That's My Mets Beard, Baby

[Edgy MD]

Vic Black, Bobby Parnell, Kirk Nieuwenhuis jump on a trend.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I don't get the baseball-beard thing. These guys look like idiots.

[Edgy MD]

Black looks like an enchanted woodlands creature.

In fact, a Vic Black Gnome Day would be redundant.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I thought this was going to be a thread about Mike Piazza's wife.

[Guest d'Kong76]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I don't get the baseball-beard thing. These guys look like idiots.

I second that emotion.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Yup, I don't get it, either. But Kirk looks nicely groomed.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Edgy MD wrote: Black looks like an enchanted woodlands creature. In fact, a Vic Black Gnome Day would be redundant.

OH, yeah. The other two at least look like they've got real, this-belongs-to-me-type beards. Vic's wearing a costume on his face.

[ashie62]

d'Kong76 wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I don't get the baseball-beard thing. These guys look like idiots. I second that emotion.

I third it.

[Lefty Specialist]

Not exactly sure what beard-wearing brings to the table except to scream, "I have ample levels of testosterone!".

Vic Black's beard looks like something you'd buy in a novelty store for $2.99, for one thing.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Weird-ass beards are for hockey.

Weird-ass mustaches are for baseball.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Black looks like an enchanted woodlands creature.

lmao.He does.

[Edgy MD]

You wouldn't have though any Met could out douchebeard Justin Turner, but here we are. I think Kirk is giving the best beard of those three.

High quality Mets beards through history:

1. Angel Pagan, baby.

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Neither of these fully capture's its magic, but I think it was LWFS who said that Angel may have achieved the Platonic ideal of "beard." it was a beard fit for a man named Angel.

[Edgy MD]

2. They weren't all good days, but on its best days, Jason Pridie's beard could turn heads.

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[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

When I think of Mets beards I think of Jeff Reardon.


This wasn't a fucking-around-over-the-offseason beard.

[Edgy MD]

Totally suited him. That's the beard of a guy who spent the offseason working on boats in New England. Not like the posers we're getting here.

Zachry, or course, also wore it authentically. His was the beard of a guy who hauled fertilizer in the back of a pickup. It defined Mets beards for a generation, inspired wannabes like Kevin Kobel and Dwight Bernard, and distinguished the scratchy Mets from the beardless Yankees.



Is there any doubt this guy had a still?

[RealityChuck]

Black now looks like Yukon Cornelius.

"Ground balls bounce!"

[dinosaur jesus]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Weird-ass beards are for hockey. Weird-ass mustaches are for baseball.

These guys would disagree.

[Edgy MD]

RealityChuck wrote: Black now looks like Yukon Cornelius. "Ground balls bounce!"

Justin Turner... that guy was digging for silver and gold.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

dinosaur jesus wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Weird-ass beards are for hockey. Weird-ass mustaches are for baseball. These guys would disagree.

There are exceptions to every rule, granted. But Vic Black ain't chosen THAT often, and Bobby Parnell shoots his meat more frequently than he buys it halal.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Bad News Beard

Terry Collins probably jinxed Harvelous's comeback when he said that Harvey was throwing "stinking dynamite".



http://nypost.com/2015/02/22/stinking-dynamite-one-matt-harvey-pitch-has-mets-drooling/