Mets Pop Culture Sightings 2015

[Benjamin Grimm]

To Meet the Mets! All the fans are true...

(Oops... sorry, I thought we were doing a singalong.)

[G-Fafif]

You Gotta Believe, say Marc Black and friends like John Sebastian, Eric Weissberg and Steve Somers?

[ashie62]

MFS62 wrote: themetfairy wrote: On Wednesday's The Daily Show Jon Stewart just referenced the Nolan Ryan for Jim Fregosi trade. Still painful to hear. Later

As bad as that was, I think of Amos Otis for Joe Foy. Joe passed away at age 46.

Here is an article about Joe's career and adult struggles.

http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/0cc84530

[G-Fafif]

“I almost moved to the Mets.”
—Moose Washburn, “You Can Win ’Em All,” The Bob Newhart Show, Season 1, Episode 22, first aired February 24, 1973. The line was uttered by .183-hitting Cubs backup catcher Moose Washburn (Vern Rowe), who becomes a patient of Dr. Hartley’s when he sees how Bob has helped his teammate, pitcher Phil Bender. It refers to the many times he’s been traded. He eventually goes to Japan.

[RealityChuck]

Ashie62 wrote: MFS62 wrote: themetfairy wrote: On Wednesday's The Daily Show Jon Stewart just referenced the Nolan Ryan for Jim Fregosi trade. Still painful to hear. Later As bad as that was, I think of Amos Otis for Joe Foy. Joe passed away at age 46. Here is an article about Joe's career and adult struggles. http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/0cc84530

I agree. The Mets had refused to give up Otis for Joe Torre a year before that, so they know what they had.

And there isn't anyone in 1971 who didn't think the Mets had made a great trade in getting Fregosi. He looked at the time to be a borderline Hall of Famer; Ryan kept getting worse every year (even modern advanced statistics show this). Ryan turned things around; Fregosi got injured and the trade just didn't work out, but it cannot be faulted given the information at the time

[G-Fafif]

Morgan Freeman, filming 2016 remake of Going In Style, sporting Mets cap on location downtown.

[G-Fafif]

In addition to Mr. Met appearing on Kimmel from Brooklyn on October 22, 2015, four Mets -- Wright, Flores, Harvey, deGrom -- enjoyed the prodigal host. He properly slobbered over them and the crowd went wild.

[Guest themetfairy]

Several Mets, including David Wright, Jacob deGrom, Matt Harvey, Daniel Murphy, Jonathon Niese, Tyler Clippard, and Steven Matz were at last night's Islanders/Bruins game in Brooklyn.

[G-Fafif]

Forgot to mention: Flavor Flav wore a Mets cap while Public Enemy performed on Kimmel.

There are a couple of variations on this theme floating around. This is the good one.

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[bmfc1]

Mets logo at 1:13 of this trailer for the new Julia Roberts movie:

[Guest themetfairy]

I'm not quite sure which thread is best for this, but I love the fact that Foley's is renaming itself Daniel Murphy's for the World Series.

[dgwphotography]

This season's third episode of Blue Bloods used Citi Field as a backdrop:

http://www.cbs.com/shows/blue_bloods/video/7ru_KY71XRnAV9oWjJ1_41L7x3s846Xt/blue-bloods-you-re-out/

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

We don't have a Pop Culture Sightings of 1991 thread but came across (not literally) fleeting moments of Shea and various Met fans in this video for a resplendent Crowded House song:

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[Edgy MD]

Was that song part of our poll? Because whatever I voted for, change it that.

[G-Fafif]

Your fourth annual Oscar's Cap Awards, surveying the year in Mets Pop Culture contemporary and rediscovered. A tip of said cap to everybody who contributed in this thread.