Willets Point

Zvon wrote: Willets Point wrote: Thole Cow! patent that WP Unfortunately I hear Phil Rizzuto in my head.

Can you tell I'm stoked?

Thole Cow!

We have a Happy Recap!

Put it in the books!

Josh Thole walkoff homer!

Wait, you started this thread in May but you're only watching this movie now?

Edgy DC wrote: Bottom of the tenth for the Metskis here. I don' t think this will make it into a Ken Burns movie either.

Free baseball. They don't want the season to end either.

If these teams were actually competing for something, this would be a breathtaking pitching duel.

David Wright's first pinch hit of the season is a long out.

Misch vs. Mench.

What if I were the last Mets fan left?

Straw's rookie home run record of 26 is safe, but lets get some runners on base in front of Davis this weekend. Also, swing & a Misch. Pat Misch has a career high 9 strikeouts. These are the things we watch for, people!

Via twitter Ike Davis ties Ron Swoboda for second place on the #Mets rookie home run list with his 19th home run. and Davis also ties Ty Wigginton for second place on the Mets rookie RBI list with 71. Darryl Strawberry is first with 74 RBI.

When I went to a Nats game at RFK the Nats fans were pretty obnoxious. Actually, the only places I've seen Mets fans treated rudely are Washington and Baltimore. I've worn my Mets cap in Boston and Philly with no problem. Must be something about the Chesapeake region.

Frayed Knot wrote: Mike Barnicle is a longtime Boston Globe writer - politics mostly - and is certainly a member of the east coast media's inner circle. Barnicle actually left the Globe in 1998 after a plagiarism scandal and is writing for the Herald now. From what I understand from people who've lived in Boston longer than I, Barnicle once was a good columnist who wrote from the perspective of the "little guy" but became more of a lazy hack as he grew older.

Edgy DC wrote: You know, a big thing in the nineties that's pretty taken for granted now is the return of the independent minor leagues. Good point. The St. Paul Saints were outdrawing the Twins for a while after the strike.

Oh yeah, I forgot I was going to list Bud Selig's innovations too. I like you're other two suggestions as well.

I haven't seen The Tenth Inning, but if I were making a baseball history documentary about 1994-2009, this is what I would include: *1994 strike and aftermath *Cal Ripken's continuous game streak *Brave's success over 15 season period (yuck...but it has to be there) * Baseball's growing international appeal, especially arrival of Asian stars like Hideo Nomo, Chan Ho Park, and Ichiro (WPS should be mentioned too, especially with Japan winning) * McGwire/Sosa homerun race and the excitement that it brought, but also a critical eye to the questionable nature of their success * Yankee success of the late 90's & early oughts (yeah I know, yuck again, but they can also show the role PED's played) *Sept. 11th & baseball's response (the Mets/Braves game being prominent here as well as Mets wearing NYPD/FDNY hats in games) * Revelations of widespread steroids/PED's used by prominent players and teams * Expansion teams come of age with first World Series championships (Marlins, Diamondbacks, Angels) and first pennants (Astros, Rockies) * Red Sox and White Sox end long championship droughts * Expos managed by MLB and moved to Washington * Focus on top players of era: Ken Griffey, Cal Ripken, Chipper Jones, Ichiro, Barry Bonds, Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez, Pedro Martinez, Greg Maddux, Randy Johnson, Johan Santana * Outside of MLB, the growing popularity of Little League World Series as source of inspiration and scandal That would be the basic requirements as far as I'm concerned. Did I leave anything out? Like I said before I'd love more Met content, but I can see the Mets being left out except for Sept. 11th.

You're obsessed.

My head is spinning because more people aren't voting for Vertigo.

BTW, I had no idea that Blake Edwards career went back so far. I always associated him with The Pink Panther and his comedy farces of the 70's & 80's. You learn something new...

Vic Sage wrote: Operation Petticoat (1959) another Edwards comedy, with Cary Grant (who Curtis had just spoofed affectionately in SOME LIKE IT HOT) I saw a bio on Tony Curtis on TV several years ago and at this period Curtis was at his height of popularity and had a lot of pull with the studios. When asked what project he wanted to do next he said "I want to do a service comedy with Cary Grant." He got his wish.

G-Fafif 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.