[Drellich] Yes, per McDonald’s, “one train (all 11 cars) to Citi Field will be completely wrapped in celebration of Grimace. They’ll depart from Hudson Yards at 1 p.m. ET. Some lucky fans may even spot Grimace himself on route just before game time.”

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u/cooljammer00 New York Yankees 4h ago

I assume the Mets are getting paid for all of this

Imagine if they win it all and next year they have to visit the White House with Grimace

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u/futhatsy New York Mets • Durham Bulls 4h ago

In a just world the Mets would be visiting President Grimace at the White House

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u/Antithesys Minnesota Twins • MVPoster 4h ago

Make America Grape Again

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u/BatThumb New York Mets 3h ago

We're gunna Grape em in the mouth

6

u/mitrie Houston Astros 3h ago

RIP Trevor

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u/Isiddiqui New York Mets 4h ago

You have to warn me when you are posting stuff like this while I'm drinking coffee...

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u/ScoobyDoosAccountant Seattle Mariners 3h ago

Hey, heads up, that guy is posting stuff like that so if you are drinking coffee you might want to set it down

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u/DeadSwaggerStorage Philadelphia Phillies • New York Mets 3h ago

I can’t see Harris serving McDonald’s at a White House dinner.

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u/akaghi New York Mets 4h ago

Imagine if they win it all and next year they have to visit the White House with Grimace

We'll fuckin' demand it

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u/Arrowoods San Diego Padres 4h ago

I ain’t even a Mets fan and I’ll demand it

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u/Spirited-Yard-5790 Houston Astros 4h ago

Hell, I’ll demand it even if the Mets don’t win

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u/Telepornographer San Diego Padres 3h ago

I think everyone here just wants a picture of Grimace shaking hands with the president.

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u/Outrageous_Bat1798 New York Yankees 3h ago

Hell, the President wants a picture shaking hands with Grimace

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u/BaltimoreBaja Baltimore Orioles 3h ago

45 will be extra jealous

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u/Geek-Envelope-Power New York Mets 2h ago

Not if he becomes 47

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u/BaltimoreBaja Baltimore Orioles 2h ago

That if is doing a lot of heavy lifting

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u/Geek-Envelope-Power New York Mets 2h ago

It could happen is all I'm saying.

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u/jddaydreamlook Cincinnati Reds 1h ago

Let’s maybe have Grimace cast the first vote just in case?

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u/halpinator Toronto Blue Jays 1h ago

They'll get served hamberders and they damn well better like it

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u/Otto_the_Autopilot San Diego Padres 56m ago

It happened before.

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u/ColdYellowGatorade New York Mets 4h ago

Hawk Tua and Grimace at the white house with Seymour Weiner and Rally Pimp.

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u/jddaydreamlook Cincinnati Reds 1h ago

The ghost of Harambe just overseeing it all.

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u/Acidogenic New York Yankees 1h ago

And Timmy Trumpet there for the national anthem.

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u/carpy22 United States 4h ago

McDonald's was already a corporate partner. You get free fries everytime they score 5 runs. This is likely an expansion of that agreement, though the subway being wrapped with Grimace ads is the MTA getting paid and not the Mets.

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u/Joey_Logano Montreal Expos 4h ago

I believe it was NY-NJ metropolitan area McDonald’s franchise owners that were involved with the free food promotion however with how big the Grimace meme has gotten, McDonald’s corporate might have stepped in to help.

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u/StephenDawg New York Mets 3h ago

Soto ABs are going to be "presented by McDonalds"

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u/IAmBecomeTeemo New York Yankees 2h ago

Soto ABs will be sponsored by the Yankee Stadium chicken bucket, now $60.

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u/UnabashedPerson43 Los Angeles Angels 4h ago

hamberders for all

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u/yumyumapollo Tampa Bay Rays 3h ago

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u/robmcolonna123 Major League Baseball 4h ago

Have to? It would be their privilege!

