On Saturday, the Mets will distribute 25,000 bobbleheaded likenesses of Daniel Joseph Staub, which is not the same thing as actual likenesses — the resemblance is primarily hair-deep — and may not be enough for the club to satisfy the honoree’s stated wish that “everyone comes out and gets one.” Nobody likes to imagine Customers […]
 
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 4 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1972 Mets, 1985 Mets, Bobbleheads, Bobby Valentine, Bones Ely, Casey Stengel, Charlie Hough, Connie Mack, Davey Johnson, Dazzy Vance, Dick Tidrow, George Foster, Jim Leyland, Larry Bowa, Longevity, Mike Torrez, Nellie Fox, Nolan Ryan, Rusty Staub, Team History, Tom Paciorek, Tug McGraw Johan Santana knows from customer service. We ask the ace to pitch like an ace, his year away from acedom notwithstanding, and on Saturday he delivered like, well, an ace. Not Johan of the Twins nor Johan of the Trade (let alone Johan of His Finest Hour and several sublime Met moments before and after) […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andres Torres, Bobbleheads, Bobby Parnell, Customer Service, Daniel Murphy, Frank Francisco, Johan Santana, Mike Nickeas, Tom Seaver You didn’t need to stare out the window this morning to know this was the kind of day to make like Zooey Deschanel and ask your iPhone to conjure you some tomato soup (although maybe you could do it less preciously than Zooey Deschanel). All you had to do was tap the weather app on […] The bobbles are coming! The bobbles are coming! And, no, that’s not a fielding forecast for Daniel Murphy playing second base. The historical bobbleheads we’ve been asking for are really coming to Citi Field this season, marking the Mets’ 50th anniversary like it oughta be. The lineup: Tom Seaver: Pretty fair country pitcher, representing the 1960s (and eternity), […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bobbleheads, Josh Lewin, Mets Promotions, Wayne Hagin Taking a brief pause from celebrating the Mets’ welcome decision to celebrate their heritage here to wish the Met of Mets, George Thomas Seaver, a happiest of birthdays. 41 is the new 67 today. We should all wear a commemorative patch. Seaver, it was announced yesterday amid a flood of upbeat, non-field announcements, is the lead […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bobbleheads, Fiftieth Anniversary, Jose Reyes, Tom Seaver |
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