If you’re a comic book nerd or a Trekkie or a James Bond fan – and I am all of those – you may have heard of the term continuity. Â Basically it’s the way those particular universes make sense.
Until now I felt Mr. Met continuity was to pretend that the current swishy version was the same character as the paper mache head from the 60’s and 70’s.
Clearly this is not the same person. Â Mache Head hung around with Lady Met. Â Swishy is married with kids (according to an ESPN commercial).
I’m guessing that the character Mr. Met has been embodied by two different people, much like Dick Grayson became Batman when Bruce Wayne died (or whatever is happening these days. Â Very confusing).
Maybe Mache Head gave up when Seaver went to Cincinnati, and young Swishy decided to don the persona.
If you’re thinking, wow this is nerdy, what a loser – I’m writing it at 10pm on Friday and I am wearing a Mets sweatshirt. Really. Â Oh, and yes I hope “Swishy” catches on.