If you could have dinner with 3 people, who would they be?
Only requirement is they have to be from the neighborhood.
Pick the place too.
Mine would be…
Mr. Zoli, La-La and Slick. Nah, just kidding.
I would invite Mr. Mussa, John Corrar and Glenn Thomas.
Waiter, we’re ready to order!
-Steve
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Maureen Rice (Flanagan) said:
ah, but where are you eating??
hoopscoach said:
What are you eating? Pigeon droppings in Prospect Park!
DLeary said:
Forte, Bill Walton and Larry Bird
hoopscoach said:
Danny, great choices. If Walton wasn’t hurt all the time, could’ve gone down as the best center.
H Mills said:
Gotta be from the Neighborhood, then— Mr Gruschow, Monsignor Downing and Forte Bellino—– Three Great Men !
hoopscoach said:
Thanks Harry.
Steve McLaughlin said:
Gerard Kash, Dan Mahoney & Pete Gillen.
Haven’t been back to the old neighborhood for a while so I’m open to restaurant suggestions!
hoopscoach said:
Steve, good job!
jimmy vac said:
I’d go with Donny Rice, Timmy Horan, and Eugene Liotta..
We’d eat in Frank’s Pizzeria and go to Farrell’s for some cold ones…
If I could pick my all tiime list, Bird, Russell, and Jackie Robinson… we would eat anywhere they want and I would gladly pay the bill out of my kid’s inheritance..
This is a great post.. there are alot of people , past and present, I’d enjoy breaking bread with..
Mussa must have been some teacher.. my sister, who was a year behind you, thought alot of him also. I met him a few times and he seemedlike a good guy. When did Gillen, Volastro, Costalo,, Colatino, and Mc Nally leave?
I think Mc Nally was the first to arrive….
hoopscoach said:
Jimmy, great post!
jimmy vac said:
Steve McLauglin,
I remember Gerald. I played with his team in the summer league for a couple of years.. great guy.. I remember you and Danny being nice to us younger kids..
tumpy said:
HARRY WHAT ABOUT ME
H Mills said:
Sorry for omitting you, Billy, what was I thinking ??? By the way, that dinner with you would have to be in Al’s & Moe’s !
david cullen said:
danny pisselli, a solid coach and teacher, brother john doherty, a knowledgeable Holy Name Social Studies teacher, and Tom Brady, who I don’t ever recall being in a bad mood (I’m sure he had his days, but he generally seemed pretty upbeat and just a nice guy)
With that lineup, I’d spend more time listening during a conversation than I usually do. Piselli, with his knowlege on sports and life in general, Brother John, like myself, a history buff, and Tom Brady, who I would banter with and talk about how good the food is. I thing Circles, around the corner from the old Sanders movie theater, would be a pretty good choice.
hoopscoach said:
Tom Brady would be a back-up with my list of dinner guests. One of the best humans our neighborhood produced.
im vackner said:
I was thinking of inviting Carmine to see if we can have any
Seaver vineyard wines to go with dinner..
BETTY TRAPP BLACK KELLY said:
KEVIN FOGARTY, BROTHER GERARDO, AND MR. GRUSCHOW!!! TO ME THREE REAL GOOD MEN!!!!!!!
Rich Ferraiolo said:
Forte, Mickey McNally and My late brother Thomas. And we would get sandwiches from Delfonte’s, Ice Tea from Henry’s Deli and sit on the steps in the Girls schoolyard. Then after we finished eating game of fast pitch stickball
hoopscoach said:
Remarkable! Great job. Love the Iced Tea idea. Do they still sell them there? Next time I’m in the neighborhood, I’m making a stop.
jimmy vac said:
Rich,
I’ll bring the chalk…
Glenn Thomas said:
I would choose Steve Finamore and my other two would come out of a pool consisting of Donald Kent, Mickey McNally, Dan Piselli, Bill Kahaly, my former Ford JV coach Rocco Ferrante, Dennis McDermmott, .and Bobby Trapp! All splendid conversationalists and with humour!
hoopscoach said:
I finally realize it would be tough choosing just three others. “I can go for a slice, ya got wheels?”
BL said:
I would ask Tony Pinto,Eddie Farrell,Ed Cush sr.and Jamus Lang and thank them all for taking care of all the kid’s in Holy Name.These guy’s got more people job’s than a Head Hunter in NYC. Great topic steve.
hoopscoach said:
That would be a great sit-down.
Rich ferraiolo said:
I know I made my dinner for 4 before but for selfish reason I would like to have another table. It would be a simple table. My Mom, My Dad and My brother Thomas. Just want one more chance to tell them that I love them and missed them. The dinner would be at my old apartment on 17th street and sorry to say I would have my Mom cook because we all no nothing beats a home cook meal
hoopscoach said:
Very nice Rich.
I have another dinner for four question: Which 3 professional athletes (living or not) would you like to invite to Lenny’s pizza on 5th ave for a couple of slices and a coke?
