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Mr. Pickles
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Don't Noonan
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Nice. I gave up a single to Ricky Henderson in spring training years ago and as he was running down to 1st he yelled "don't throw Ricky no slider".Rickey wasn't the only third-person'er in the MLB. I was buddies with a guy who was in the majors for several years and had the "pleasure" of playing with Lenny Dykstra. He said they jumped into a cab together at the team hotel on a road trip and halfway through the cab ride, Dykstra says to him "you like that?". My buddy, befuddled, says "what the #@&% are you talking about?". Dykstra proceeds to pull his pant leg up to show him some personalized socks and says "Lenny's got fancy socks".
True story.
Met and interacted with numerous mlb players during my 7 year minor league baseball career.
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
My great aunt had a bunch of sex with MLB players in the 1930s.
I've met a ton of celebrities, although that isn't as interesting as my great aunt's ######.
I've met a ton of celebrities, although that isn't as interesting as my great aunt's ######.
Mr. Pickles
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I guess I have one more since we're talking about nearly killing celebrities.
I met Ron Howard while caucusing in Ames, Iowa in 2008. No idea why he was there. Afterwards, everyone is leaving the parking lot of the school, and it's gridlock. I am trying to find my way out and sure enough Ron and his crew walk right in front of me. At this point is about 9:30 pm and dark. I see Opie's eyes as big as saucers staring at me. I don't slam the brakes, it wasn't that close, but if I wasn't paying attention it could have been a little messy.
Rhythmdoctor
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When I was about 8 or so, I played 'strip poker' with Joe Girardi. Well, not really.
Basically, family friends were babysitting me while our parents were out. Said family friends were in high school and had a small get together as they watched this 8 year old. I was the lone 8 year old among high schoolers. Anyways, high schoolers are drinking and playing card games and I expressed my desire to play. They pass out cards and Joe Girardi quickly says "you got low card, kid, drop your trousers'. I remember the whole table erupted in laughter. Obviously there was nothing sexual about this. Just a wise ### high school kid getting some easy laughs in front of the ladies. That wise ### was Joe Girardi, of course. I remember it clear as day. I have some others but that's it for now.
Basically, family friends were babysitting me while our parents were out. Said family friends were in high school and had a small get together as they watched this 8 year old. I was the lone 8 year old among high schoolers. Anyways, high schoolers are drinking and playing card games and I expressed my desire to play. They pass out cards and Joe Girardi quickly says "you got low card, kid, drop your trousers'. I remember the whole table erupted in laughter. Obviously there was nothing sexual about this. Just a wise ### high school kid getting some easy laughs in front of the ladies. That wise ### was Joe Girardi, of course. I remember it clear as day. I have some others but that's it for now.
Binky The Doormat
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Vanilla Guerrilla
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I was on Sportscenter - changed the sign for Cris Carter's 1,000th reception.
ClownCausedChaos2
Footballguy
I have one of Belle's HR balls from his time with the Orioles.
There's really no point in me telling you that.
Mohawk
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Years ago in my partying days, we occassionally hung out in Baltimore"s bar scene with John Waters and a few of his high school buddies. He is every bit as weird as his movies. He also has a very caustic wit and is quite intelligent. But mostly...WEIRD!
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El Floppo
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Played one college soccer game against Alexi Lalas... and lost, ending our season and NCAA run. he's tall.
One of wife's best friends is best friends with a dude on Grey's Anatomy- wife and them all hung out when they were students in Paris years ago. We see him every few years- very nice, low-key guy.
One of wife's best friends is best friends with a dude on Grey's Anatomy- wife and them all hung out when they were students in Paris years ago. We see him every few years- very nice, low-key guy.
Fat Nick
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Scoresman
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I yelled "Bababooey" in the background of a news report after the Giants made the World Series on 2002.
Fat Nick
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Shared an elevator with Diane Keaton twice a few months back. My in-laws have a condo in the Fairmont in Pittsburgh, and she was renting the condo below them. Very nice lady. I didn't even recognize her though. The wife did.
