Comments on: PLAYERS IN BLUE CAPS WITH SMALL ORANGE BUTTONS, TALL GUYS IN GREEN SHORTS JUMPIN’ AND DUNKIN’, HOCKEY AND FOOTBALLERS DRESSED UP IN BLUE JERSEYS, THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE TEAMS http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2009/12/14/players-in-blue-caps-with-small-orange-buttons-tall-guys-in-green-shorts-jumpin%e2%80%99-and-dunkin%e2%80%99-hockey-and-footballers-dressed-up-in-blue-jerseys-these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-teams/ A daily account of the trials and tribulations of the New York Mets. Contact me at sinymets@aol.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:38:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kranepool http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2009/12/14/players-in-blue-caps-with-small-orange-buttons-tall-guys-in-green-shorts-jumpin%e2%80%99-and-dunkin%e2%80%99-hockey-and-footballers-dressed-up-in-blue-jerseys-these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-teams/comment-page-1/#comment-156399 kranepool Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:15:11 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/?p=2094#comment-156399 Eagle, what's amazing is due to the NFL blacking out home games in the home team market back in the 60' and 70's there are tons of Cowboys, Raiders fans in the NYC area as they were on TV more in those days than the Giants and Jets. My area in Bay Ridge did not get wired for cable until 1987. I watch most of the Mets games that were on SportsChannel at various bars in Bay Ridge as they all had those huge satellite dishes to grab all the sporting events<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('156399','kranepool'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('156399','kranepool','Eagle, what\'s amazing is due to the NFL blacking out home games in the home team market back in the 60\' and 70\'s there are tons of Cowboys, Raiders fans in the NYC area as they were on TV more in those days than the Giants and Jets.\n\nMy area in Bay Ridge did not get wired for cable until 1987. I watch most of the Mets games that were on SportsChannel at various bars in Bay Ridge as they all had those huge satellite dishes to grab all the sporting events'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Eagle, what’s amazing is due to the NFL blacking out home games in the home team market back in the 60′ and 70′s there are tons of Cowboys, Raiders fans in the NYC area as they were on TV more in those days than the Giants and Jets.

My area in Bay Ridge did not get wired for cable until 1987. I watch most of the Mets games that were on SportsChannel at various bars in Bay Ridge as they all had those huge satellite dishes to grab all the sporting events

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]]> By: pfh64 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2009/12/14/players-in-blue-caps-with-small-orange-buttons-tall-guys-in-green-shorts-jumpin%e2%80%99-and-dunkin%e2%80%99-hockey-and-footballers-dressed-up-in-blue-jerseys-these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-teams/comment-page-1/#comment-156313 pfh64 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:33:21 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/?p=2094#comment-156313 Krane, I actually have a bunch of the Bowery Boys stuff on VHS...Or at least I did at last check. Can I get two 20s for a ten...?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('156313','pfh64'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('156313','pfh64','Krane,\r\n\r\nI actually have a bunch of the Bowery Boys stuff on VHS...Or at least I did at last check.\r\n\r\nCan I get two 20s for a ten...?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Krane,

I actually have a bunch of the Bowery Boys stuff on VHS…Or at least I did at last check.

Can I get two 20s for a ten…?

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]]> By: Eagle http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2009/12/14/players-in-blue-caps-with-small-orange-buttons-tall-guys-in-green-shorts-jumpin%e2%80%99-and-dunkin%e2%80%99-hockey-and-footballers-dressed-up-in-blue-jerseys-these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-teams/comment-page-1/#comment-156305 Eagle Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:09:49 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/?p=2094#comment-156305 Mets, Rangers, Knicks for me. I was a Giants fan, but when they moved to New Haven that seemed to break the spell. Before they'd returned my father had been transferred out of New York and I was living in the suburbs of Albany. So, I changed NFL teams a couple of times, but then just lost interest. I can still remember the day cable TV came to our house outside Albany in July 1978. One of the greatest days of my life. Got all the Met games on Channel 9 again and we got all the Rangers & Knicks games - home & away.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('156305','Eagle'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('156305','Eagle','Mets, Rangers, Knicks for me. I was a Giants fan, but when they moved to New Haven that seemed to break the spell. Before they\'d returned my father had been transferred out of New York and I was living in the suburbs of Albany. So, I changed NFL teams a couple of times, but then just lost interest.\r\n\r\nI can still remember the day cable TV came to our house outside Albany in July 1978. One of the greatest days of my life. Got all the Met games on Channel 9 again and we got all the Rangers & Knicks games - home & away.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Mets, Rangers, Knicks for me. I was a Giants fan, but when they moved to New Haven that seemed to break the spell. Before they’d returned my father had been transferred out of New York and I was living in the suburbs of Albany. So, I changed NFL teams a couple of times, but then just lost interest.

I can still remember the day cable TV came to our house outside Albany in July 1978. One of the greatest days of my life. Got all the Met games on Channel 9 again and we got all the Rangers & Knicks games – home & away.

