Community Orientation

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Where do you call home?

Brooklyn, NY (Greenpoint section)

Who is responsible for your Met fandom?

Mostly my father, although my mother's side of the family (particularly my formerly Brooklyn Dodgers-loving grandmother) are big Mets fans.

Thanks to retrosheet, I was able to figure out that the first game my dad ever took me to was Dwight Gooden's 20th win in 1985, when I was 5 years old.

Favorite movie?

Goodfellas

First concert?

Red Hot Chili Peppers, MSG, 1995.

Where do you call home?
New York, New York

Who is responsible for your Met fandom?
Mostly my family. And the 1986 Mets team, since I was eight years old then, and eight is the prime age for really starting to understand and appreciate the game.  Ah, to be eight again...

Favorite movie?
The Godfather and Reservoir Dogs (tie)

First concert?
The Spin Doctors (ugh) at Fordham University in the fall of 1992 (roughly).

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Where do you call home?

East Harlem, NYC. (Originally from the shoreline of CT.)

Who is responsible for your Met fandom?

My father--an LA Dodgers fan by upbringing, but he thought it was important to pull for the local NL team. My first live game was seeing the '86 Mets against the Reds.

Favorite movie?

Anchorman. (So much for all those film studies classes...)

First concert?

They Might Be Giants, Toad's Place (New Haven.) Can't remember the year... seventh grade for me, I think.

Your turn.

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Where do you call home?

Littleton, Colorado

Who is responsible for your Met fandom?

My dad and brother, who were over-the-top, pompous Yankee fans.  So, I became a Mets fan in 1985 and got the first laugh the next year.

Favorite movie?

Run Lola Run, though it is fading since I've seen it wayyyyyyyyyyy too many times.  I just love the movie themes of destiny and freakish red head...running.

First concert?

Great White & Badlands, some time in the 80's.  I only went because my metal-head cousin needed someone to go with him and it was either me, or his dad -- so he begged me to come with him.  I did.  Then we spent most of the concert apart because he was a troubled kid and left me alone to the horrible tunes.

Funny, I like hard rock now...but I despised it then. (And frankly, still despise 80's metal.)

de donde: raised in north jersey, live in arlington, va

inspiration: my dad as well.  he grew up an O's fan and hated the yankees, so mets were my only choice.  gaining sentience in the mid 80's made it that much easier.

movie: tough to pick one, i alternate rewatching Goodfellas and Night at the Roxbury in my VHS player when i can't fall asleep.  

1st concert:  thats a tough one.  probably pitch shifter and gravity kills in old bridge in 97 or 98, whenever it was that my friend got his license.  those metals days were awesome.  anyone else listen to WSOU back then?

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Where do you call home?

Merrick, NY

Who is responsible for your Met fandom?

My folks. My Dad is a big Dodger fan (they moved when he was 12--he wasn't letting go). My Mom's the Met fan, and while she isn't as big a baseball fan as Dad, the Mets won the war for my affection. The one thing that was guaranteed was that I'd hate the Yankees.

Favorite movie?

Tough one. Love Magnolia. It isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I love its ambition, its operatic feel, its messages, even the moment with the frogs. Other favorites include The Seventh Seal, The Princess Bride, and The Nightmare before Christmas. I'm forgetting a ton, but that's what I can think of right now.

First concert?

Even tougher. I didn't get into rock until I was older; my first love was classical music (another legacy from my dad). My first concert was Creed back in like '00, dragged along by my cousin because one of his friends dropped out. First concert I paid to see? Maybe Reel Big Fish, or something like that, back in Spring '02 or so, but I'm not 100% sure.

Home: Staten Island(via Brooklyn and Queens)
Responsible for Met fandom: Dad and Uncle, who adopted them on their arrival to the United States

Movie: Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Concert: A Tribe Called Quest, Lehigh University Grace Hall September 1996

I'll be 49 in three weeks (I was born the day the music died)--old enough to have watched the '69 World Series. Take that, whippersnappers!

Where do you call home?

Jericho, NY

Who is responsible for your Met fandom?

My dad. He was a Giants fan growing up until the Giants up and left for San Francisco. He already hated the Yankees, so when the Mets arrived in 1962 they was a natural fit. (I know I'm quoting you, but it's true!) He tells me I was at the famous Giants doubleheader in 1964 (the second game went 24 innings), but I don't remember it.

Favorite movie?

So many. Godfather, Casablanca, L.A. Confidential

First concert?

Paul McCartney and Wings, Nassau Coliseum 5/21/76.

Home: Brooklyn born and raised, now living in Silver Spring, Maryland, having just moved from D.C. a few weeks ago.  

Cause of Fandom: Rebellion against Yankee fan family members.  Also, Frank Viola.  

Fav. Movie: Tough, but I think it's a three-way tie between Ghostbusters, Rashomon, and Stand by Me.

First Concert: Not counting the famous Simon and Garfunkel show in Central Park ('81) my mom took me to when I was 1, it would be They Might Be Giants at Webster Hall, I believe, 8th grade.  

Where do you call home?
My home is Chesapeake, Virginia but I live in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Who is responsible for your Met fandom?
Hmm. You all, for the sake of your Mets trivia, should know that Chesapeake is Norfolk's neighbor. I used to go see loads of Tides games back in the day.

Favorite movie?
Ha, it's Fight Club. I have a huge list of movies I need to see though.

First concert?
First concert I went to was a country band called Ricochet. My first voluntary concert was Good Charlotte, Mest, and Goldfinger at The Ted in Norfolk. I wish I could fake my answer but I have to be honest.

How old are you?

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Where do you call home?

Aurora, Illinois.  Home of Wayne's world.  Born and raised in the Bronx though, Morris park area.  

Who is responsible for your Met fandom?

My dad and my neighborhood.  My dad was always a Mets fan, and I knew at least 5 people who lived or worked nearby who worked for the Mets, so I don't think we ever paid to go to a game.  The guy who owned the candy store on the corner catered them, he was our main hookup.  Also lived down the street from Joe Greco, the former clubhouse manager (think his son did that gig for a while too), and he hooked us up with tickets pretty often as well.

Favorite movie?

The Godfather Parts 1 and 2

First concert?

Green Day at the Target Center in Minneapolis, 11/10/04.  I don't remember who else played because we drove 7 hours from Bismarck, ND to get there, and got there about 5 minutes before Green Day came on.  They were the main ones we went to see anyway though so it was good.  

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Where do you call home?

Milford, CT

Who is responsible for your Met fandom?

My mom.  She was a Brooklyn Dodgers fan and the other boys in the family were all over the place team-wise, so I was "chosen" by her to be a Met fan.  Also, Tom Seaver, Kranepool and '69 sure helped.

Favorite movie?

I could get real artsy here, but how but just for a fun one...Spaceballs and Beetle Juice....basically, any Mel movie or Burton movie is worth your two hours and the twelve bucks...

First concert?

Starcastle and ELO, I believe it was April 1 ,1977....Hartford, CT.