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Edgy DC wrote: The fan abandoment was overstated. And McGwire and Sosa "saving" baseball was grossly overstated, if not wholly manufactured. Tell it, brother. Amen.

I can't get through Vertigo in one sitting. I'm aware of its stellar critical reputation, but I struggle to view it. I find it to be overly contrived, even for a movie. Maybe I'll give it another shot the next time I decide to watch a movie. What am I missing? What should I be focusing on?

Psycho was always my fave Hitch movie -- up until my last viewing of Rear Window. RW holds up better, what with Psycho's cheap dime store psychiatry novel ending. I'm with Grimm on SoaD. Shadow's my favorite Hitchcock movie of the pre-technicolor era.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Flag waver! Keith Hernandez appeared (in civvies) as Burns' poster boy for Baseball's 1985 drug trials, held in Pittsburgh. The Mets got screwed in Burns' doc even when they were mentioned. Beginning with Burns' coverage of 20th century baseball, each decade was given two hours worth of attention. But the 9th inning chapter condensed almost 25 years worth of baseball (1970-1994) into the two hour format, thus skimping on coverage of Davey Johnson's Mets and Tom Seaver, who deserved his own segment, much like earlier greats like Koufax and Waddell and Johnson got their own segments. It is fair to mention Seaver in the same breath as those other greats, yes?

Flag waver! Keith Hernandez appeared (in civvies) as Burns' poster boy for Baseball's 1985 drug trials, held in Pittsburgh.

Not only do I remember those, but I read a few. The one that sticks in my memory involved a Green Ghost.

Willets Point wrote: Post 9/11 segments include nothing on Piazza's home run or anything Mets-related, save for a story from Keith Olbermann running into a cop near Ground Zero who was worrying about whether the Mets could catch the Braves. Ken Burns: myopia gone wild. Gosh, if I were to make a baseball movie covering 1994-2009, the first game in NYC after 9/11 would be the first Mets-related thing I would think of including. In fact, I could see cutting all other Mets content from that period, but that game was so transcendent and powerful it would have to be in the movie. Essentially, they did cut all Mets content from the tenth inning. I was at that post 9/11 Piazza HR game. I hated some aspects of it. The patriotism, to me, was zealot-like. They gave away small American Flags on a stick (about 3 or 4 inches long). I remember wanting to throw mine away about 5 seconds after I got my flag because I didn't feel like holding it all game long and I might've injured myself had I tried to stick the stick and flag in my pocket. I remember looking around to see if the coast was clear before I threw my flag in a stadium garbage can. I also got into a heated argument with one of the concessionaires. I got to the front of the food line after about 15 minutes, when the National Anthem started. Then they stopped serving. I didn't know if this was a regular custom or some new post 9/11 practice. But I argued enough that the server eventually gave in and gave me my damn food. Which, par for Shea Stadium, was probably crappy anyway.

The first printing of the Mets 1991 calendar was recalled -- most copies destroyed. Nobody noticed until after the calendars were printed, boxed and shipped to Shea Stadium for public consumption that in the split second before the team was photographed, Mackey Sasser stuck his middle finger behind and above Frank Viola's head. This put a smile on Todd Hundley's mug.

Vic Sage wrote: Between that, the "funeral march of a marionette" music, his deadpan, blackly funny delivery, and the macabre stories, i was totally hooked on that show. I later read his short story anthologies and magazine (he wasn't involved in these publishing efforts; he just licensed them his name, for marketing purposes), and i still have a boardgame from that time called "Alfred Hitchcock's `WHY' game". I didn't actually like his movies til i was much older I could've written your post, except that I liked both his movies as well as his TV show from early on. I owned this Robin Wood Hitchcock book which I plowed through repeatedly, even though the critical reviews were way over my eight year old head. But I managed to memorize the titles of every single Hitch movie. In chronological order. Backwards too.

I'd bat Thole leadoff. Reyes has about as much business batting leadoff as Mookie Wilson did. Perhaps the next Mets manager will be strong enough to unpamper our current shortstop. This assumes though, that the next Mets manager will be as smart as I am, and recognizes that Thole belongs in the first place in the first place.

My reaction to yesterday's segment was one of disinterest. It's the first Burns inning where the Mets existed but didn't figure and reminded me of how irrelevant the franchise had become, even accounting for their 2000 WS appearance.

