Amazin' Avenue: An SB Nation Community

Navigation: Jump to content areas:


Sports blogs for fans, by fans.
New Blog: Sounder At Heart for Seattle Sounders Fans!

David Aardsma is first on the list of all-time baseball player names. Lookout Landing found some other interesting firsts on lists of things:

Acorn woodpecker; list of birds displaying homosexual behavior
Anthrocon; list of furry conventions
Bobbi Adler; list of fictional Jews
Ambrose; list of gangs active in the midwest United States

9 months ago Aa_avatar_tiny Eric Simon 9 comments 0 recs  | 

Story-email Email Printer Print

More from Amazin' Avenue

Whatever

Jun 2008 by Eric Simon - 3 comments

Around SB Nation

OT: FSU Punished by NCAA

Mar 2009 from Testudo Times - 2 comments

Get Your BYB with... Bacon?

Feb 2009 from Bless You Boys - 8 comments

Off-Topic: 0-16 on the Way

Dec 2008 from Bless You Boys - 3 comments

Comments

Display:

Mets firsts.

First Player: Hobie Landrith
First Player Alphabetically: Don Aase
First Home Run: Gil Hodges

by BobbyV_Incognito on Jan 23, 2009 12:00 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Don Aase

Of course we got many good jokes/laughs out of that guy’s name when we were eight years old.

He actually pitched like 60 innings for the Mets in 1989.

I had his baseball card from at least a couple of his seasons with “California” and the O’s.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Jan 23, 2009 1:02 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I still get laughs out of that guy's name

I mean . . .Aase! How can I not laugh at that?

'Oh yes, I know all about that duty-of-a-citizen stuff. It doesn't go. There are exceptions to every rule, and this was one of them. When a man risks his liberty to come and root at a ball-game, you've got to hand it to him. He isn't a crook. He's a fan.'

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jan 23, 2009 1:08 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Aase is funny

But it’s not better than…

by Reg Dunlop on Jan 23, 2009 1:12 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

whoa!

I definitely didn’t have this fuckin’ guy’s card.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Jan 23, 2009 1:15 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah that's all new to me

Dang that card makes me regret most of my card collecting from back in the day. That’s awesome.

'Oh yes, I know all about that duty-of-a-citizen stuff. It doesn't go. There are exceptions to every rule, and this was one of them. When a man risks his liberty to come and root at a ball-game, you've got to hand it to him. He isn't a crook. He's a fan.'

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jan 23, 2009 1:22 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Technological Firsts. Nothing necessarily funny, just interesting.

First digital photo: Russell Kirsch
First reverse transcriptase: David Baltimore (enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of RNA to DNA).
First cellular telephone: Martin Cooper

" PLEASE! CHANGE THE PATCH! "

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jan 23, 2009 1:10 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Who's a whatzits?

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Jan 23, 2009 1:16 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Comments For This Post Are Closed


User Tools

Start posting about the Mets »

Join SB Nation and dive into communities focused on all your favorite teams.

FanPosts

Community blog posts and discussion.

Recommended FanPosts

The_buddha_by_lord_karsus_small
2009 Mets Gangsta and Grission Awards
Buckner_small
The robcast Mets Offseason Plan
Hamheadshot__1__small
Poem: There's Only One October Wish

Recent FanPosts

Mwsos8pj_1__small
How Would Other Teams Do in 2009 With The Mets Injuries?
Small
Gonzalez over Davis?
Small
Off-season reading: the best baseball books
Small
Thoughts on Yankees vs. Phillies
43cd0dee9d920fd72b0a2b2bce4f8a00-getty-90957610bb021_los_angeles_k_small
Just curious as to why Met fans "hate" the Phillies
Small
It All Started With Torrealba...
Metseyes_small
'10 Mets Sep-Oct Schedule: Advantage Mets

+ New FanPost All FanPosts >

FanShots

Quick hits of video, photos, quotes, chats, links and lists that you find around the web.

Recommended FanShots

Pricks Beat Douchebags to Win World Series

Recent FanShots

Ramon Hernandez an option?
SNY series digs into Mets history
Scouts opinions and grains of salt
Hustle, Dedication, Intelligence, and Teamwork
Myers done with Phillies
Chapman likes New York
White Sox Buy Out Dye's Contract
BA Mets Top 10
Carlos Gomez dealt to the Brewers for JJ Hardy
Hit-and-run victim outside Phillies game dies from injuries

+ New FanShot All FanShots >

Sponsors


THE BIG GUY

Aa_avatar_small Eric Simon

THE INCREDIBLES

Blackfish2_small Alex Nelson

Cj_small Sam Page

Best_infield_ever_small James Kannengieser

THE NEWS GURU

Wrightfront_small Joe Budd

POET LAUREATE

Hamheadshot__1__small Howard Megdal