IGT #7 4/13/15 The Home Opener

[Gwreck]

Frayed Knot wrote: about the Wilpon's stealing the 'Sweet Caroline' thing or other such monkey-see/monkey-do stuff if they are going to be just as un-original.

Ohhhh, we didn't even get to talk about this.

Middle of the 8th inning yesterday: PA starts playing some Billy Joel as the scorboard reads "Piano Man Sing-Along." No shit. That is what they are trying to push this year. I mean, it's better than "Sweet Caroline" (marginally), but...

[Ceetar]

Gwreck wrote: about the Wilpon's stealing the 'Sweet Caroline' thing or other such monkey-see/monkey-do stuff if they are going to be just as un-original. Ohhhh, we didn't even get to talk about this. Middle of the 8th inning yesterday: PA starts playing some Billy Joel as the scorboard reads "Piano Man Sing-Along." No shit. That is what they are trying to push this year. I mean, it's better than "Sweet Caroline" (marginally), but...

If they mix it up, I'm okay with a between innings song at that point. But Piano Man isn't better than Sweet Caroline and I doubt the Mets are the first to play it, just like the Red Sox weren't the first to use Sweet Caroline.

Might not be a thing. one game small sample right now. Maybe something they just did.

But those things are always corny. Like the Paul Blart trivia thing. Yeah, someone paid MLB to heavily promote that movie. Happens all the time. I mean, don't get me started on Budweiser and the clips from their ad mocking craft beer drinkers.

I DID enjoy the silly pictionary bit though. And that they literally gave someone a copy of a 15sec Cuddyer drawing of Bacon and Eggs is just the right level of whimsy to me.

[Edgy MD]

I agree that, apart from borrowing culturally from the Red Sox, "Piano Man" is not a superior song to "Sweet Caroline."

Moreover, it's something of a downer for the seventh-inning stretch. Not that a weekday day game isn't an appropriate time to sing about businessmen getting stoned, but still. "Piano Man"? Rilly?

[Ceetar]

Edgy MD wrote: I agree that, apart from borrowing culturally from the Red Sox, "Piano Man" is not a superior song to "Sweet Caroline." Moreover, it's something of a downer for the seventh-inning stretch. Not that a weekday day game isn't an appropriate time to sing about businessmen getting stoned, but still. "Piano Man"? Rilly?

well, 8th inning.

but yeah, a little bit mellow. Maybe it's like the Nats trying to lull the opponent to sleep with tunes during BP?

[Edgy MD]

Did Mayor De Blasio go with "deBLASIO," "d'BLASIO," or "den BLASIO" on his jersey?

[Ceetar]

Edgy MD wrote: Did Mayor De Blasio go with "deBLASIO," "d'BLASIO," or "den BLASIO" on his jersey?

I dunno but he was booed worse than anyone on either team.

[Ceetar]

re cheers:

It was

Wright
Harvey
deGrom
Teufel
Lagares and Duda pretty high too.

[HahnSolo]

On TV, Colon's ovation sounded pretty good too.

[Ceetar]

HahnSolo wrote: On TV, Colon's ovation sounded pretty good too.

yeah Colon did good. Mostly positive all around besides Tejada and a little Flores

[Gwreck]

To my ears, Colon was even louder than Harvey.

I think it was "de Blasio." It was a off-white home pinstripe jersey, with number 6 on the back. I have no idea why he thought a jersey was appropriate. I would respect him a lot more* if he stuck to his Red Sox fandom.


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*As to baseball issues only, I don't want to start a politics-of-NYC-discussion

[Gwreck]

Ceetar wrote: If they mix it up, I'm okay with a between innings song at that point. But Piano Man isn't better than Sweet Caroline and I doubt the Mets are the first to play it, just like the Red Sox weren't the first to use Sweet Caroline.

1. They play songs between innings all the time. The point of having a singalong at one point in every game is that it will always be the same song.

2. Piano Man is a superior song to Sweet Caroline, but that doesn't really matter, because the real issue is

3. The Mets (and, as evidenced on opening day, their fans) need to stop trying to copy other people's traditions. Just because several teams have eighth-inning singalongs does not mean the Mets need to as well.

[Ceetar]

it's an entertainment business and the 150 or so 'major' sporting venues will always copy from each other in ideas.

It's not like a singalong is a particularly innovative, unique, or exclusive idea.

hell, the 7th inning stretch and Take Me Out to the Ballgame were the same, without even any local team customization.

[Guest themetfairy]

About the Roll Call

Hopefully it's now a thing of the past.

[MFS62]

themetfairy wrote: About the Roll Call Hopefully it's now a thing of the past.

Good to hear that.
Learning how to root for our team by copying the Bleacher Creatures is like learning music by listening to Yoko Ono singing.

Later

[Edgy MD]

Douglas Kroll @dougkroll Only the Mets could have a "roll call" story be the headline coming out of a great home opener.

It wasn't "the headline." Nor is the first time that happened. And "only the Mets" didn't do it.

And that's just a terrible job Photoshopping.