what about the plastic animals?

A Despondent Mr. Met

Mr. Met hasn't moved since last Sunday.

On the Edge

Mr. Met is on the edge of his seat on the last day of the season.  He hopes everyone cheers the team on today as they battle the Marlins.  He's been chanting "Remember Tom Maine and do it again!  Let's Go Mets!" all morning.

Kitty and Mr. Met

Kitty and Mr. Met are looking forward to Sunday's season opener against the Cardinals.  Ever the traditionalist, Mr. Met is a little perturbed that the Reds don't play the first game of the season anymore, but he relishes the chance of showing St. Louis who is going to be the World Series champs in 2007.

The Ghostly Mr. Met

Mr. Met is pleased with the play of his beloved Mets so far this post-season.  He's obviously worried about the pitching situation with Pedro and El Duque out.  With any luck the team will only have to play one game in Los Angeles.

So what's so ghostly about Mr. Met?  Check here for his apparition.

Mr. Met Gets Tanked

You'll have to forgive Mr. Met's late appearance this week.  After the Mets clinched their division Mr. Met decided to "party like we did in '86." 

Mr. Met enjoyed a bottle of McNeill's Brewery Old Ringworm beer that I got when I was in Brattleboro this past summer.  He also enjoyed a bottle of Fâmega vinho verde from Portugal.  I know nothing about wine.  I picked this up at Astor Wines because it was cheap ($4.69).  My intent was to use it as a cooking wine but Mr. Met beat me to it.  He did let me have a taste.  It is light and effervescent and not overly sweet.  I liked it so much I went back and got a bottle for myself.  It's on a high shelf where Mr. Met can't reach.

Bucket O' Mr. Met

The bucket was an impulse purchase.  It was only $3.50 at a hardware store in the East Village.  I have yet to find a use for it.  Mr. Met says the bucket is a good place to be when Steve Trachsel is pitching.

Clouds V

Cumulus Mistermeticus.

Mr. Met loves shrinking magic numbers!

Mr. Met Reads Another Book

Mr. Met loves the comfy chair!  He says it reminds him of the chair that Casey sat in.

One of Mr. Met's favorite pastimes is reading books.  Last time we saw Mr. Met reading it was a physics book.  What are you reading today Mr. Met?  That's an unusual plain brown cover on that book.

MR. MET!!! What the...???  You and Mrs. Met been married how long and you're only now reading that book?

Where'd you get that book Mr. Met?  Did Pedro give it to you?  Is this one of his jokes?  That book is old.  And, look, it says the book can only be distributed upon a doctor's recommendation.  Who ever heard of such a book?  It must have some dangerous ideas.

No, I don't want to look at the pictures. 

If that's what men are susceptible to, what about women?  "Tweeds and tobacco and leather and shaving lotions".

Somewhat antiquated notions of what attracts men to women and women to men aside, the book offers factual and perfectly sensible information.  My parents owned it before I appeared so it must have worked.  It is pretty shocking to see that the book could only be distributed on advice of a physician.  Even more shocking is the short chapter on abortion.  The authors are firmly against it.  Not for any right-to-life reasons but because abortions were so dangerous to the mother before Roe v. Wade.

Baseballs

Look who's back!  After a year's absence Mr. Met returns.  And he's got a Dr. Who-like aura about him this week. 

Mr. Met knows his fans have been concerned about his well-being.  Although he can't reply to everyone personally,--his lack of an opposable thumb, or fingers, come to think of it, makes writing and typing almost impossible, he appreciates all the email and letters he has received during his absence.  About his absence Mr. Met would only say he was tired of "only being the 'face' of the Mets with no involvement beyond that..." then, as often happens, he lost concentration and started mumbling to himself.

Mr. Met Gets All Patriotic

Though his colors are normally those of the Dutch flag, Mr. Met turns red, white and blue on Independence Day weekend.  Mr. Met wishes everyone well this holiday and reminds everyone that baseball is America's national pastime.

Mr. Met Goes Stomping

Mr. Met gets excited whenever the Mets play the Yankees.  As I was trying to eat breakfast this morning he started jumping on the Mariano Rivera and Alex Rodriguez baseball cards yelling "The Evil Empire will be destroyed!  I will also stomp Anakin Steinbrenner and Darth Torre!"  When I suggested he might be a little confused he screamed "If you're not with me, you're my enemy!  The force is strong with Pedro and Obi-Wan Floyd!"

Mr. Met is going to be resting for a few weeks.

Mr. Met 's Private Joke

Mr. Met was reading Murray Chass' column this morning, headlined "The Yankees Loss is the Met's Gain" about Willie Randolph leaving the Yankees to become the Met's manager.  Suddenly, he started convulsing with laughter.  He was laughing so hard he fell off the couch!  After rolling around on the floor for a minute he stuck his head under the couch and managed to compose himself.  The column didn't strike me as all that humorous, so I asked Mr. Met what he found so funny.  He snickered that he wanted to write a column headlined "The Met's Loss is the Yankees Loss is the Met's Gain".  I looked at him, perplexed, when he shouted out like the reincarnation of Lou Costello "Third Base!" and doubled-up with laughter again.

Sometimes Mr. Met's behavior is so mysterious.

Mr. Met's Favorite Movies

Mr. Met's favorite movies are:

1.  Major League
2.  Bull Durham
3.  The Natural
4.  Pride of the Yankees
5.  Bad News Bears Go to Japan

Mr. Met's favorite non-baseball movie is Once Upon a Time in the West.  Here he is doing his best Woody Strode imitation.  At first I thought it was a Charles Bronson imitation but Mr. Met insisted it was Woody Strode, even though Woody doesn't last too long in the movie.
 

Mr. Met Visits an Old Friend

Mr. Met likes to keep in touch with former Mets.  It was thirty-five years ago today that Tom Terrific struck out a then-record 19 San Diego Padres, including the last 10 batters (still a record for most consecutive strike-outs!). 

Mr. Met Loves Cupcakes!

Yesterday was Mr. Met's birthday!  It was 41 years ago yesterday that Mr. Met made his debut at Shea Stadium.  In honor of that anniversary, and to celebrate the start of another season at Shea, Mr. Met made cupcakes. 

Mr. Met loves cupcakes so much he was interviewed about them at cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com earlier in the week.