# Oh nooooo! Mr Met dead at age 10,000 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 19, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-nooooo-mr-met-dead-at-age-10-000/705080 "2014-11-19T16:22:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-nooooo-mr-met-dead-at-age-10-000/705080/1 "2014-11-19T16:22:10Z")
[Goodnight, Sweet Prince: Beloved Baseball Monster Mr. Met Dies At 10,000](http://www.clickhole.com/article/goodnight-sweet-prince-beloved-baseball-monster-mr-1419) 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. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-nooooo-mr-met-dead-at-age-10-000/705080/2 "2014-11-19T17:01:58Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-nooooo-mr-met-dead-at-age-10-000/705080/3 "2014-11-19T17:31:39Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 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. 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. [Dandy](http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703389004575304961535825960) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-nooooo-mr-met-dead-at-age-10-000/705080/4 "2014-11-19T17:33:24Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > 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. > > [Dandy](http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703389004575304961535825960) He lasted that long? I’m surprised. I remmeber reading about him in the yearbook, but never actually saw him at any games. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-nooooo-mr-met-dead-at-age-10-000/705080/5 "2014-11-19T18:15:34Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-nooooo-mr-met-dead-at-age-10-000/705080/6 "2014-11-19T18:54:44Z")
Uh… this is a parody, right? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-nooooo-mr-met-dead-at-age-10-000/705080/7 "2014-11-19T19:23:23Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > [Goodnight, Sweet Prince: Beloved Baseball Monster Mr. Met Dies At 10,000](http://www.clickhole.com/article/goodnight-sweet-prince-beloved-baseball-monster-mr-1419) > > 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 suspect the Rockies’ [Dinger](http://people.virginia.edu/~jmg6e/images/dinger.jpg) myself. As a 165 million year old fossil, Dinger was probably jealous of a mere 10,000 year old getting more attention. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-nooooo-mr-met-dead-at-age-10-000/705080/8 "2014-11-19T20:28:17Z")
He probably accidentally strangled himself with that [deGrom hair](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bxm9V6PIQAAlYkJ.jpg) he’d been seen sporting last year. People who have been bald for decades need to go easy on experimenting with hair. ---
**Author:** ![buckgully](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@buckgully](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buckgully)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-nooooo-mr-met-dead-at-age-10-000/705080/9 "2014-11-19T20:31:18Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Uh… this is a parody, right? [Clickhole.com](http://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. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-nooooo-mr-met-dead-at-age-10-000/705080/10 "2014-11-19T20:37:38Z")
I blame Mrs. Met. (the spouse is always a suspect). ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-nooooo-mr-met-dead-at-age-10-000/705080/11 "2014-11-19T22:40:59Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Uh… this is a parody, right? I certainly hope so. It would be extremely tragic if a real baseball-headed 10,000-year-old monster had passed away. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-nooooo-mr-met-dead-at-age-10-000/705080/12 "2014-11-19T22:44:47Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > He probably accidentally strangled himself with that [deGrom hair](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bxm9V6PIQAAlYkJ.jpg) he’d been seen sporting last year. Last year he was reportedly so depressed about the Mets’ record [he attempted to commit suicide,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGjR33MqmNw) but was unsuccessful.