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USA Today
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Watch new angle of Mr. Met's viral tumble at The Lumineers concert
All eyes were on Mr. Met's not-so-gracious fall at Citi Field in New York during The Lumineers concert last week, and now the viral moment can be relived from a new angle. The New York Mets mascot made a surprise appearance at the alternative folk band's show on July 11 while playing the tambourine. When lead vocalist Wesley Schultz sat by the piano and sang the group's 2016 hit "Ophelia," Mr. Met promptly hit the floor. Video shows the mascot misstep off the stage and quickly tumble down. However, he took the brief embarrassment like a champ, quickly raising his tambourine to show he's okay and climbing back onto the stage with a little support. The clip garnered more than 5 million views on X, arguably bringing more euphoria than the concert itself. "Rough night for Mr. Met at the Lumineers concert," one X user wrote. Another user pointed out that the accidental fall is nowhere near as mortifying as the awkward moment at a Coldplay concert on July 16. A couple quickly tried to dodge the spotlight when a Jumbotron put them in the spotlight. Both caught off guard, the woman is seen quickly turning her back away, while the man ducks out of view faster than Mr. Met after a wrong step. "Mr. Met is just somewhere, thanking god he's had the second most embarrassing concert moment of the week now," a user wrote. Watch Mr. Met take a tumble at The Lumineers concert Who is Mr. Met? Mr. Met is one of the official mascots for MLB's New York Mets. The mysterious baseball-headed figure initially appeared in cartoons printed on the team's publications before becoming a mascot at Shea Stadium in Queens, New York, in 1964, according to the MLB. He's not alone as he met his soulmate and co-mascot Lady Met that same decade. The pair married in the mid-1970s and have harmoniously lived as MLB royalty ever since.
USA Today
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
An adorable raccoon crashed the Citi Field stands for Pirates-Mets
An adorable raccoon crashed the Citi Field stands for Pirates-Mets The New York Mets welcomed a furry friend to Wednesday night's baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. A raccoon made its way into Citi Field and walked around the stands with a bunch of curious Mets fans looking on from a distance. We're sure this raccoon just wanted to get a seat for the Mets game, as New York is quite good this season. Hey, who are we to judge what this fine animal wants to do with his evening? He's got great taste in baseball! We're sure New York animal control will round this critter up and safely release him back into the wild, but we hope he gets some good baseball in before he's escorted out of the venue. Good for this raccoon. Maybe he got to eat a hot dog and meet Mr. Met before he left?
New York Times
20-03-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Spring Training hat rankings: Mr. Met in high demand, but do pinstripes work on a hat?
While the regular season has already begun for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs, it's still Spring Training for everyone else, so let's talk about Spring Training hats. If you've been watching games over the last few weeks, you likely have opinions on the hats you've seen and so do we. So we'll rank our five favorites and reveal our least favorite below. Feel free to share your picks in the comments. 1. Washington Nationals As a native Washingtonian and current resident of the District of Columbia, I admit to a slight bias here. However, this hat really won me over. You see, I'm a 'curly W' guy when it comes to Washington Nationals hats (I think the squiggly 'W' is a just as iconic 'letter(s) representing your city' baseball logo as the Yankees, Dodgers, Phillies and other teams that wisely utilize that approach on hats. Advertisement The retro Washington Senators style, and much bolder 'W' has never really been my favorite. But it works better here because the 'W' is the same dark navy blue as the hat, with only a slight red and white trim accenting it to make the 'W' pop. I'd like the Nationals to try this color scheme with some game hats. This was an instant purchase as soon as I saw it. I'm actually wearing it as I type this. 2. New York Mets Signing Juan Soto, one of the biggest free agents in MLB history, and combining that moment with one of the most fun team mascots in sports (Mr. Met) gives the arrival of this Spring Training hat a 'dawn of a new era' vibe. The Mets are always more fun when orange is a primary