Goodnight, Sweet Prince: Beloved Baseball Monster Mr. Met Dies At 10,000
I always found him pretty scary (unlike the team).
Even though they say no foul play is suspected, I have to suspect the Philly Phanatic.
I remember that, for ONE season, back in the Seventies, the Yankees tried to introduce a mascot named “Dandy.” Luckily, that never panned out, and they gave up on him.
Maybe the Mets can dust him off and give him a job.
Huh. Although a Yankee fan, I had been (blissfully) unaware of that, since I wasn’t living in NY at the time. Seems he was a cousin of the Phanatic and actually lasted three years. I’ve always liked the fact that the Yankees didn’t have a mascot.
He lasted that long? I’m surprised. I remmeber reading about him in the yearbook, but never actually saw him at any games.
Like the article says, he wasn’t allowed on the field, but was exiled to the far reaches of the upper deck.
Uh… this is a parody, right?
I suspect the Rockies’ Dinger myself. As a 165 million year old fossil, Dinger was probably jealous of a mere 10,000 year old getting more attention.
He probably accidentally strangled himself with that deGrom hair he’d been seen sporting last year. People who have been bald for decades need to go easy on experimenting with hair.
Clickhole.com is the Onion’s parody of sites like Buzzfeed and Upworthy.
It’s kind of hit or miss.
Miss, mostly, but every once and a while they do come up with something funny.
I blame Mrs. Met. (the spouse is always a suspect).
I certainly hope so. It would be extremely tragic if a real baseball-headed 10,000-year-old monster had passed away.
Last year he was reportedly so depressed about the Mets’ record he attempted to commit suicide, but was unsuccessful.