Mr. Met is the best. And I can tell you why, specifically. Two years ago Fboy and I made the long drive down to Citi Field for a late April Mets/Dodgers matinee. The day was made memorable mostly because of the awful late April weather (high winds, cheap seats, winter coats and hats, etc.) and because I got to meet Kong and share a beer with him in the upper deck. And the fact that Fboy was wearing a fully immersive Spiderman winter hat and got a nice reaction out of several older Mets fan patrons at the park that day. It turns out, when you show up in NYC dressed as Spiderman, the locals feel safer and they let you know this. Fboy thought this was the greatest thing. Well, the second greatest thing. What made the day most memorable for Fboy and I was Mr. Met. We arrived fairly early, giving ourselves a chance to take in the new Mets HOF/museum, and were leisurely making our way up the escalators in the Jackie Gleason/Chiles Rotunda. The stadium was heavily underpopulated at that moment, maybe 12:15 on a cold windy weekday. As we are being carried up the escalator, we hear a distinct banging noise against the glass in the walkway above us. And we look up, in tandem, and there he is, in all his ball-headed glory. Mr. Met. Hamming it up and waving to get our attention. Fboy and I lit right up. Mr. Met could have kept walking on his way to some luxury box, or a smoke break or whatever Mr. Met does when no one's looking. The fact that he stopped to get our attention to give us a wave and a thumbs up made us feel like kin. That's a big league mascot move, right there.