We all love those Mets giveaways, as evidence by the long lines whenever there is a good promo happening (we’re looking at you Noah Syndergaard and Jacob deGrom bobblehead days). As we already shared with you what our most obscure and what our favorite pieces of Mets memorabilia are, now we wanted to share this with you all — the best Mets giveaway we have ever gotten.
Sal
The best Mets giveaway I’ve ever received at a game was the 1986 replica World Series ring in 2016. Mets were playing the Dodgers (got to see Clayton Kershaw pitch in person for the first time) and that weekend was the festivities for the 30th anniversary of the 1986 team. They had ‘86 themed giveaways all weekend, but the one was the replica ring on Sunday. When I saw that was the Sunday giveaway, I immediately bought tickets.
So now it’s Sunday, and I head to the ballpark over two hours early, thinking that would give me plenty of time to be one of the first 15,000 fans to get the ring. Well, I was wrong…. it was packed outside of the stadium and the lines to get in were by the old home run apple out front. I got online, waited and waited until I finally got to the front, and I see there are still a few boxes of the rings left — only to be told I was in the WRONG LINE because I had an electronic ticket. So what did I do? Well, for those of you who may watch Impractical Jokers, I pulled a “Larry!!!”, and cut across about three other lines to the front of the of correct one yelling that I was told by security to do this. As you could imagine, folks were NOT happy about my obvious cut job, but I never looked back at the angry mob of Mets fans — I just got my ticket scanned, walked through the turnstile, and received one of the last rings they had left to give out, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
Once it was secured and I was in the stadium, I can’t even count how many people came up to me and offered me $50, some even over $100 to buy this fake ring, but I caused too much trouble to be selling it! It still sits proudly on my desk till this day and remains my favorite all-time stadium giveaway.
Matt
Game 3 of the 2015 NLDS gave me an item I still use today. Whenever’s there’s an important Mets game on, I usually whip out my rally towel and start waving it, imagining my chair being part of a thundering Citi Field crowd. Even I can’t be in Queens at that pivotal game, I try my best to emulate the atmosphere I’d expect at a game.
Michelle
I am not going to lie to you — I have so many I don’t even know where to begin. My old room at my mother’s house is literally filled with bobbleheads spanning decades (including a Ralph Kiner and Bob Murphy bobblehead). As a huge Star Wars fan, the Mets Star Wars bobbleheads are always a favorite, as was the Syndergaard Game of Thrones one. As a homeowner, I am a huge, huge fan of the Mets fleece blankets they used to always give out (until recently for some odd reason, bring that back Mets) and the bowls they gave out two years ago (seriously, they are great quality).
Jack
I think the best giveaway I got was the Spider-Man bobblehead they handed out last July. I don’t have a lot of superhero collectibles or anything, but it’s so different from the baseball memorabilia that I do have. It takes my breath away every time I look at it.
Mojo
Well my dad has a Jacob deGrom garden gnome, and I have a Brandon Nimmo garden gnome, so I guess I’ll go with that! I had Brandon Gnomo constantly staring at me from my shelf in my dorm room during this past school year.
Marissa
I haven’t been fortunate to go to any Mets giveaway games so I’m going to have to go with the gift I got for guessing Juan Lagares right in one of the Twitter competitions. The Mets gave me a Mets drawstring bag, deGrom free shirt Friday shirt, and a keychain (which is currently being used!).
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