washington at gstohr@bloomberg.net. To contact the editor responsible for this story: Steven Komarow at skomarow1@bloomberg.net.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Does that mean the Mets can't win the pennant unless there's a constitutional amendment?

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

What is Kagan's opinion on whether or not Mets' fans should applaud a visiting Jose Reyes?

[G-Fafif]

Devils analyst and all-time great Ken Daneyko mentioned his Met fandom on WFAN today, which made me happy since he was born April 17, 1964, same day as Shea.

Proving I wasn't crazy four years ago.

[G-Fafif]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: G-Fafif wrote: Sue's been steadfast in her MLBS ways, good times and bad. Compare her with Channel 4 colleague Scott Stanford, the second-string sportscaster (and third-rate Dennis Miller impersonator, essentially) who not only can't pronounce Nickeas correctly, but when gently Tweeted about it so he might not blow it next time, claimed his producer's a big-time Mets fan and he says it's Nuh-KEY-us...as opposed to the way those uninformed naifs Gary Cohen, Howie Rose and Kevin Burkhardt say it. Oh, this guy. THIS guy. He's like the terrible, punny, "HEY, LOOK AT ME, FUCKOS" small-market anchor from the '80s reincarnated-- a chattier Ron Burgundy who does WWE shilling on the side.

Wonder if Douchebag Weekend Sports Anchor has learned to pronounced the man's name yet. He'll have his chance tonight.

[MFS62]

Who woulda' thunk it?

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/No-joke-Bill-Maher-buys-minority-share-of-New-York-Mets-060312

Later

[bmfc1]

I don't know who Sleigh Bells are but I like them:
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20598265_20599879,00.html#21167452

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

As twee indy pop singles called "Comeback Kid" go, Brett Dennen's is better, although as he reveals in the video he's a ALBS.

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[batmagadanleadoff]

Is Maher one of those faking it sports fans? He says that he's always been a National League fan because he doesn't like the DH. Is he suggesting that he's a Met fan, but that if the DH agreed with him, he would've switched allegiance to an AL team? Does he even know what he's talking about? I'll bet he doesn't know the difference between an infield fly and a shoo-fly pie.

[Edgy MD]

That hat doesn't lend one confidence. Not this one, at any rate. Thanks for the scads of money though, Bil.

I wonder if Justice Kagan wants to reconsider her opinion.

[Theoldmole]

wait a second. Not liking the DH gives one questionable credentials as a real baseball fan?

[batmagadanleadoff]

TheOldMole wrote: wait a second. Not liking the DH gives one questionable credentials as a real baseball fan?

Maher shoulda said that he's a NL fan because he's a Met fan, not because he doesn't like the DH. It sounded odd to me. And that hat. I'm questioning his Metliness.*


* (If I may question the Met bona fides of someone who plunked $20M into the team)

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Kenneth Cole should know that black hats are out of fashion.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Not to mention that Member's Only jacket. What's the frequency, Kenneth?

[Edgy MD]

Why you talking about Kenneth Cole and posting a picture of Fred Gwynn?

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Not to mention that Member's Only jacket. What's the frequency, Kenneth?

Perhaps he dresses unfashionably as possible in an attempt to go incognito.

[Gwreck]

The host of the first couple years of "Kids Clubhouse" on SNY (2006-07, I think) was Amanda Cole, Kenneth's daughter.

[Edgy MD]

MLBS meets Bryce Harper, who likes to come to bat to the music of said MLBS.

Harper chooses the occasion to dress as... an eighties wrestler or something.

[metirish]

Threw out the first pitch the other night

[Frayed Knot]

Glad to have him on board.
Now all I have to do is find out who Jamie Kennedy is.

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: Glad to have him on board. Now all I have to do is find out who Jamie Kennedy is.

he was the rules of horror movie "stay a virgin" guy in Scream.

[Edgy MD]

Damn, we are sliding out of the zeitgeist with alacrity. The "the rules of horror movie 'stay a virgin' guy in Scream"? Seriously? The standup-comic-with-lousy-dreadlocks guy from The Nutty Professor wasn't available?