This is part 2 in the Mets Update for Girls series. You can relive the magic of part 1 here.
Note: Regarding the title of this invaluable series, BrooklynSkeptic is not wedded (ha ha) to traditional gender roles. But there they are, nonetheless.
I love inspirational sports movies. LOVE them. It is my favorite genre after epic fantasy. Rudy, The Karate Kid, Varsity Blues, Bad News Bears, Cool Runnings, Hoosiers, Remember the Titans, Miracle, Mighty Ducks, D2, D3, et cetera. Please feel free to add your own fave inspirational sports movie.
Anyway, what makes watching Dawson Leary sweat and yell and scream his team into victory so much more exciting than Michael Turner tossing around the ole pigskin?
Backstory! In a movie, you get to see their trials and tribulations as the new kid in school who just can’t fit in, or the hard luck coach who just can’t get it together, or the Jamaican bobsled team who’s never seen snow before!
At this point you may be saying to yourself yes yes I’m totally with you, but what does this have to do with the Mets?
The answer is that the Mets are the only pro sports team that I would want to see in a feature-length movie. And guess what? They wouldn’t even need to cast FPJ as the All-American wonder boy or SLJ as the wisened coach. The Mets has those positions, and more, already filled by the most charming and lovable and photogenic men around!
Look at those precious poonums!
It’s not only me that thinks so. The Metropolitan Men have been getting a lot of press lately, filled with references to how much more charming and lovable they are than the Yankees.
See first the Village Voice article on Jose Reyes, “the most exciting and most handsome player in baseball”! (note: items in italics added by editor)
He is kind and adorable and loves reggaeton. Also, when you go to the games at Shea right around the 3rd Inning if you direct your attention to the jumbo-tron you will get the best Spanish lesson of your life from Profesor Reyes. Learn to say dedos or la puerta and he will melt your corazon.
See second the NY Mag article on David Wright, who is young and handsome and corn-fed. The article explores whether David Wright is possibly too perfect. The answer? No, not really.
Here they are together:
There are many other talented and charming players on the team, and I encourage them to keep your eyes out for them, as I will.
So, in conclusion, when you think of the Mets in terms of inspirational sports movies it opens up a world of possibilities! When is the scene where Emilio Estevez drives out on the ice? How will we know when Rudy has finally gotten into Notre Dame? What about when, um, Kurt Russell, um, uh, uses his hatred of communism to win a hockey match? Yeah, what about that?!?
The answer is, of course, that you should to watch the Amazin’s and find out for yourself! And once you find that sweet spot, when Reyes’ every steal of a base steals your heart right along with it, then you’ve arrived and like Miss Joey Potter, you may be ready to move past that boy from the creek.
Cutting Edge! Bring it On!
“I’m not like a hygiene freak or anything. I’m just not so into…sticking my fingers in things that strangers have touched.” – Mr. Wright
Hey Paps, you think he’s talking about us? Monkey hands!
You missed the best three! Angels in the Outfield, The Sandlot, Major Leagues II
I love everything about this, except I think we should replace Tom Glavine with Dennis Quaid
you guys are so right on. duh, bring it on. i love it! i own the vhs. and how could i forget the sandlot wherein our own theratkiller found her very first love??!
p.s. – don’t forget about their gentle giant slugger (Delgado), their tough, Italian, grizzled-veteran catcher (LoDuca), their sleazy, moustached, Latin Playboy second baseman (Valentin), their oldest-player-in-professional-baseball Jesus freak (Franco), or their All-Star center fielder with a giant chocolate gumdrop on the side of his head (Beltran). Any way you slice it, these guys are the greatest thing to happen to New York baseball since the Teufel Shuffle. VIVA LOS METS!
Brilliant.
On no! You left off some of the greatest BASEBALL movies!
Eight Men Out – A John Sayles masterpiece with an ensemble cast to die for. David Strathairn is brilliant as usual as pitcher Eddie Cicotte…when he confesses without immunity, your heart audibly breaks.
The Natural – What a beautiful film staring a glowing Glenn Close (Mets Fan!)
Bull Durham – Where Tim met Susan. I became a schoolteacher because of her character Annie.
Field Of Dreams – Baseball as a metaphor for life, love and happiness. I cry every time when he asks his Dad to play catch! Waaaa!
Bang the Drum Slowly – Understated performance from Robert DeNiro, the true Brando of our generation.
Little Big League – A surprising little ditty; a fantasy about a 10 year old inheriting the Minnesota Twins form his Grandfather. Sweet and the extended baseball sequences (featuring Kevin Elster!) show the director has a real love for the game.
I am so proud of my boys and hope they bring success and joy back to NYC baseball! That psychic to the baseball stars said it all, “Yankee fans are the best in the world, but they are unhappy when their team loses. Mets fans are happy all the time”.
Sure we are! What a great team of lovable, quirky, fun players who actually look like they love their jobs (as we ALL should)!
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These are all fantastic movies, of course, but I can’t believe no one mentioned A League of Their Own! That and Bull Durham are probably my two favorites.
I like the idea of replacing Tom Glavine with Dennis Quaid. Think the Mets would go for it?
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I’m a chick Mets blogger myself–our boys have started off strong!!