Also saw Andrew McCutcheon down in the private parking garage there one time. I'm not sure if he lives there too or if he was there visiting one guy who is a big sports memorabilia dealer there.
Outside of that, no real connections. I grew up in the middle of nowhere and don't know famous people.
Also saw Andrew McCutcheon down in the private parking garage there one time. I'm not sure if he lives there too or if he was there visiting one guy who is a big sports memorabilia dealer there.
Outside of that, no real connections. I grew up in the middle of nowhere and don't know famous people.
El Floppo
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hate to break your heart, but dempsey isn't on Grey's anatomy.
it's justin chambers- he's had a pretty solid run for a guy who showed up in Paris without much of a master plan (got discovered by model talent agent and immediately booked Calvin Klein campaign). one of those people who fortune smiles on- mostly because he's usually smiling right back IMO.
ChiefD
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When I was in Jr High, high school, and college I worked for a backstage catering company. We would cater just about every concert at most venues here in the KC area. This was in the early 80's and 90's. We basically served breakfast, lunch, and dinner to the crews and the bands. We were also responsible for the dressing rooms and the tour bus catering. So I pretty much had an all access pass to the whole concert venue.
Talk about a great job. Pretty much saw everyone coming through, and a lot of cool, bizarre, and interesting stories to be sure. Man, I could talk about day about the people I saw and came across.
Talk about a great job. Pretty much saw everyone coming through, and a lot of cool, bizarre, and interesting stories to be sure. Man, I could talk about day about the people I saw and came across.
RUSF18
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Binky The Doormat
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randall146
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It's pretty fun imagining the people he must have met and then imagining the cool/bizarre/interesting things they did. The possibilities are endless.personally, I love just hearing about hearing about them.Binky The Doormat said:Yeah I bet those stories would be awesome.ChiefD said:
comfortably numb
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OMGIt's pretty fun imagining the people he must have met and then imagining the cool/bizarre/interesting things they did. The possibilities are endless.personally, I love just hearing about hearing about them.Binky The Doormat said:Yeah I bet those stories would be awesome.ChiefD said:
I just imagined one!
So awesome!!!!
ChiefD
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Bear with me. I'm setting this up for the long haul.OMGIt's pretty fun imagining the people he must have met and then imagining the cool/bizarre/interesting things they did. The possibilities are endless.personally, I love just hearing about hearing about them.Binky The Doormat said:Yeah I bet those stories would be awesome.ChiefD said:
I just imagined one!
So awesome!!!!
So Van Halen comes to town. This is the 80's and David Lee Roth is in his full glory. Like I said earlier, we were responsible for all the backstage catering, so we had access to dressing rooms. We would put all the food and drink in the dressing rooms. We would also serve food all day to the road crews, the local guys, and the bands. The band would usually roll in around 5 or so, have a sound check, and head to their dressing rooms. Sometimes they would come out and have dinner.
Anyway, during the Van Halen show, David Lee Roth has one of his henchmen go out into the crowd and hand pick the skanks for the after party. So I'm in the backstage area, and sure enough there is a line of girls outside the dressing room. All shapes and sizes. DLR comes out and starts going down the line, pointing:
"You"
"You"
"Not You"
"You"
"Not You"
The "You's" get to go into the dressing room. The "Not You's" get the walk of shame back to the parking lot.
That's the one I imaginedBear with me. I'm setting this up for the long haul.OMGIt's pretty fun imagining the people he must have met and then imagining the cool/bizarre/interesting things they did. The possibilities are endless.personally, I love just hearing about hearing about them.Binky The Doormat said:Yeah I bet those stories would be awesome.ChiefD said:
I just imagined one!
So awesome!!!!
So Van Halen comes to town. This is the 80's and David Lee Roth is in his full glory. Like I said earlier, we were responsible for all the backstage catering, so we had access to dressing rooms. We would put all the food and drink in the dressing rooms. We would also serve food all day to the road crews, the local guys, and the bands. The band would usually roll in around 5 or so, have a sound check, and head to their dressing rooms. Sometimes they would come out and have dinner.