Rich ferraiolo said:
Jerry West, Sandy Koufax, Jackie Robinson
hoopscoach said:
3 good ones…”There’s no tomorrow Jerry!”
jimmy vac said:
Seaver, Dave DeBusschere, and Joe Namath..
anywhere they want.. I would want to hear them talk about 1969, a magical year where we were on top of the world in the three major sports…
Roscoe said:
Give me any three off this list and I would laugh my butt off..
LA-LA,
Slick,
Joey Corrar,
Junkie Joe,
Big Jimbo Burbridge,
Carmine,
Jan “The Man” DiMaggio
The film “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest” has nothing on this crew!
Mr. Guest said:
Chris Mullin, John McEnroe and Brian Mullen. Three Irish -American NY’ers who made it to the top of the sports world who I could identify with. And Joey Mullen, to me, is the most amazing…….learned to play hockey at school yard on W. 47th…..basically got a scholarship on his roller hockey ability…and then could have been on the 1980 team, but signed as a pro to help his family….
hoopscoach said:
Funny you should mention Mullen and Mullin. I know Chris attended Power for 2 years, I think the Mullen brothers did too. I know they lived in Manhattan.
BL said:
Patrick Ewing,Mike Piazza and Don Mattingly three of the greatest athlete’s ever to play for their team’s,and great in their own sport’s. They all had one thing in common…they all came close….but no cigar. I would just sit back and listen.
jimmy vac said:
BL,
Not a real big Ewing fan but they never got him that number 2 elite player… too bad Bernard King was hurt..
Pizza and Mattingly were the key guys.. neither team had the horses but these two guys kept it interesting.. I don’t know how many times Piazza came through with big hits for the Mets… same with Donnie..
BL said:
I loved Patrick!The man played hard every night of his life. He was a true warrior.NY Knick fan’s finally understand what he truly mean’s to us,we have never had a player like him since he left. We may never have a player like him again.Pat The Rat ruined our chance’s by keeping Stark’s in the game when he couldn’t hit an ocean with a pebble.All he had to do was put Rolando Blackman in the outcome would have been different that night in Houston. Mike piazza what can I say, loved him too.The man took the Met’s on his back in 2000.That 9-11 homer un might be the best sport’s moment of my life,I was really down in the dump’s on the death of my two cousin’s one in north tower and one in south tower.Piazza made me feel good that night,I’ll never forget it.When I go to Cooperstown in 2013 for his induction into the Hall of fame I hope to thank him for that.I am not a Yankee Fan but like Jeter you have to love what Donnie brought to the table and a class guy as well.That’s why they are my guy’s I would share dinner with.
Roscoe said:
The former great guard for the LA Lakers Norm Nixon put it best when he said..”you don’t win championships with jump shooting centers”. I could not agree more and for that reason I never felt Patrick Ewing never played to his full potential. He should have played more around the basket as a player. He played hard but not smart a lot of times. Moses, Hakeem, Duncan, Robinson with rings!!!
Kevin Mahoney said:
Brian,
I was at that Met game when Piazza hit the homer right after 9/11 against Atlanta. It was an amazing night. That, and Starks’ baseline dunk over a couple of Bulls in the playoffs, were the two biggest sporting moments I ever saw in person.
More importantly, hope the back is healing quickly.
Kevin Mahoney said:
Another addition to my best sporting moments witnessed:
Kenny Stratton blocking Omar’s shot over the fence and out of the school yard in the 1984 summer league. I can still see the ball rolling down the middle of the street towards Prospect Ave.
Brian and Steve, I’m sure you were both there that night.
Glenn Thomas said:
My most embarrassing moment as a player was when I was playing varsity at Bishop Ford against Power Memorial and I tried to take a charge on Mario Elie. I was too far under the basket and Elie dunked it two handed with a tomahawk I was glad that Elie worked on his game and became a very good NBA player with a great career! I don’t feel as bad today! LOL!
BL said:
Was I there I was playing in that game.Kev. We made the championship game that year.We had Kenny Stratton,His brother Billy,Mike Lang, Brian lang my brother helped us beat Orlando Pabon in the Semi’s by picking up 3 huge offensive foul’s on Orlando.With time running down I nailed the game winner to shock Orlando’s team. We never got to play the championship game against United Meat market because of the fight that broke out because of Pete Iulo. Father Devlin had to shut the league down. We were so upset that we never got to finish that league. But it was a small taste of what the great summer league’s of Holy Name were all about. I was really glad to be apart of that. Great memory Kevin.
Bobby Trapp said:
Sorry I am just trying to catch up on a Lunch to Remember…….. 1968 or earlier…….
Eddie Farrell, Kevin Fogarty and Micky McNally having lunch at Parkhouse, discussing how and where we will be building our GYM.
hoopscoach said:
Yes Bobby, the countless conversations regarding the building of “the gym”! I had heard those stories for many years as a young kid playing in the Holy Name basketball program. As a Bantam ‘B’ player I can’t forget the many times we were regarded as a ‘travel team’ on the schedule. Remember the one about putting it (the gym) where the lot stands? But how could they we would ask, the ‘F’ train runs directly below. It would’ve been the real ‘field of dreams’…