About three years ago I did an interview with Joe Coburn and Kathy Foronjy who were putting together a documentary on Mets fans. They were looking for a cross section of Mets fans to film and I was lucky enough to be asked to be in this film.
Well, I got an e mail from Kathy the other day that the film titled, MATHEMATICALLY ALIVE: A STORY OF FANDOM will be shown for the first time at the CONEY ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL on Saturday September 29th at 7PM. It will be shown at the CONEY ISLAND MUSEUM which is located fly ball away from KeySpan Park at Surf Ave and W 12 St. Also the film will be screened at THE NJ FILM FEST AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITYÂ Â on November 9th, 10th, and 11th at 7PMÂ
I’m not going to lie; I’m excited as hell to see this film. Not just because I’m in it but I’m so happy that all the hard work Joe and Kathy and their staff put into this project is paying off for them. They deserve the success. I will be at the screening on the 29th at Coney Island so click the links, but a ticket and come see a very fascinating look at Mets fandom.
So here come the Phightin’ Phills up the turnpike for three games at our house. It seems a few of the fellas’’ in orange and blue want their pound of phlesh from the Cheese Steakers. Billy Wags would be one:
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That’s why when you win you win with class,” Billy Wagner said. “You win because you expect to win. You don’t sweep and make a big deal about it. Now they are a bigger target for us. They embarrassed us.
“When they come in there’ll be a heightened awareness that, ‘Hey, they’re here and they think they can whip our butts. I honestly think you don’t want to wake a sleeping dog.”
If it were up to Wags, I bet he’d like to plunk a few Phillies but the main objective here is to win at least 2 of 3 and but these losers out of their misery.
Paul LoDuca is also of the wags mentality as well:
Paul Lo Duca was the one Met to voice his displeasure with the Phyllis after that last series, bitterly saying, “They’re dancing around the field now, but we’ll see what happens when the time comes.”
While baseball may not lend itself — with the exception of the Yankees and Red Sox — to the sort of high school football mentality of rivalries, Lo Duca believes that something is brewing here.
“I think the fans take it more serious, especially after what Jimmy said earlier in the year about they’re the team to beat,” Lo Duca said. “I think the guys in this clubhouse need to take that — I’m not saying they’re not — but we need to take it more seriously when they come to town.
“Regardless of whether it means we’re going to win the division or not, we need to come out and play those guys tough because they’ve handled us. They might make the playoffs.
“I think some guys think [there is something to pay back] here. I’m sure the fans think so, and I know definitely our manager feels that way and I do, too,” Lo Duca said.
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He will never say it but just looking at Willie Randolph’s face you know he wants to give the Phillies a good old fashion ass whuppin’ this weekend. As much as Willie gets ridiculed here and else where remember one thing, he learned under the regime of Billy Martin. And he played against Earl Weaver, so Willie knows what it’s like to go after your chief tormentor. One thing Willie has over Billy the Kid and the Earl of Baltimore is he keeps his feelings toward the enemy in the clubhouse and not on display to fans and the media. It’s his strong suit.
It’s funny how some guys like Wags have a problem with the way the Phillies celebrated their sweep of the Mets. I mean who displays more wild behavior than the Mets with their handshakes and top step cheering. Leave to the young leader David Wright to play the role of Jimmy the Gent to Wags Frankie Bats when he tells his teammates sure they were wrong but we were “a little outta line†as well:
“Teams can say the same thing about us. Guys hit a home run and there’s a million different dances and handshakes going on in the dugout. I’m sure a lot of teams don’t like that.
“It’s part of the game. They have a walk-off win they’re allowed to celebrate. One way to fix that — beat them.
Let the games begin.
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This post was written by kranepool on September 14, 2007
I feel the Mets had NO drive to win and have Killer Instinct in their own park. Their motivation has to come from within and from direction of their leader. Their is weak and shows no emotion and feeling to drive them. How come Willie ( I play AL baseball) Randolph, didnot go out and argue that 2 of his batters were hit in the same inning. He should have argued more about the poor strike calls being made. When he had Lasting on base, with Gomez at bat, how come he didnot let Lasting steal. Instead, they failed to score that inning. I still believe he needs to change the lineup and take Jose out of the lead off spot. At this point let him bat 7th. Willie cost them this game due to poor managing, poor motivation and having a killer instinct to win. I am still a believer that the Mets down fall will be because of Pea Brain Willie!!!
WTF?
Let me put this to you another way.
Willie is a Pea Brain Manager. He has no skills to motivate and excite his team. He has no game plan to stimulate runs and make the other team fear them!!!
WILLIE SUCKS… Do you understand that????