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]]> By: Michael http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2009/12/14/players-in-blue-caps-with-small-orange-buttons-tall-guys-in-green-shorts-jumpin%e2%80%99-and-dunkin%e2%80%99-hockey-and-footballers-dressed-up-in-blue-jerseys-these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-teams/comment-page-1/#comment-156295 Michael Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:03:35 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/?p=2094#comment-156295 <a href='#comment-156290' rel="nofollow">@kranepool</a> - Nothing doing, babe. Take a look at their lineup, will ya. They've tied up a lot of $ in Lackey who may not be that durable. Plus Brian is a dynamic executive who will not accept status quo. Look for pitching reinforcements soon. As we've seen he bolsters the bench in season. This is what winning organizations do.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('156295','Michael'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('156295','Michael','<a href=\'#comment-156290\' rel=\"nofollow\">@kranepool<\/a> - \r\n\r\nNothing doing, babe. Take a look at their lineup, will ya. They\'ve tied up a lot of $ in Lackey who may not be that durable.\r\n\r\nPlus Brian is a dynamic executive who will not accept status quo. Look for pitching reinforcements soon. As we\'ve seen he bolsters the bench in season. This is what winning organizations do.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @kranepool –

Nothing doing, babe. Take a look at their lineup, will ya. They’ve tied up a lot of $ in Lackey who may not be that durable.

Plus Brian is a dynamic executive who will not accept status quo. Look for pitching reinforcements soon. As we’ve seen he bolsters the bench in season. This is what winning organizations do.

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]]> By: peter http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2009/12/14/players-in-blue-caps-with-small-orange-buttons-tall-guys-in-green-shorts-jumpin%e2%80%99-and-dunkin%e2%80%99-hockey-and-footballers-dressed-up-in-blue-jerseys-these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-teams/comment-page-1/#comment-156294 peter Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:01:11 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/?p=2094#comment-156294 Rough day in Flushing, but whatever. Didn't we win our 2 WS with Pitching and a lot of Platoon players? I'm telling you- the team we have now will be better by july 31st and 2011 will be even better. I hope Mets Marketing doesn't blow its chance at marketing the best Mets fan Xmas/Hanukak present there is this year- a "Suicide Watch" ho ho.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('156294','peter'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('156294','peter','Rough day in Flushing, but whatever.\r\nDidn\'t we win our 2 WS with Pitching and a lot of Platoon players? I\'m telling you- the team we have now will be better by july 31st and 2011 will be even better.\r\nI hope Mets Marketing doesn\'t blow its chance at marketing the best Mets fan Xmas\/Hanukak present there is this year- a \"Suicide Watch\" ho ho.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Rough day in Flushing, but whatever.
Didn’t we win our 2 WS with Pitching and a lot of Platoon players? I’m telling you- the team we have now will be better by july 31st and 2011 will be even better.
I hope Mets Marketing doesn’t blow its chance at marketing the best Mets fan Xmas/Hanukak present there is this year- a “Suicide Watch” ho ho.
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]]> By: kranepool http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2009/12/14/players-in-blue-caps-with-small-orange-buttons-tall-guys-in-green-shorts-jumpin%e2%80%99-and-dunkin%e2%80%99-hockey-and-footballers-dressed-up-in-blue-jerseys-these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-teams/comment-page-1/#comment-156290 kranepool Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:38:49 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/?p=2094#comment-156290 Michael this is a worse day for the Highlanders than the Mets. The Red Sox right now are the team to beat in the AL The Mets? circle those games vs. the Nationals<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('156290','kranepool'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('156290','kranepool','Michael this is a worse day for the Highlanders than the Mets. The Red Sox right now are the team to beat in the AL The Mets? circle those games vs. the Nationals'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Michael this is a worse day for the Highlanders than the Mets. The Red Sox right now are the team to beat in the AL The Mets? circle those games vs. the Nationals
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]]> By: kranepool http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2009/12/14/players-in-blue-caps-with-small-orange-buttons-tall-guys-in-green-shorts-jumpin%e2%80%99-and-dunkin%e2%80%99-hockey-and-footballers-dressed-up-in-blue-jerseys-these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-teams/comment-page-1/#comment-156289 kranepool Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:37:25 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/?p=2094#comment-156289 Ahhhh the Bowery Boys.Louie Dombrowsky, Horace DeBusey Jones and Mug Mc Guiness I'd love to find some of those on DVD. I remember when it was annouced that the Fishsticks would join the NHL and play on LI Never thought they'd last and now they might end up in Brooklyn with the "Nyets" I remember Marty Clickman doing Nets games on Ch 11 in the ads for the game he'd toss up a red white and blue ABA ball and say "what is this a beachball? NO it's the ball of the new American Basketball Assocation"<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('156289','kranepool'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('156289','kranepool','Ahhhh the Bowery Boys.Louie Dombrowsky, Horace DeBusey Jones and Mug Mc Guiness I\'d love to find some of those on DVD.\n\nI remember when it was annouced that the Fishsticks would join the NHL and play on LI Never thought they\'d last and now they might end up in Brooklyn with the \"Nyets\"\n\nI remember Marty Clickman doing Nets games on Ch 11 in the ads for the game he\'d toss up a red white and blue ABA ball and say \"what is this a beachball? NO it\'s the ball of the new American Basketball Assocation\"'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Ahhhh the Bowery Boys.Louie Dombrowsky, Horace DeBusey Jones and Mug Mc Guiness I’d love to find some of those on DVD.

