Mets-Loving Big Shots (MLBS) 2015

[Benjamin Grimm]

Who?

[Lefty Specialist]

Edgy MD wrote: Am I the only only one resistant to the Jim Breuer having become the Semi-Official Voice and Face of Mets Victories? I'm not sure why he should bother me so much. He never did anything to me.

I'm resistant.

He's like that drunken asshole fan that makes you glad they shut off beer sales after the 7th inning.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

El Segundo Escupidor wrote: Def Leppard drummer, Rick Allen spotted at Citi Field. [youtube]BabotVskwFw[/youtube]

Note: This rocking out led DIRECTLY to an extra-inning, come from behind win vs. the AL East champions.

[Ceetar]

Edgy MD wrote: That's great and awful and great. Am I the only only one resistant to the Jim Breuer having become the Semi-Official Voice and Face of Mets Victories? I'm not sure why he should bother me so much. He never did anything to me.

I'm not a real big fan. I think it's the fake 'man of the people' feel to it. Put it on your website/blog. Making a 'impromptu' video and posting it to Facebook and trying to pass it off as just another fan but listen to me (like anyone would if he wasn't already famous*)

He did go to my high school though. A decade or so before me and a decade or so after Steve Buschemi.

[soupcan]

Regrarding Breuer - you guys are being too sensitive.

If he doesn't represent you, he doesn't represent you. He doesn't necessarily represent me either but I think most (some?) of his stuff is funny.

Can I guess that its more the 'bandwagon' thing that's bothering you more than just Breuer and his vids?

[Edgy MD]

Well, it's certainly true that I didn't see him flying the flag before the first winning streakTM started taking off.

[stevejrogers]

Well, it's certainly true that I didn't see him flying the flag before the first winning streakTM started taking off.

[youtube]6vm0xl2lYNA[/youtube] Okay, you won't like this one in terms of comparison (but then again his schtick could be as a bitter comic), but it is from 2011: http://metspolice.com/2011/08/10/jim-breuer-explains-mets-fans-to-the-rest-of-the-world/ Another from 2009: http://huggingharoldreynolds.blogspot.com/2009/07/jim-breuer-puts-being-mets-fan-into.html?m=1

We had this discussion on the last page, this probably was the first time Breuer felt like doing a vid blog all over his social media platforms.

[stevejrogers]

On a more positive note as his FB profile has him and his wife(?) hanging around with the Mr. Met Statue in Citi Field's Met Museum, Dan DiDio of DC Comics can be confirmed as a MLBS.

[G-Fafif]

I crossed paths with Breuer in a Met capacity in 2006 at which point it was clear he had put in his time.

I don't know why the Facebook videos took off as they did. His household-nameness, even at his late '90s peak, never soared (and apparently never reached the Grimm household), but he is authentic and he is enthusiastic.

[Zvon]

I knew who Breuer was when I ran into his Met vids. I checked them out because they were about the Mets. He sounded like a real fan so I continued to check them out. Enjoyed them so much there are games when I go to fb afterwards just to see what he has to say. I like what he's doing. Won't make me go see his show or anything but I wouldn't mind sharing a beer with him and talking Mets baseball. He's a genuine fan.

I made this 8 games into the streak in April.

[Frayed Knot]

I've seen one or two of these Breuer things, although watching them it occurred to me that I don't really know who Jim Breuer is except that he's a Mets fan who makes videos about being a Mets fan.

[Zvon]

He's a comedian. I know him from his SNL days.

This cards a real Topps card:

[Benjamin Grimm]

I haven't watched SNL in about 35 years, so I guess that's why I don't know him. There are many who have graduated from SNL who I've become aware of, but if he went from SNL to YouTube videos about the Mets I can understand why he's escaped my notice.

[Ceetar]

I'm not really objecting to his bona fides, not really something I concern myself about. It just feels to me as alone the same vein as Kevin James shouting Lets Go Mets on the video board.(And when the Mets lose, the typical WFAN rant)

I feel like it's "going viral" mostly because he's a local comedian more than it's interesting Mets stuff.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Same here. I'm certain he's sincere, and I'm also certain I find his appeal-- Met fan videos AND Goat Boy-ing-- shrugworthy.

[Edgy MD]

That's pretty much where I'm at. It's not the sort of chestbumpery I'm comfortable getting behind.