Gwreck wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: and therefore, more liability than asset relative to the NL's other first baseman. WAR tells us Ike is #8 in the NL this year. He is behind Pujols, Votto, Gonzalez, Huff, Fielder, Howard and Dunn. Ahead of LaRoche, Glaus, Lee (CHC), Sanchez, Berkman (pre-trade), Helton, Loney, and Jones. Ike Davis is a terrific fielder. WAR includes defense. I was writing about his hitting. Right now, Ike's about the 9th or 10th best hitting 1B in the NL, up from the very bottom of the barrel. He's having an excellent September. Still, you're not gonna make the playoffs with players that are 8th best WAR at their positions.

So what season then 1981..I have 5 outta the 6 subways signs missing Mazzilli..The Flynn also has Brooks Mookie,Kingman and Neil Allen and Lee Mazzilli signs... Which five do you have? What do you mean by "The Flynn also has ....." Do you have "Magic is Back" or "Magic is Real" signs? I am getting the Flynn and Mazzilli in the next few weeks..I am missing the Mazzilli sign for the magic is back..Here is my dungeon.. I just picket up the Hubie Brooks caricature which is not shown done by Bruce Stark in the 82 set. I think you're hiding your coolest Met jerseys from the forum. Here's what you're missing from the 1980 Magic is Back ad campaign besides the Mazzilli subway strip insert that was displayed inside MTA trains above the seating benches: A huge Magic is Back Lee Mazzilli poster (about 4' x 4' or perhaps even larger) This hard to find (but I have one) subway poster contains the same photography and copy that is on the Mazzilli strip --- but the layout is different because the subway poster is square while the strip is rectangular. A Magic is Back subway poster (rectangular and not as large as the aforementioned Maz poster) including photographs of practically every single 1980 Met. Even Ed Glynn.

Bob Shaw taught Gaylord Perry how to throw the spitball; was a respectable pitcher for Wes Westrum.

Vic Sage wrote: he designed that silhouette of himself that appeared at the beginning of each episode. Between that, the "funeral march of a marionette" music, his deadpan, blackly funny delivery, and the macabre stories, i was totally hooked on that show. I later read his short story anthologies and magazine (he wasn't involved in these publishing efforts; he just licensed them his name, for marketing purposes), and i still have a boardgame from that time called "Alfred Hitchcock's `WHY' game". I didn't actually like his movies til i was much older Which version?

Edgy DC wrote: We hit our storms and Jerry was skippering the ship. Remember that. Jerry. Sending Francoeur out there 3,000 games in a row. In the end, Jerry Manuel was exposed to be the typical bumbling manager that Met fans, over the last 20 years, have come to expect. But in Jerry's defense, he had little to work with in 2010, and wasn't dealt a contending team. Catcher and second base were black holes. Jason Bay was a bigger bust than George Foster was, whether due to injuries, diminished skills or the Citi Field psych-out. Angel Pagan's a 4th outfielder; his playing time against left-handed pitching ought to be kept to a minimum. (I realize that Jerry might be blamed for this one, but if not Angel against lefties, then who? And would it have made enough of a difference to overcome the other deficiencies)? Reyes was not at full strength for one third of the season. And for all of the promise and potential that Ike Davis exhibits, he's a below average hitting first baseman this season and therefore, more liability than asset relative to the NL's other first baseman. Jeff Francoeur should not be getting several hundred plate appearances in a given season and Manuel probably got less rather than more out of the talent that he was managing. But the Mets problems run deeper than those two.

I suspected that you might've gotten Jack Davis and Bruce Stark mixed up. David did a lot of work for TV Guide Magazine from the mid-60's though the 70's. He caricatured most of the shows you referred to in your post.

dcrules01 wrote: So what season then 1981..I have 5 outta the 6 subways signs missing Mazzilli..The Flynn also has Brooks Mookie,Kingman and Neil Allen and Lee Mazzilli signs... Which five do you have? What do you mean by "The Flynn also has ....." Do you have "Magic is Back" or "Magic is Real" signs?

I have that Doug Flynn Hot Diggity poster. I also have a Neil Allen ("Neil's Diamond") poster from that same ad campaign. The old Two Boots Pizzeria, formerly on Grand Street, NYC, featured a Hubie Brooks poster, also from that same ad campaign.

Neil Allen was Torre's guy some thirty years ago. I remember arguing this issue with the older teens in my neighborhood --- making the point that Reardon was the better reliever of the two. Allen's stats were glitzier only because Torre used him like a modern day closer.

No. Really. Fuck You.

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Ah ... but there will be many more 2011 Mets calendars to come. The official New York Mets v.2011 -- to be sold at CF next season will surely not include Frenchy, K-Rod, and any other ex-2010 Mets.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Does anybody here remember the details surrounding the Mets recall of a specific team photo/calendar originally designated for sale to the public? Hint: Think Mackey Sasser and Frank Viola. Here's my next hint: "Fuck You".