The Mets Police

Sometimes at those political rallies in Pennsylvania it can get a little chilly.  Or maybe you just want the deer to know what team you root for.  Either way, you are going to need one of these beauties!

My friends the Mets who have nothing to promote because they locked out the stars of the game, would like you to give them an interest free loan for some upcoming games that may or may not happen.

Anyway I know you guys get all excited about bobbleheads but what are you going to do with these anyway?  Put them in storage?  Blog about them during the next lockout?

You probably don’t even know what you did with your old GKR bobblehead.

METS & SNY CELEBRATE ICONIC TV ANNOUNCERS

WITH THREE-PIECE GARY, KEITH, RON

COLLECTIBLE BOBBLEHEAD SERIES

JULY 9, AUGUST 13, SEPTEMBER 17

Tickets on Sale Now at Mets.com/Tickets

 

FLUSHING, N.Y., January 27, 2022 – The New York Mets and SNY today announced a first-of-its-kind, three-piece, connecting bobblehead collector’s series featuring iconic SNY announcers Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez, and Ron Darling. The series, presented by Verizon and SNY, will provide fans the opportunity to collect three bobbleheads, each featuring one-third of the trio many consider to be the best booth in baseball. These must-have bobbleheads – which when put together will create one large piece – will be given away this summer to the first 25,000 arriving fans Saturday, July 9, Saturday, August 13, and Saturday, September 17 as part of the Mets 60^th Anniversary season. Tickets are on sale now at Mets.com/Tickets.

 

Cohen, Hernandez, and Darling have been at the microphone for Mets telecasts on SNY since the network’s inception in 2006.

 

On Saturday, July 9 vs. Miami, the first 25,000 fans in attendance will receive a Keith Hernandez announcer bobblehead. Fans are encouraged to arrive early to pick up a bobblehead before the Mets retire Hernandez’ uniform number 17 in a pre-game ceremony that afternoon. Hernandez is a three-time Emmy Award winner for “Best Sports Analyst” in New York, taking home the award in 2009, 2012 and 2015.

 

The first 25,000 arriving fans can collect the next piece, a Ron Darling announcer bobblehead, on Saturday, August 13 vs. Philadelphia. Darling, who was inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame last summer, is also a three-time recipient of the Emmy Award for “Best Sports Analyst” in New York. He and Hernandez were Mets teammates from 1983-1989.

 

The Gary Cohen bobblehead, which will complete the set, will be given away to the first 25,000 fans at the Saturday, September 17 game vs. Pittsburgh. Cohen is entering his 34^th season as a play-by-play announcer for the Mets. Cohen first joined the Mets broadcast team as a radio announcer for WFAN, where he called Mets games for 17 years.

Maybe now that Steve is here we can revisit some of the plaques in the Mets Museum.  The Wilpons must have had their nephew do these.  Come on Mets….

For reference, this is how John Franco looks.  Also someone thought that uniform design looked good.  Yikes.

How many of these do you think Media Goon bought? They are so bad I am going to guess only two.  Wait, is Media Goon secretly Polka Dot Man???

 

So this looks “cool” at first glance, but the devil is in the details.

What’s “cool” about it is – you probably forgot to buy a black jersey the first time around even though you supposedly love them so much.  You COULD get the new black jersey (which is a better design, but still bad because it is black) – but the new design lacks the blue piping (which is why it looks better.)

So here’s a rare opportunity to get the Old Black design!

Cool!  $25 and you get a jersey of some sort…not bad….OH WAIT

…the detail is you need 15 people.

I guess that you could just look at it that it will cost you $375 to get a replica jersey.  Media Goon has done worse things.

Or maybe you get a few friends and split the cost…so you each get a replica for like $80 or so and you can give the extra tickets to a kid.

Or you can plan ahead like Media Goon and I do and buy the jerseys when they are available.  A jersey purchase is not always about wearing it today.  Things become cool over time…..like my black road N E W Y O R K jersey.  I bet you wish you had one.  Or Mercury Mets.  Or Road Swoosh.  All terrible, all cool now.   I own a St. Louis Blues Martin Brodeur jersey for that reason – I bought it when he  was on the team.  Now I can wear it to a Devils game and it is cool.

Here is the current black design for those of you who don’t know what the difference is.  For example, if you want a Mike Hampton jersey (why?) in a design he need wore…