My Son Got Me This....

[Lefty Specialist]

Kinda sums it up.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I could wear that, my birthday is next month...
Shouldn't it be mets' fan or have I been punctuating it wrong on the
internet for the last two decades?

[Lefty Specialist]

Well, there's no capitals either. But I've never used an apostrophe.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I see "Mets" in the phrase "Mets fan" as an adjective, which would not require an apostrophe. However, I guess if you see it as meaning "a fan who belongs to the Mets" then the apostrophe would be appropriate.

[metsmarathon]

i'm a mets fan
i'm a knicks fan
i'm a jazz fan
i'm a heat fan
i'm a thunder fan
i'm a peanut butter and jelly fan

near as i can tell, the apostrophe doesn't belong in any of them. the lack of capitalization is embarrassing tho

[Benjamin Grimm]

"peanut-butter-and-jelly fan" should be hyphenated.

I love how a picture of a t-shirt turns, immediately, into a discussion of grammar.

[G-Fafif]

I'm a Mets fan who sometimes goes to the Mets' ballpark to watch the Mets game, toward the end of which I find myself hoping none of the Mets' relievers blows it.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I concur with G-Fafif's apostrophe distribution.

[Edgy MD]

G-Fafif wrote: I'm a Mets fan who sometimes goes to the Mets' ballpark to watch the Mets game, toward the end of which I find myself hoping none of the Mets' relievers blows it.

If I'm lucky, I revel in a Met's success.

[Edgy MD]

G-Fafif wrote: I'm a Mets fan who sometimes goes to the Mets' ballpark to watch the Mets game, toward the end of which I find myself hoping none of the Mets' relievers blows it.

If I'm lucky, I revel in a Met's success.

[RealityChuck]

d'Kong76 wrote: I could wear that, my birthday is next month... Shouldn't it be mets' fan or have I been punctuating it wrong on the internet for the last two decades?

You've been doing it wrong. It's an adjectival use.

The Mets don't own you, so it's not possessive.

[Guest d'Kong76]

RealityChuck wrote: You've been doing it wrong.

I see that.

RealityChuck wrote: The Mets don't own you

Not so sure I see that.

[MFS62]

I have one in Mets colors (blue on orange) with a grimacing face that says "Why us?"

Later

[Guest 41Forever]

G-Fafif wrote: I'm a Mets fan who sometimes goes to the Mets' ballpark to watch the Mets game, toward the end of which I find myself hoping none of the Mets' relievers blows it.

I believe this is correct, and I'm certain marathon's capitalization comment made me laugh!

[Frayed Knot]

Lefty Specialist wrote: [fimg=275]http://i68.tinypic.com/x2uzjs.jpg[/fimg]

WFUV's Don McGee, himself a big Mets fan, dedicated this set on his 7/7 'Mixed Bag' show (essentially the Pete Fornatale legacy program) specifically for Mets fans

DROWN IN MY OWN TEARS -- Derek Trucks Band
TEARS, TEARS, AND MORE TEARS -- Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
TEARS OF A CLOWN -- Smoky Robinson & the Miracles
TIRED OF MY TEARS -- Susan Tedeschi

[Lefty Specialist]

I'll wear it at the end of the season. If I survive, that is.

[Benjamin Grimm]

That shirt will make less sense in November, after the Mets have just completed the most improbable championship comeback in history.

[Centerfield]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: That shirt will make less sense in November, after the Mets have just completed the most improbable championship comeback in history.

It really turned around at the end of July when scientists unexpectedly found that fava beans magically cure spinal stenosis.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm going to do my part. Tomorrow I'm leaving for South America. Hopefully that will work as well as it did in 2015.

[Lefty Specialist]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I'm going to do my part. Tomorrow I'm leaving for South America. Hopefully that will work as well as it did in 2015.

Problem is, if they play like they did down the stretch in 2015.... they'd only get back to about .500.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm going further south this time, if that helps.