[Edgy MD]

�Where I was from, if you were a Mets fan and a good Catholic boy from New Jersey, there was a picture of Jesus on the left of your bedroom and a picture of Tom Seaver on the right. He was Elvis if you were a Mets guy.�
� Jerry DiPoto


Jerry's son, Jonah Seaver DiPoto

[G-Fafif]

Stuart Sternberg says never mind that Tampa Bay team I own (which is what most of the Tampa-St. Pete population does quite comfortably by avoiding trips to Tropicana Field). He's orange and blue through and through.

"As a Met fan growing up and all, it�s wonderful to be here in September when things really do matter, and it�s a very exciting time to be a Met fan. And I am still, as well, even though I�ve got the Tampa Bay Rays,�� Sternberg told the audience Wednesday at Citi Field, where he introduced MLB commissioner Rob Manfred at the 2015 Sports Diversity & Inclusion Symposium. Sternberg was born and raised in Canarsie, and one of his favorite memories is attending his first major league game at Shea Stadium in 1965 with his father and getting to watch Sandy Koufax pitch. Even after making enough money to lead a group that took over the Rays from Vincent Naimoli in 2005, he didn�t leave New York � he lives in Rye with his wife and four children � and didn�t lose his love of the Mets.

[G-Fafif]

The DiPoto story is a peach, even if a) he was a lousy relief pitcher for the Mets; suddenly turned into Ron Taylor against the Mets as a Rockie; and c) did not pitch for the Mets while the Franchise was a Met broadcaster. Jerry's tenure took place during the long on-the-outs period during which Seaver was in scarce supply at Shea Stadium.

But Jonah Seaver DiPoto taking the mound in No. 41 at Citi Field...that I'd like to see.

A Mets guy as a kid, Dipoto realized his dream of being an authentic Mets guy as an adult, pitching out of the bullpen in 1995 and 1996 � the same years that Seaver was part of the Mets� TV broadcast crew. �He was very good to me when I played for the Mets and very good to my son,� said Dipoto, who gave his son Jonah the middle name of Seaver. �When he was born, Tom was nice enough to send him a basket of goodies.� Seaver also gave Dipoto�s son permission to wear No. 41 should he ever pitch for the Mets. The letter Seaver wrote is framed in Jonah�s bedroom, next to a framed photo of the 311-game winner. �My son has had a picture of Tom Seaver over his bed since he was in a crib � and he never saw him play,� said Dipoto. �But I think he knows the importance of what Tom meant to me when I was my son�s age. �A great guy, a great career. And now he makes a heck of a bottle of wine.�

[stevejrogers]

http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-comedians-love-the-mets-1444251750?tesla=y

[MFS62]

I sat in front of Chris Rock and Spike Lee at an MFY playoff game. And they were rooting for the MFYs. (I wasn't)Rock swings both ways.

Later

[Edgy MD]

Rock has seemingly bought into (1) the notion that, in order to be a Mets fan, you must be bitter, and (2) Spike's tired, dated thesis that MLB and the Mets in particular have betrayed the black fan.

[G-Fafif]

MLBS, comedian and partial owner Bill Maher discusses his Mets fandom with Pete McCarthy on WOR. Maher is very earnest and enthusiastic here, knowing what he's talking about (more or less).

BTW, McCarthy is a terrific sports talk host, coming on an hour before Mets games (leading into Wayne Randazzo) and doing some post-postgame. Also hosts a three-hour show on off nights when the season is over. Sharp, reasoned, respectful...not a WFAN type at all.

[G-Fafif]

You might've seen Jerry Seinfeld on with Gary and Keith last Saturday night, but did you hear him with Howie and Wayne Randazzo? A good inning's work here.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Reports out of Madison Wisconsin indicate New Jersey-based punk/Meat Loaf fusion band Titus Andronicus performed "Meet the Mets" at their show at the Frequency Club Saturday night. Our correspondent noted they were drinking with the guitarist pre-show watching the game.

[Edgy MD]

Titus Andronicus first appeared on the Mets radar on this list of songs to get your Mets fire burning. Sounds a lot like a re-write of "The Promised Land."

[Farmer Ted]

What section is she sitting in?

http://nypost.com/2015/10/13/meet-the-porn-star-turned-fantasy-sports-phenom/

[bmfc1]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dodgers-mets-inside-a-showbiz-829785
I like the HBO VP already!

[Lefty Specialist]

Billy Joel- NOT a Met fan, rather a MFY fan. (Except when there's money to be made)

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, I didn't want to be a crank, but that community singalong of "Piano Man" just didn't sit right.