The New York Mets are in disarray thanks to a brutal start to what was supposed to be a promising season.
On Friday, the team hit a low point, firing manager Carlos Mendoza… but you wouldn’t know it if you just looked at Mr. Met.
He was having the time of his life dancing behind a reporter while dressed in his Pride Night best.
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Mr. Met performs on the field after game four of the NLDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field in New York, N.Y., on Oct. 9, 2024. (Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images)
In what felt like an absolute fever dream, the PIX 11 studio team was talking to reporter Steve Gelbs before a game against the division-rival Philadelphia Phillies.
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Obviously, the tone was kind of somber as Gelbs did a midseason dissection (vivisection?) on the team’s season and where everything went wrong.
However, “somber” is not in Pride Night Mr. Met’s vocabulary.
He was very… uh… flamboyant, given the circumstances.
Mrs. Met is going to have to start asking herself some tough questions…
That’s one of those moments where you’re watching the broadcast, you see Gay Pride Mr. Met doing the Party Boy behind a reporter, and you have to turn to someone and ask, “Did that just happen, or is there a gas leak in this house?”
It might even be the first time that I’m glad a team held a wildly unnecessary Pride Night because it made that clip infinitely funnier.
Regular Mr. Met dancing behind Steve Gelbs? Pretty funny.
Mr. Met kitted out for Pride Night, oblivious to the grease fire around him? Gold, Jerry!
You might see a few more of these at New York Mets games after Mr. Met was shaking it hours after the team fired its manager amid a terrible season. (Elsa/Getty Images)
This is why, if you’re a mascot performer, you should probably be aware of how your team is playing and maybe temper what you do just a touch.
Maybe keep it a little subdued eight hours after the manager gets dealt a pink slip, even if it is Pride Night and everything has a little more “pizzazz.”
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Frankly, I think that should be the final straw to give Mr. Met the ol’ heave-ho, too.
Then the Mets can adopt the only mascot who actually cares about on-field performance, Grimace of McDonald’s fame.