Anyway, during the Van Halen show, David Lee Roth has one of his henchmen go out into the crowd and hand pick the skanks for the after party. So I'm in the backstage area, and sure enough there is a line of girls outside the dressing room. All shapes and sizes. DLR comes out and starts going down the line, pointing:
"You"
"You"
"Not You"
"You"
"Not You"
The "You's" get to go into the dressing room. The "Not You's" get the walk of shame back to the parking lot.
BroncoFreak_2K3
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No friggin way Im callingOMGIt's pretty fun imagining the people he must have met and then imagining the cool/bizarre/interesting things they did. The possibilities are endless.personally, I love just hearing about hearing about them.Binky The Doormat said:Yeah I bet those stories would be awesome.ChiefD said:
I just imagined one!
So awesome!!!!
Jules Winnfield
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So don't keep us in suspense...did you get a "you" when he pointed?Bear with me. I'm setting this up for the long haul.OMGIt's pretty fun imagining the people he must have met and then imagining the cool/bizarre/interesting things they did. The possibilities are endless.personally, I love just hearing about hearing about them.Binky The Doormat said:Yeah I bet those stories would be awesome.ChiefD said:
I just imagined one!
So awesome!!!!
So Van Halen comes to town. This is the 80's and David Lee Roth is in his full glory. Like I said earlier, we were responsible for all the backstage catering, so we had access to dressing rooms. We would put all the food and drink in the dressing rooms. We would also serve food all day to the road crews, the local guys, and the bands. The band would usually roll in around 5 or so, have a sound check, and head to their dressing rooms. Sometimes they would come out and have dinner.
Anyway, during the Van Halen show, David Lee Roth has one of his henchmen go out into the crowd and hand pick the skanks for the after party. So I'm in the backstage area, and sure enough there is a line of girls outside the dressing room. All shapes and sizes. DLR comes out and starts going down the line, pointing:
"You"
"You"
"Not You"
"You"
"Not You"
The "You's" get to go into the dressing room. The "Not You's" get the walk of shame back to the parking lot.
comfortably numb
Footballguy
FTR, the story I imagined was better.
randall146
Footballguy
In my imagination Alex VH picked the girls and all 5 got in.
Brony
Footballguy
In my version, DLR was slightly disappointed that the ketchup wasn't labeled as fancy catsup.
ChiefD
Footballguy
No, I was not.So don't keep us in suspense...did you get a "you" when he pointed?Bear with me. I'm setting this up for the long haul.OMGIt's pretty fun imagining the people he must have met and then imagining the cool/bizarre/interesting things they did. The possibilities are endless.personally, I love just hearing about hearing about them.Binky The Doormat said:Yeah I bet those stories would be awesome.ChiefD said:
I just imagined one!
So awesome!!!!
So Van Halen comes to town. This is the 80's and David Lee Roth is in his full glory. Like I said earlier, we were responsible for all the backstage catering, so we had access to dressing rooms. We would put all the food and drink in the dressing rooms. We would also serve food all day to the road crews, the local guys, and the bands. The band would usually roll in around 5 or so, have a sound check, and head to their dressing rooms. Sometimes they would come out and have dinner.
Anyway, during the Van Halen show, David Lee Roth has one of his henchmen go out into the crowd and hand pick the skanks for the after party. So I'm in the backstage area, and sure enough there is a line of girls outside the dressing room. All shapes and sizes. DLR comes out and starts going down the line, pointing:
"You"
"You"
"Not You"
"You"
"Not You"
The "You's" get to go into the dressing room. The "Not You's" get the walk of shame back to the parking lot.
But I was about 16 or 17 and dumb at the time, so I followed the "Not You's" back to the fence area where they let them back into the general population. For a teenage kid, they were top shelf quality, and I had a backstage pass. I also had cold beer available to me as well, since we always kept some aside for all of us working. We usually had to be there until after they left, which usually meant til 2am or so.
Anyway, DLR's rejects were good enough for me.
El Floppo
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Instinctive
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I used to play Primetime/AAU tournaments with Perry Jones. We rarely lost. I talk with Sam Hinkie once or twice a year for career advice. I'm assuming that just meeting people isn't a thing that counts for this thread.
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