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Actually I have met Orel Hershiser through my dad when he was pitching coach of the Rangers. He was pretty nice to me because I was like 15 at the time
We had lunch with Buck Showalter too when he was manager here as well
tbh he was cool when I met him at the 2007 LLWS. Gary Thorne (his fellow broadcaster) was -faced though, and kind of a
I met Ryan Howard (cool) and Jared from Subway there as wellJared was ing creepy...
Actually I have met Orel Hershiser through my dad when he was pitching coach of the Rangers. He was pretty nice to me because I was like 15 at the time
We had lunch with Buck Showalter too when he was manager here as well
Met Pudge Rodriguez at La Gorce Country Club (I was working there at the time) in Miami Beach...cool guy
Not surprising, I've heard from many that Pudge was easily the nicest Ranger back in the day
I guess I'm the only one who doesn't like the bulldog.
tbh I was 15 so he really had no choice but to be nice to me
Michael Chang was kinda rude because I smashed a 115mph serve over his picklebreath ass.
They are cool
Especially McSorley
And his illegal stick
Met Colts Punter Pat McAfee while covering a HS football game at his alma-mater (Plum High). He was a rookie, and chill as .
My only story was getting blown off by Devean George at the South Bay Galleria. He looked at me and looked away. What a .
Snubbed by breath
Met Sandy Alomar Jr. outside a Tribe game at the Jake during the 1995 season. Real nice guy.
Also met Julian Tavarez that same night. He was wandering around outside the player's lot looking for Manny Ramirez- apparently Manny was his ride. Manny had left a few minutes early and had ditched him. Tavarez spoke zero English. He was wandering around asking, "Where Manny? Where Manny?"
Oh Manny being Barry...
I forgot that we ran into Jeter after an Angels and Yankees game...the guy is definitely a chick magnet. Had the O.C. skeezies ready to go down on him in public!
Only met a few celebs, none of them athletes
Met DJ Shadow once and he was cool as .
Randomly met Seth Meyers from SNL out in Times Square. He was cool but in a hurry.
And just a month ago Ben McKenzie walked onto my elevator at the hotel in Austin I was staying at. It took me a minute to recognize him, then I just kept my mouth shut cuz I couldn't think of the name of the show he was on, and it woulda been super gay to say "I liked you in The OC!" He seemed cool, though.
Magic Johnson was really nice... He was signing one of his new books at the NBA Store in NYC just when the wife and I were there... We got a picture, signed copy of the book... we chatted a bit about the Spurs... just overall nice guy when he could easily be a complete , imo...
Crushing turn of events. Still stings to this day.
He really is a cool guy though and you wouldn't think it being the enforcer he was. He had signed some sticks for some kids i had visited in the hospital and i was waiting around to get them. I'm talking to this old guy in the locker room as he's telling me he's visiting from Canada. After about a half hour Marty comes out with the sticks and says... "I see you met dad". I had no clue who the guy was. Two years later I went to the locker room and the old man was sitting there visiting again and looks up and says... "Hi Cobbler". He remembered my name. Blew me away.
Weren't you the one who made a thread about playing basketball with Anthony Randolph, or am I thinking of someone else?
Charles Barkley was a nice guy (during his playing days, he was still with the Sixers at the time).
Bucky Dent was a raging asshole. I would have had no idea who he was except he was wearing a sweatshirt with "Bucky Dent Hitting School" or something emblazoned on it, plus he was wearing a giant World Series ring. So I said something like "Hey, you must be Bucky Dent." He could not have been more put out and a jerk. If you didn't want to be recognized, why wear that shirt?
Brandon Bass was polite but a little standoffish.
No doubt. Hockey players are the most down to earth of the millionaire sports stars from my experience.
Speaking of which... I'm outta here for game 4 and hopefully not another embarassing choke job. Come to think of it, LA Kings and Dallas Mavs have a lot in common. Got to the big dance once to choke and forever live with the 0 for life.
Last edited by cobbler; 04-21-2011 at 07:29 PM.
You could pick a lock with that nose.
Really? I worked for the Rangers as a parking lot attendant in high school (94-95) and hard the opposite. His wife was supposedly a high-maintenance drama queen. Guess it depends on who you talk to.
I met Shaq one summer in Louisiana while down there for a summer camp. He was just hanging out at LSU, and was a really nice, great guy. I was a little tyke and he went out of his way to say whats up and chat when he didn't have to. I'll never forget it.
But him sideways and halfway to sunday as far as the Lakers are concerned.
the only ty athlete i've ever had the misfortune to meet was maurice cheeks... that dude's a total or at least he was to me when i was like 7 yrs old asking for his autograph.
Every Spur I have met has been really cool, down to earth, funny and generous.
I met some other basketball players and they were all jerks.
Bob Welch, Steve Garvey, Mark Hardy, Don Drysdale, Sandy Koufax, Dusty Baker, Fernando Valenzuela... Only Laker I ever met is John Sally.
All cool dudes.
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