eff Wilpon :Part 2

[metirish]

Irish Heritage Night on August 2nd....against guess who?....The Kansas City ROYALS

I mean really, of all the teams the Mets could have held this wonderful night against they chose the Royals. This is a huge insult and I'd not be one bit surprised to see step dancers pull out

Does anyone working there have a clue?


http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/ticketing/group_offers.jsp?group=irish

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

It's a good thing the Syracuse Orangemen don't have a MLB franchise.

[Centerfield]

Other celebratory nights:

Southern Heritage Night
Opponent: NY Yankees


Beanstalk Appreciation Night
Opponent: SF Giants


Mothers Against Drunk Driving Night
Opponent: Milwaukee Brewers


Steve Irwin Memorial Night
Opponent: Tampa Bay Rays


Nerd Appreciation Night
Opponent: Oakland Athletics


Individuality Night
Opponent: Minnesota Twins

[metirish]

Hilarious

[Edgy MD]

"It's about culture, not politics. We don't want anything political. We now present Black 47."

[bmfc1]

Selecting the Right Financial Advisor Night

Home Team: New York Mets

[metsmarathon]

vietnam veterans night
opponent: dodgers

sigfried and roy appreciation night
opponent: tigers

barefoot runners' day
opponent: white sox
rain date opponent: red sox

atheists and agnostics night
opponent: padres
rain date opponent: cardinals

ninja night
opponent: pirates

it must be really hard to put together a promotional schedule...

[Theoldmole]

CF and marathon-- those are great.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Centerfield wrote: Southern Heritage Night Opponent: NY Yankees

Perhaps the one instance where I wouldn't want to offend the Yankees, because the alternative is worse. I guess there would be a KKK Korner for that game.

[soupcan]

Mets � Willets Point wrote: It's a good thing the Syracuse Orangemen don't have a MLB franchise.

The Syracuse Orangemen haven't existed since 2004. They dropped the names 'Orangemen' & 'Orangewomen' in favor of the less offensive and more all-inclusive 'Orange'.

I suppose if you had 'Color Blindness Awareness Night' then, yeah, maybe you don't want to be playing Syracuse. Or Alabama. Or Brown.

[nymr83]

soupcan wrote: Mets � Willets Point wrote: It's a good thing the Syracuse Orangemen don't have a MLB franchise. The Syracuse Orangemen haven't existed since 2004. They dropped the names 'Orangemen' & 'Orangewomen' in favor of the less offensive and more all-inclusive 'Orange'. I suppose if you had 'Color Blindness Awareness Night' then, yeah, maybe you don't want to be playing Syracuse. Or Alabama. Or Brown.

What race is orange anyway? I don't even know who that was offending

[metsmarathon]

why, the citrus intolerant, of course.

no, really, it's a thing.

[soupcan]

Nymr83 wrote: soupcan wrote: The Syracuse Orangemen haven't existed since 2004. They dropped the names 'Orangemen' & 'Orangewomen' in favor of the less offensive and more all-inclusive 'Orange'. I suppose if you had 'Color Blindness Awareness Night' then, yeah, maybe you don't want to be playing Syracuse. Or Alabama. Or Brown. What race is orange anyway? I don't even know who that was offending

They were originally named the 'Saltine Warriors' in a nod to the indigenous Onondagan tribe of central New York. Because the school mascot was a student dressed as an American Indian with makeup and orange-y skin, they became the 'Orangemen'.

[Frayed Knot]

soupcan wrote: They were originally named the 'Saltine Warriors' in a nod to the indigenous Onondagan tribe of central New York. Because the school mascot was a student dressed as an American Indian with makeup and orange-y skin, they became the 'Orangemen'.

And the 'Saltine Warriors' brings to mind the name of a very different stereotype name from Southern League baseball: The Atlanta Crackers

[Edgy MD]

Which brings to mind their strangely monikered African-American counterparts.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Nymr83 wrote: soupcan wrote: Mets � Willets Point wrote: It's a good thing the Syracuse Orangemen don't have a MLB franchise. The Syracuse Orangemen haven't existed since 2004. They dropped the names 'Orangemen' & 'Orangewomen' in favor of the less offensive and more all-inclusive 'Orange'. I suppose if you had 'Color Blindness Awareness Night' then, yeah, maybe you don't want to be playing Syracuse. Or Alabama. Or Brown. What race is orange anyway? I don't even know who that was offending

This was in response to metirish's Irish Heritage Night. In Northern Ireland and Scotland, Orangemen are a group of loyalist Protestants known for their discrimination against Irish Catholics and nationalists, and thus would be offensive to they typical attendee on an Irish Heritage Night. That was the joke. Now it is explained. Now it's not funny. Perhaps it never was.

[metirish]

Oh, it was funny....when the ROI soccer team unveiled an all orange third strip a few years back it caused all sorts of silly commotions.

[soupcan]

It was/is funny. I just see everything Orange as only Syracuse-related.

I need to get out more.

[metirish]

soupcan wrote: It was/is funny. I just see everything Orange as only Syracuse-related. I need to get out more.

even the "tan" you were sporting poolside in that pic on FB was orange

[Guest cooby]

Mets � Willets Point wrote: Mets � Willets Point wrote: It's a good thing the Syracuse Orangemen don't have a MLB franchise. The Syracuse Orangemen haven't existed since 2004. They dropped the names 'Orangemen' & 'Orangewomen' in favor of the less offensive and more all-inclusive 'Orange'. I suppose if you had 'Color Blindness Awareness Night' then, yeah, maybe you don't want to be playing Syracuse. Or Alabama. Or Brown. What race is orange anyway? I don't even know who that was offending This was in response to metirish's Irish Heritage Night. In Northern Ireland and Scotland, Orangemen are a group of loyalist Protestants known for their discrimination against Irish Catholics and nationalists, and thus would be offensive to they typical attendee on an Irish Heritage Night. That was the joke. Now it is explained. Now it's not funny. Perhaps it never was.

I got it Willets, and I thought it was a good joke.
Orange was explained to me by my good buddy Mike Murphy who wears orange every St Patricks Day. He just wears it because he is Protestant, not because he is a radical. He's an Irishman to the core