I remember when it was annouced that the Fishsticks would join the NHL and play on LI Never thought they’d last and now they might end up in Brooklyn with the “Nyets”

I remember Marty Clickman doing Nets games on Ch 11 in the ads for the game he’d toss up a red white and blue ABA ball and say “what is this a beachball? NO it’s the ball of the new American Basketball Assocation”

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]]> By: pfh64 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2009/12/14/players-in-blue-caps-with-small-orange-buttons-tall-guys-in-green-shorts-jumpin%e2%80%99-and-dunkin%e2%80%99-hockey-and-footballers-dressed-up-in-blue-jerseys-these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-teams/comment-page-1/#comment-156284 pfh64 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:05:14 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/?p=2094#comment-156284 Mets: Never had a chance grwoing up in a family of Bropklyn Dodger fans...mom says first game she ever took me to was the Imperfect Game...I was five, and it makes for a good story, so I stay with. Giants: Never occured to me to root for anyone else. Sunday's were always, picked up by Dad mice and early, breakfast at a diner, followed by the Bowery Boys on Channel 5 at 11:30, Giants at 1. Islanders: I know that Krane may ban me from blog (just kidding Krane) for saying this, but as a nine year old living the 74-75 season in Tucson was the first time I remember watching hockey...and the first New York team I saw was the Islanders. I know it drove my father crazy but when it turned out that a few years later when my litle brother started rooting for the "other NY" team, there was no way I would ever switch. Nets: Loved watching the ball spin with all of the different colors. Although, I have not watched even the equivelent of one NBA game sionce Drazen Petrovic died in 1991. Only hoops I really watch now is when my Sun Devils are on TV.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('156284','pfh64'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('156284','pfh64','Mets: Never had a chance grwoing up in a family of Bropklyn Dodger fans...mom says first game she ever took me to was the Imperfect Game...I was five, and it makes for a good story, so I stay with.\r\n\r\nGiants: Never occured to me to root for anyone else. Sunday\'s were always, picked up by Dad mice and early, breakfast at a diner, followed by the Bowery Boys on Channel 5 at 11:30, Giants at 1.\r\n\r\nIslanders: I know that Krane may ban me from blog (just kidding Krane) for saying this, but as a nine year old living the 74-75 season in Tucson was the first time I remember watching hockey...and the first New York team I saw was the Islanders. I know it drove my father crazy but when it turned out that a few years later when my litle brother started rooting for the \"other NY\" team, there was no way I would ever switch.\r\n\r\nNets: Loved watching the ball spin with all of the different colors. Although, I have not watched even the equivelent of one NBA game sionce Drazen Petrovic died in 1991. Only hoops I really watch now is when my Sun Devils are on TV.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Mets: Never had a chance grwoing up in a family of Bropklyn Dodger fans…mom says first game she ever took me to was the Imperfect Game…I was five, and it makes for a good story, so I stay with.

Giants: Never occured to me to root for anyone else. Sunday’s were always, picked up by Dad mice and early, breakfast at a diner, followed by the Bowery Boys on Channel 5 at 11:30, Giants at 1.

Islanders: I know that Krane may ban me from blog (just kidding Krane) for saying this, but as a nine year old living the 74-75 season in Tucson was the first time I remember watching hockey…and the first New York team I saw was the Islanders. I know it drove my father crazy but when it turned out that a few years later when my litle brother started rooting for the “other NY” team, there was no way I would ever switch.

Nets: Loved watching the ball spin with all of the different colors. Although, I have not watched even the equivelent of one NBA game sionce Drazen Petrovic died in 1991. Only hoops I really watch now is when my Sun Devils are on TV.

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]]> By: Michael http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2009/12/14/players-in-blue-caps-with-small-orange-buttons-tall-guys-in-green-shorts-jumpin%e2%80%99-and-dunkin%e2%80%99-hockey-and-footballers-dressed-up-in-blue-jerseys-these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-teams/comment-page-1/#comment-156258 Michael Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:41:19 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/?p=2094#comment-156258 Tough day for those of us who hate the Red Sox and Phillies.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('156258','Michael'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('156258','Michael','Tough day for those of us who hate the Red Sox and Phillies.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Tough day for those of us who hate the Red Sox and Phillies.
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