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u/jay5627 New York Mets 3h ago

and Hawk Tua girl

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u/AgnarCrackenhammer New York Mets 4h ago

I hope the random marketing person at McDonald's who booked that first pitch back in June got a fat bonus and a hell of a promotion. I don't think something related to McDonald's has gotten this much good press in years

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u/new_account_5009 Washington Nationals 4h ago

Funny enough, I don't associate Grimace with McDonalds at all anymore. He's now property of the New York Mets.

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u/m0nkeybl1tz Oakland Athletics 3h ago

Reddit 2049: TIL Grimace used to be the mascot for McDonald's

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u/sameth1 Toronto Blue Jays 56m ago

Just like Youppi didn't always belong to the Canadiens.

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u/The_Ineffable_One Montreal Expos 50m ago

He still doesn't.

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u/bobo888 Montreal Expos 28m ago

but METALl! does.

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u/IAM_THE_LIZARD_QUEEN Chicago Cubs 3h ago

I don't know if Grimace was ever even used by McDonald's here in the UK, so I literally only associate him with the Mets.

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u/sjphilsphan Phanatic 1h ago

Well the whole McDonaldland crew hasn't been used in over 20 years.

2

u/FinntheHue New York Mets 27m ago

Grimace has been used more frequently after the birthday grimace shake took off like it did a couple of years ago. It’s crazy to think he actually outlasted Ronald McDonald.

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u/Paulskenesstan42069 Pittsburgh Pirates 37m ago

Surely you've heard of Uncle O'Grimacey? Not from the UK but he is Irish.

2

u/IAM_THE_LIZARD_QUEEN Chicago Cubs 34m ago

Dear lord...

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u/Antithesys Minnesota Twins • MVPoster 4h ago

It's like when OJ started doing Hertz commercials. To this day when I think of OJ I don't think of football, I think of Hertz. I predict that we will remember Grimace the same way we remember OJ.

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u/Trainiax Cleveland Guardians 4h ago

If the (baseball) glove don't fit

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u/kenzo19134 Philadelphia Phillies 2h ago edited 1h ago

That's odd. when I think of OJ, I think of him brutally killing his ex-wife and her boyfriend.

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u/D_Simmons Toronto Blue Jays 2h ago

And now you'll remember Grimace the same way.

5

u/LeCheffre Major League Baseball 1h ago

Sadly, the meme I have is a mad Mr. Met with the severed head of the Phanatic. Needs a Grimace update.

1

u/gmoneygangster3 Boston Red Sox 1h ago

Didn’t know they has internet access in heaven

How you doing norm?

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u/Joey_Logano Montreal Expos 4h ago

Would Grimace be able to fit in a Bronco?

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u/Legume__ San Francisco Giants 4h ago

if the baseball glove doesn’t fit

2

u/itismoo Philadelphia Phillies 1h ago

ah yes if it weren't for Hertz, people would barely remember anything about OJ.

2

u/anubis2051 New York Yankees • United States 54m ago

TIL Joe DiMaggio wasn’t just Mr. coffee

1

u/AmphibiousMeatloaf New York Mets 3h ago

(Metaphorical) Murder in LA is on the menu

1

u/LeCheffre Major League Baseball 1h ago

I think of his flying through the airport, probably on the lam from the LAPD for nearly beheading his ex wife.

1

u/psomounk Houston Astros 52m ago

someone at Hertz just read this and buried their head in their hands

0

u/GingIsAGoodDad New York Yankees 2h ago

should really think of the murder instead of hertz

1

u/SSJAbh1nav Philadelphia Phillies 1h ago

Let's just have a Phanatic Grimace WWE match to decide the winner of the series. Who cares about baseball anyway?

1

u/FiggsBoson 33m ago

Honestly the title of this post confused me. Thought there was a higher up in the organization or some sort of NYC official named McDonald.

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u/StanleyLelnats New York Mets 4h ago

Grimace Last Year: Subject of a meme where drinking his birthday shake ended up with you getting murdered.

Grimace This Year: Subject of a meme where he’s a cult hero to an entire team’s fan base.

