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Mets Movie Of The Week

Last week's off the field events had a movie-of-the-week feel. Surely ABC Family, the Hallmark Channel, or Lifetime could throw together a 2 hour dramatization of the Bernazard-Minaya-Rubin saga. Some title possibilities:

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Next up is casting. These types of TV movies generally don't attract the highest quality acting talent, but we'll conveniently disregard that. Some possibilities, with my choice listed first:

Omar Minaya - Benicio Del Toro, Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Edward James Olmos

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Tony Bernazard - Benjamin Bratt, John Leguizamo, Daniel Sunjata, Danny Trejo

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Adam Rubin - Seth MacFarlane, Mark Ruffalo, Kyle Chandler, Andy Samberg

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Jerry Manuel - Morgan Freeman, Don Cheadle, Kenan Thompson, Spike Lee

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Fred Wilpon - Donald Sutherland, Ed Harris, Richard Dreyfuss, John Terry

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Jeff Wilpon - Kiefer Sutherland, Bill Paxton, Bill Pullman, Matthew Fox

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My favorite casting choice is the father and son Sutherland team as the Wilpons.  A separate movie or television show detailing the Fred-Jeff relationship might be necessary.  Think Sanford and Son or Christian and Jack Shephard.  Benicio as Omar was the toughest decision, but I think he would really throw himself into the role and nail it.  Downey Jr. is a close second.  MacFarlane, of "Family Guy" fame, does not have much live action acting experience but he would bring some humor to the Rubin character.  Bratt has a history playing tough guys, first on "Law & Order" and on the current show "The Cleaner".

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Morgan Freeman playing Jerry

would make it nearly impossible for me to hate him.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Aug 6, 2009 1:06 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Love love love Freeman as an actor but...

He did some weird thing like get together with his 20-something step-granddaughter. Creepy.

by DannyMetsGeek on Aug 6, 2009 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My choice for Freddy Coupons

"If I ever decide to do a book, I've already got the title...The bases were loaded and so was I."

-Jim Fregosi

by Schmidtxc on Aug 6, 2009 1:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Jeff...sorry

"If I ever decide to do a book, I've already got the title...The bases were loaded and so was I."

-Jim Fregosi

by Schmidtxc on Aug 6, 2009 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Jeff chillin with Omar...

"If I ever decide to do a book, I've already got the title...The bases were loaded and so was I."

-Jim Fregosi

by Schmidtxc on Aug 6, 2009 1:11 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Kenan as Jerry Manuel?!?!?

Wouldn’t Kenan have to drop like 100 lbs for that role?

Also, Adam Rubin and Seth MacFarlane have to be related, they look so much alike. Almost like Omar Epps and Steeler coach Mike Tomlin.

Just know, if there's ever a riot at Citi Field and Oliver Perez was the starter, I started the riot.

by meigs1414 on Aug 6, 2009 1:41 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Awesome idea

but I think this would work best as a low-budg, cheesy ESPN movie, like the Bob Knight one or the Yankee one. A couple of other acting suggestions:

Bernazard: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000849/ (this guy can play a psycho)
Minaya: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0689237/ (you may remember this guy as the landlord in a Seinfeld episode).

by David G on Aug 6, 2009 1:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

+1

Like the Javier Bardem choice. He was crazy in No Country for Old Men.

by mnbv on Aug 6, 2009 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is fantastic....

The Sutherlands playing the Wilpons was particularly inspired.

by DannyMetsGeek on Aug 6, 2009 2:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Danny Trejo as Tony B

would be awesome. He could rip off his shirt and throw machetes at B-Mets.

by dtro on Aug 6, 2009 2:18 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

And then

He’ll get a machine gun, attach it to his motorcycle, and do jumps high in the air and shoot them at the same time. I’d pay to see it happen!

I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!

by R_Adragna on Aug 6, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

whoo would play ray ramirez?

by samdaman on Aug 6, 2009 2:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

hugh laurie

wait, he’s an effective doctor

"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"

by firejerrynow on Aug 6, 2009 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Omar Minaya or Ben Stein?

by WhyBillsWhy on Aug 6, 2009 4:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

weekend at bernazzards

by njk237 on Aug 6, 2009 4:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I've got to ask you about the penis mightier

Because I’ve ordered devices like that before, wasted quite a pretty penny, I don’t mind telling you. And if this penis mightier of yours really works, I’ll order a dozen!

by JoshNY on Aug 6, 2009 4:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

That reminds me of one of the greatest Daily News headlines ever!

Yankees New Pen Is Out Of Control

Of course in the print edition the headline ran across two pages. The first three words were on one page and the last three on the other. They were separated only by the page break which wasn’t quite big enough.

BTW: Let’s go Sharks? Did Brashear send you over the edge too?

by Reg Dunlop on Aug 6, 2009 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, Brashear did it

And I’ve got some reasons to pick the Sharks instead until the Rangers are off my shit list

by JoshNY on Aug 6, 2009 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It was either "The Pen Is Mightier"

or “Buck Futter” for the title suggestions.

by James Kannengieser on Aug 6, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You need a female role

I think there is a rule that Meridith Baxter or Tori Spelling has to be in one of these movies

by Reg Dunlop on Aug 6, 2009 4:54 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

mrs benson could play herself

otherwise imperative to cast Mrs Lima as Adam Rubin’s love interest

I.M. Forme
"When you get yourself into trouble is when you feel you have to do something, and then you get yourself in trouble." --Omar Minaya

by itsmetsforme on Aug 7, 2009 2:41 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Awesome

Simply awesome putting this together. funny as hell.

by dyhrdmet on Aug 6, 2009 7:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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