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TheMatts
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PACIFIC PALISADES, CA - Talk about slow days in sports. This Tuesday and Wednesday hardly a single event was worth noting. Ok, the Knicks opened pre-season yester day with a 113 –111 loss in Toronto. Season's looking up when you lose by 2 – seriously. On the baseball front, the layoff between series is a momentum killer for fans. MLB just allowed a great deal of enthusiasm to wane as we sat around twiddling our thumbs. Tonight, the NLCS begins in Philthydelphia and here is our handicap (besides male pattern baldness)-
Manny vs. Phillies staff
Phillies vs. Dodgers staff
Manny is clearly the dominant player in this series but he won’t be enough.
Phillies in 7.
When it’s a slow day in sports we tend to dig DEEP to find the story that might not be getting as much coverage as it should. Brought to the surface, the report could explode and blow the LID off of what might otherwise seem an innocent faux pas. This story even was even a popular thread only last week; right here on Meet the Matts.
Yesterday, we both saw one Billy Crystal at his favorite millinery, Lids being fitted for a Tampa Bay Rays hat. Add this twist to the already bizarre chronology of Billy’s baseball cap wearing history and his character (Willie, I Hate it When that Happen Guy) must be questioned. “You know when a bat gets broken and flies into the stands and impales you? I hate it when that happens.”
He first appeared to the general population wearing the familiar blue and orange NY Mets hat in the hit movies “City Slickers” and “City Slickers II – The Legend of Curly’s Gold”. He went as far as have the interlocking Mets NY on a cowboy hat in the first movie as well. When questioned why his character Mitch Robbins donned a Mets hat Crystal as Fernando Lamas replied, “I’m a Mets fan through and through. I look Mahvelous.”
Crystal later resurfaces in 1995 wearing the dark blue NY Yankees cap. He follows this course of apparel, staying true to the Bronx Bombers as they collect 4 World Series titles, 6 Pennants and 13 straight playoff appearances. When questioned as to why he stuck with the Yanks during all those leans years, through trials and tribulations, Crystal replied,” I’m a Yankees fan through and through. Did you see ’61?”
Last week Crystal was spotted at Dodger Stadium with, yes an LA Dodgers cap. As fans we understand his shift in loyalty. Missing the playoffs was the final straw after all he had put up with the Yankees. Still bitter after being cut from the team during an electrifying Spring Training Crystal said,” I’m a Dodgers fan through and through. Manny baby.”
Now that he has been discovered in the Rays hat we need to ask a few questions. First – How long until he is wearing a Red Sox cap or a Phillies cap?
Billy answered that one himself,” I would never ever wear a Phillies hat.” Hmm, might we suggest that should the Phillies win the World Series, Mr. Saturday Night might be wearing a Phillies cap during his performance on November 1st at the Forest Theater in Philadelphia??? Second – How can such a man of slight size be wearing a size 8 5/8’s hat? Ask Jodie Dallas.
With that, we will leave you with the greatest and funniest of all Billy Crystal lines from his most famous role – Morty the Mime in “This Is Spinal Tap”.
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jgclancy
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OK--What the heck? It's 9:30 am and I'm an hour behind NYC----i shouldn't be the first post of the day...I hate it when that happens.
Anyway, it's baseball again. Game 1 prediction---don't care ,winner is irrelevant,, just start the danged ballgame...Go Devil Rays!! Oh-that's tomorrow.
Being first at least AngryWard has posted any "Billy Crystal is a whore" lines so I won't be doing any spit takes.If you missed yesterday's forum-go back and read it...grand just grand.
I'm rambling on and since "Mime is money" I leave you with this Billy C. tidbit...a 1999 quote I think:
"First date, July 30, 1966. I still have the actual ticket stubs.
Mets game."
Matts...in the blue suits----You look, Mahvelous
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ANGRYWARD
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| Perhaps the most underrated performance in Spinal Tap was by Bruno Kirby. He was amazing as the Sinatra-loving chauffeur. It is kinda a slow sports day, until tonight. MLB strikes again. Why in the world must they drag things out until November? Can't Wisconsin Walt talk to Bud Selig about this? One other question that's been bothering me: "Clancy, whatever happened to that parakeet?" |
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jgclancy
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| Let's just say that once out of the store and down the block that Nat was cursing and wincing in pain. The bird was really biting him. So he reached in to grab it and it flew away !....Now i do remember buying my first record at woolworth's ( in Rockaway @ 116th St. )....Delta Dawn with B side of Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Co. C---I have both memorized forever from playing it so much. |
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Randy Levine
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Cookie
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Clancy.... I'm the MTM early bird most usually. Today's post was way to late for this Cookie and if it was 10:30A NYC time... I was out of the coop by then.
Again.. to recap... Billy Crystal is a whore.
I bet the last cap that lands on Crystals head is a Red Sux one. Very fitting.
As Joe Biden would say 'Let me repeat that...' .. Billy Crystal is a whore. |
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