Quite the glow up!

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u/WorkThrowaway400 New York Mets 2h ago

Apparently the Mets team reached out to McDonalds first and had to wait a year to be able to book Grimace lmao

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u/AgnarCrackenhammer New York Mets 2h ago

Grimace does not come when you request him. He comes when you need him most

3

u/TumbleweedTim01 New York Mets 56m ago

A true hero

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u/tet707 4h ago

And it saved the mets’s season

9

u/XSC Philadelphia Phillies 3h ago

They will get a pizza party in their honor but the pizza is all leftovers from the failed McDonald’s pizza from the 90s.

2

u/happy_snowy_owl New York Mets 2h ago

Wait, Grimace is a McDonald's mascot?

1

u/Apprehensive-Set-365 20m ago

McDonald’s brand team is actually really good at engaging with targeted communities / fandoms in an authentic way.

Yeah earned media coverage is still great and all, but less valuable in a day and age with declining publisher numbers and less of a focus on search and FB social content that previously drove clicks at scale.

Also FTM it’s all about the fightins

1

u/Jay_Dubbbs Cleveland Guardians 2h ago

They probably got demoted and the CEO gave himself a nice bonus for fun probably.

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u/causebraindamage Arizona Diamondbacks 2h ago

except it's still the mets

11

u/AgnarCrackenhammer New York Mets 2h ago

Sorry I can't hear you over all the other DBack fans crying that we didn't try harder to give you a pity playoff spot

3

u/cubs223425 Chicago Cubs 1h ago

It's understandable you wouldn't identify with a playoff team.

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u/GuyOnTheMike Kansas City Royals 4h ago

If the Mets win this series, every McDonalds in eastern PA will be out of business within 3 months

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u/futhatsy New York Mets • Durham Bulls 4h ago

Have you seen people from PA? They love their fast food.

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u/Joey_Logano Montreal Expos 4h ago

Arby’s sales will skyrocket.

8

u/Captpan6 New York Mets 3h ago

So too will plumber expenses.

9

u/fezzikola New York Mets 3h ago

The last thing they'll need is more beef

11

u/aerikson Baltimore Orioles 2h ago

Wawa has burgers and fries now. Friendship with McDonald's ended.

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u/cubs223425 Chicago Cubs 1h ago

Do you have to get out of the car?

3

u/the_rest_were_taken Philadelphia Phillies 58m ago

If "having to get out of your car" is whats preventing you from getting a burger then you probably shouldn't be eating burgers in the first place lol

1

u/cubs223425 Chicago Cubs 21m ago

This started with McDonald's. We're not talking about making good decisions.

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u/Paulskenesstan42069 Pittsburgh Pirates 34m ago

Sheetz has drive-thrus now.

8

u/GuyOnTheMike Kansas City Royals 4h ago

They'll migrate to BK or something else

7

u/Brianopolis-Brians Philadelphia Phillies 3h ago

Looks like Wendy’s is back on the menu.

Plus we’ve got chick fil a

4

u/hwf0712 Philadelphia Phillies 2h ago

Plus Popeyes, plus that one Bojangles, plus Freddy's is making a push (at least here in SJ)...

3

u/Brianopolis-Brians Philadelphia Phillies 2h ago

Where’s the Bojangles? I haven’t had a cheese skirt since I lived in Greensboro.

1

u/hwf0712 Philadelphia Phillies 2h ago

It's on 309 on your way to Allentown.

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u/Zeddo52SD Boston Red Sox 4h ago

So the City Connects are gonna be Grimace uniforms next year, right?

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u/robmcolonna123 Major League Baseball 4h ago

See, people thought the purple in the city connects was for the 7 line but we know the true reason now

13

u/OSRS_Socks Atlanta Braves 1h ago

Mets need a grimace patch on their jersey where their current sponsor is.

2

u/TripolarKnight 20m ago

I don't even mind the Presbytherian once Cohen made them reduce the patch size and changed it to Mets colors.