color, like it is with this cap, and just enough blue in the rim to say 'you're still in Queens,' albeit via Port St. Lucie during Spring Training. If you're more of a traditionalist, no worries, Mr. Met is wearing the classic blue Mets hat on the logo of this hat. The comic-book-ish/cartoon vibe of Mr. Met is also a plus. 3. Chicago White Sox Not even a 121-loss season would prevent me from purchasing and wearing this hat if I were a Chicago White Sox fan. There's no new logo. No actual white sox (that's on the batting practice cap). This is just a simple reversing of colors. Kind of. What was black is now grey. What was white is now black. It's giving cookies and cream vibes. The White Sox should use this same look for their Spring Training hats next year but switch the grey for white. 4. Chicago Cubs It's hard to go wrong with a baby bear as your logo. Everything here works. The blue cub replacing the 'C', outlined in white. The light sky blue cap combined with a dark blue rim (the rim color matches the color of the cub). This is also arguably one of the most fashionable 2025 Spring Training offerings. It could almost double as a fancy alternate Chicago Bears cap if only the bear on it were grown up. Advertisement 5. Milwaukee Brewers I'm not a Brewers fan but maybe I would have been growing up had I realized the team's 'glove' logo with a baseball in it is actually my middle and last initials — 'm' and 'b' — on a hat. Quite sneaky. But an incredible realization once you see it. I also just happen to think yellow and blue go well together. Look what it's done for Wolverine. Least favorite: Los Angeles Angels We know the Angels have been slightly distracted by other hat designs of late but a little more effort could have been put into this one, too. This looks like the exact same hat they wear on the field in the regular season, something the Cincinnati Reds are also guilty of in terms of Spring Training/regular season hat options. Michael Nelson Trout deserves better as he's gearing up for the season. Honorable mention least favorite: New York Yankees (home) This hat could have been an email that just said, 'This looks great but let's drop the pinstripes.' Pinstripes are an iconic look on jerseys and pants. On hats? An acquired taste. A lot going on here. But if this Yankees hat isn't right for you, the Bronx Bombers are the only MLB team with two Spring Training caps. The pinstripes are on the 'home' hat, but a much smoother grey and navy blue hat serves as the road alternative, now with less Soto. 1. Detroit Tigers The traditional Tigers 'D' can't be replaced, but this is a great looking alternative. As David pointed out to me, this hat does have a Cincinnati Bengals aesthetic to it, but the tiger head means business. Look into its eyes and you'll hear 'Eye of the Tiger' start to play. 2. Seattle Mariners Isolating the compass symbol in the Mariners logo works so well on a hat. It's a smart deconstruction, and playing up the 'northwest green' gives it a bright spring feel. I could definitely see Ken Griffey Jr. wearing this one backwards. The Tampa Bay Rays' hat attempts something similar, but that design element isn't as identifiable on its own. Advertisement 3. New York Mets I'm with David, this is just a fun hat in the same vein as the Philadelphia Phillies' Phanatic batting practice hat. More teams need to utilize their mascot on their Spring Training hats (looking at you Cincinnati Reds — you have a wonderfully mustachioed mascot and he is criminally underutilized). The sunglasses on Mr. Met really put this one over the top too. And Mets fans seem to agree. This one is sold out on both New Era's website and the team's online shop. All of these hats have a retail price of $47.99 for the 59fifty fitted version, but the Mr. Met hat is selling for north of $80 on eBay. 4. Athletics It feels wrong to praise anything about the Athletics these days, but this is a beautiful hat. The green lettering pops off the yellow background. But this hat screams 'OAKLAND,' so this is a very conflicted inclusion. 5. Arizona Diamondbacks This is maybe just slightly more intimidating than the Tigers' hat, although it may have been more so had they not put the baseball in the snake's mouth. That makes it feel a little goofy, which, having just praised Mr. Met in sunglasses, isn't a bad thing, it just needs to pick a lane. Still, it's a nice twist on the team's branding and the colors are very spring. Least favorite: Los Angeles Dodgers That Dodgers script 'D' just looks out of place on its own to me. They really should have put Shohei Ohtani's face on the hat, sold a billion of them and called it a spring.
