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Pro Sports Mascots, RankedEveryone knows that Mr. Met, unjustly persecuted this week, is the best mascot. What this ranking presupposes is: Of course he is, but we can prove it scientifically....

Report: Mr. Met Was Heckled Before Flipping The BirdThe New York Post has shed some more light on the Mr. Met bird-flipping controversy, quoting a fan who says Mr. Met’s rude finger was flipped in response to persistent heckling....

Report: Bird-Flipping Mr. Met No Longer Allowed To Be Mr. MetLast night, Mr. Met gave us the highlight of the New York Mets’ season when he gave the finger to a fan. It was fun and good, mostly because the visual of a grinning Mr. Met giving some jamoke the finger is a pleasing visual, and also because it was no doubt deserved. Unfortunately, the Mets were no...

Mets Apologize After Mr. Met Gets Caught Flipping The Bird At A Fan

The Mets lost to the Brewers tonight by six runs. Aside from Eric Thames’s big dinger, what happened on the field was not particularly notable (the Mets lose all the time). However, right next to the field, Mr. Met provided the highlight of the night when he flipped off a fan who was videotaping the...

Baseball Is Back And Thank Fucking God

At last, the death-gods have released their cold, icy grip on the United States; the trees are green, the birds are singing, and our greatest sport has returned. While there’s just too much to keep track of in terms of who’s where and what’s what and who’s going to do what and such—FiveThirtyEight, ...

Is Sluggerrr Boning Mrs. Met?

Mr. Met joined Twitter today. He was immediately bullied by MLB's horniest mascot, the Royals' Sluggerrr....

Meanwhile, In Flushing...

Mr. Met poses with Snooki. Also, tonight is Star Wars Night at Citi Field. It's summer in New York....

Watch Some Dude Lightly Smack Mr. Met In The Groin

Tipster Nicholas sends along this video of a gentleman—perhaps Nicholas himself, though we cannot know—tricking Mr. Met into singing along with him to "Meet the Mets."...