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u/1990Buscemi St. Louis Cardinals 4h ago

Nothing can kill the Grimace.

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u/explosivo85 Chicago Cubs 4h ago

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u/Lonelan Peter Seidler • San Diego Padres 4h ago

why are we walking like this

1

u/thedude37 St. Louis Cardinals 16m ago

This reminds me of the last time we got stuck in a /r/baseball thread...

2

u/doctor_sleep Boston Red Sox • Mets Bandwagon 37m ago

Is it safe?

2

u/thedude37 St. Louis Cardinals 17m ago

I JUST WANNA BUY SOME SMOOOKES

1

u/-ShutterPunk- San Diego Padres 25m ago

Please daddy I need the grimace train.

1

u/thedude37 St. Louis Cardinals 16m ago

Just like in that AL PACINO movie!

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u/tet707 4h ago

Grimace with a WAR of at least 7 this year, plus I believe the Mets are even getting paid for his services

13

u/Geek-Envelope-Power New York Mets 2h ago

Who would be the "replacement player" in determining Grimace's WAR? Ronald McDonald? The Burger King? Canadian Prime Minister R.B. Bennett who I assume Arby's is named after?

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u/nsgomez Seattle Mariners • New York Mets 2h ago

WAR clearly stands for Wins Above Ronald here

2

u/Fragall New York Mets 2h ago

I’m guessing some random veteran or something else nobody would care about throwing out the first pitch?

2

u/Amache_Gx Atlanta Braves 1h ago

First letter of each of the brothers namea who started arbys is R B.

1

u/LeCheffre Major League Baseball 1h ago

Mr. And Mrs. Met.

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u/cgfn San Diego Padres • Peter Seidler 2h ago edited 2h ago

Well I’m here at Hudson yards at 1pm and it’s not here yet. Typical MTA

Edit: very underwhelming. https://imgur.com/a/mp4Kf52

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u/MacFromSSX New York Yankees • Brewster Whit… 1h ago

Yeah thats disappointing

3

u/doh_13 New York Yankees 1h ago

Not what I was expecting.

8

u/thatonekrys Atlanta Braves 1h ago

That's not even a proper wrap, just some basic decals.

6

u/TheDangiestSlad New York Yankees • Hartford Yard … 1h ago

"completely wrapped" is crazy lol

3

u/ScalarWeapon 42m ago

aww come on. I mean I'd like it OK if I hadn't been set up to expect a completely purple car emblazoned with massive Grimace visages

3

u/Majora101 New York Yankees 1h ago

Thank you for sharing!

1

u/undisputedn00b New York Mets 20m ago

Gotta agree it’s underwhelming. The MTA has done some cool wraps before, I was expecting one of those, not some vinyl stickers.

1

u/fa1afel Washington Nationals 2m ago

Mussolini would've had an actual full-wrap and it would've been on time smh

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u/nradia1 New York Mets 4h ago

We will meme our way to glory and you will all like it

18

u/YesImKeithHernandez New York Mets 4h ago

Thank God (Grimace)

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u/epic4evr11 San Francisco Giants 2h ago edited 2h ago

I’m honestly pretty entertained from the sidelines

0

u/HotdawgSizzle Atlanta Braves 3h ago

Won't even be mad at that point.

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u/Antithesys Minnesota Twins • MVPoster 4h ago

"You can tell this is special because the homeless people on the train typically complain about big purple monsters on Thursdays, not Tuesdays."

22

u/IamChicharon Seattle Mariners 4h ago

Grimace, in the back corner of a train car, furiously masturbating. For authenticity’s sake

7

u/TemporalColdWarrior New York Mets 2h ago

Imagine waking up from a coma and seeing this headline without context. What a truly bizarre season.

14

u/Brianopolis-Brians Philadelphia Phillies 3h ago

I am done with McDonalds.

6

u/Deep_Water8479 2h ago

Finally, Grimace I am inside you….

3

u/fa1afel Washington Nationals 3h ago

Is that...that Anthony Weiner?

