Feb
22
2011

Who’s On First…?

An article by Lenore Luca

Everyone remembers Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s On First” skit. Well, who is on first for the New York Mets? As for the current roster our “Who’s” are Ike Davis as the starter and Nick Evans as his backup. Maybe.

On the weekend of the 12th -13th, MAB Celebrity Services had their “Who’s On First Show” at the Sheraton Meadowlands in East Rutherford.

Former Mets on the guest list included Keith Hernandez, Ed Kranepool, Cliff Floyd, Tim Harkness, Willie Montanez, Jesus Alou and Dave Kingman. At this event you were able to go and meet some of your favorite players.

You should have seen some of the things that fans were having signed - anything ranging from pictures to even memorabilia from Shea Stadium were brought in by fans. One fan had everyone sign a home plate. What are some items that you have had signed by your favorite Met players?

It was great to meet Keith Hernandez, Cliff Floyd and Tim Harkness but I got to spend more time with Ed Kranepool who was one of the first New York Mets First Basemen back when the Mets started out.

He had a lot to say about playing on the NY Mets for 18 years and Spring Training and the upcoming season -

“I hope the ballclub does better than last year, they struggled. They’ve got to improve their pitching staff. Everyone has to improve.”

Also I was able to chat to Mollie Bracigliano who is the owner and founder of MAB Celebrity Services. You can hear more from Ed Kranepool and Mollie next Wednesday, March 2nd on Teen Groove On The Move.

Hey, now we know Who’s On First - but stay tuned for What’s On Second and I Don”t Kknnnooooww’sss On Third!

About the Author: Lenore Luca

6 Comments + Add Comment

Mr North Jersey February 22, 2011 at 9:19 pm

Nice post Lenore. Those Blue and Orange bats look cool.

I don’t recall ever reading a post from you Lenore. Is this your 1st post?
XtreemIcon February 22, 2011 at 9:21 pm

Congrats to you for getting to hang out with all those players. That must have been fun. Years ago, I got to chat with Charlie O’Brien a little bit. I just wish you would have asked Kranepool if he’d still root for the Mets if they struggle this year.
Lisa P. February 22, 2011 at 9:25 pm

These are the type of posts that made me fall in love with this site in the first place. I’m so jealous Lenore, I love Keith. Get Metsmerized!!!
Mr North Jersey February 22, 2011 at 9:31 pm

I’m not sure if MMO is aware of this but I’m noticing that some of the thumbnails being used for the posts on the main page are taking longer than I recall to load.

Upon further examination they seem to be pretty large res images scaled down. For example i see two that have these specs 4,000px × 3,000px (scaled to 140px × 90px).

Just wanted to bring it up just in case. I don’t have the fastes PC but it has only been recently that I notices some of the thumbs laking longer than normal to load.
Shamsky February 22, 2011 at 10:01 pm

Was Dave Kingman as rude as I remember him or has he softened his stance with the public over the years? Willie Montanez huh. the Hot Dog!
sarge February 23, 2011 at 9:24 pm

Great post, nice to think back and remember that there were others than the steady Keith Hernandez.

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Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Braves	23	18	.561	-
Nationals	23	19	.548	0.5
Phillies	20	22	.476	3.5
Mets	16	23	.410	6.0
Marlins	11	31	.262	12.5

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