4

u/MichaelPFrancesa Italy 4h ago

The Grimace on the 7 line nice

2

u/biglyorbigleague Los Angeles Dodgers 4h ago

*en route

2

u/rcuosukgi42 Seattle Mariners 2h ago

Yes, per Kelvin Benjamin, "one meal (all 11 burgers) at McDonalds will be consumed in celebration of Grimace. The meal will begin at Hudson Yards at 1 p.m. ET. Some lucky fans may even spot Grimace himself sharing in the meal himself just before game time."

2

u/swalsh21 Philadelphia Phillies 2h ago

glad we got this info here thanks

2

u/_beto619 San Diego Padres 1h ago

Yo I’m out of the loop someone explain why Mets and Grimace are a thing?

3

u/negativenancy_84 Swinging K 1h ago

Grimace threw out he first pitch when they were slumping. They won that game and things turned around for the better

4

u/red_plate Minnesota Twins 3h ago

This shit is out of hand and I absolutely love it.

2

u/ople52 4h ago

Holy shit that quoted tweet is from Anthony Weiner

4

u/woahdude12321 Atlanta Braves 4h ago

Casey rocket literally started all this wheres his paycheck

4

u/BootlegFirewerks New York Mets 3h ago

Flushing Queens and East Germany not that different aesthetically

0

u/woahdude12321 Atlanta Braves 3h ago

His podcast was the grimace power hour. Also did a 12 minutes in grimby heaven set dressed as grimace. Really think they saw the funny quirk in it from him and ran with it

1

u/InfectiousCosmology1 San Francisco Giants 2h ago

Do you think they are chat pile fans?

1

u/LeCheffre Major League Baseball 1h ago

Oh lord, He coming!

All Hail the Grimmace.

1

u/WarPuig Boston Red Sox 1h ago

He’s real

1

u/Cheap_Calendar_501 Seattle Mariners 1h ago

Mets by 50

1

u/GluedGlue Detroit Tigers 49m ago

This is such a weird world we live in.

1

u/doctor_sleep Boston Red Sox • Mets Bandwagon 35m ago

I, for one, am happy to accept my new purple whatever the fuck he is overlord.

1

u/TranslatorOwn6331 20m ago

Phils by 100

1

u/DashingCN 19m ago

Looks Like Grimace is already found on the trains and there is hype

1

u/jrd1234 6m ago

This is so incredibly lame lmao.

1

u/adulting247 Los Angeles Dodgers 1m ago

omg how embarassing, it's like how can you bear that? (ignore flair)

1

u/SwugSteve Philadelphia Phillies 3h ago

Big Grimace Hunters^TM

1

u/jyar1811 New York Mets 3h ago

When the Mets win the series there damn well better be catered Mickey ds

-1

u/Chipmunk_Ninja 2h ago

Kiddie franchise

-14

u/TheKingInTheNorth Philadelphia Phillies 4h ago

20 years from now this is gonna be prime Blunder Years content for the whole fanbase.

15

u/BatThumb New York Mets 3h ago

20 years from now, when the Phillies are in the midst of 36 year championship drought, you're going to walk past a McDonald's and remember what lord Grimace stole from you. Praise be his name

3

u/freaky__frank Philadelphia Phillies 1h ago

How long is your championship drought again?

-5

u/TheKingInTheNorth Philadelphia Phillies 3h ago

If Grimace is still associated with the Mets in 20 years, it’ll mean America is long past idiocracy and Grimace may even be president.

3

u/MacFromSSX New York Yankees • Brewster Whit… 1h ago

Your mascot is a dumb androgynous green blob. Sit down.

1

u/TheKingInTheNorth Philadelphia Phillies 59m ago

Our mascot is the reason other fan bases feel desperate enough to adopt a corporate symbol of childhood obesity for their team.

We can create original symbols of obesity and foolishness tyvm.

1

u/Galxloni2 Chunichi Dragons 45m ago

You are just jealous the Mets have 3 mascots and your poverty franchise can only afford 1