Earlier this week we brought you our most obscure pieces of Mets memorabilia. It was a fun (interesting?) collection and we thank everyone who tweeted theirs to us!

Now, we want to share with you our favorite pieces of Mets memorabilia. Most of them are our favorites not because of the actual item, but because of the sentimental value associated to is, as I’m sure most of you can relate to, too!

Tim 

My favorite piece of Mets memorabilia is nothing of great value. At David Wright’s last game, a nice young couple who made the trip from out of state were giving out homemade knit Mets hats. I kept mine and put it in a box, but it’s a cool memory from a special night.

Marissa 

It’s kind of sad to think about the lack of mets memorabilia I have, but a few years ago the Mets were doing these “guess the player by their shadow” challenges. They did a Juan Lagares one, so of course I knew the answer, guessed it, and then they gave me the giveaway prize – which was a free shirt Friday shirt, a string bag, and a keychain. I’m going to go with those things since it’s kind of funny.

Sam

I have a ticket from June 12, 2014 that is my favorite piece of Mets memorabilia. I was a big choir kid growing up and this extracurricular choir I was in was given the opportunity to sing the national anthem at Citi Field that day, and we got to see the game after. The Mets were playing the Milwaukee Brewers that night, who were a pretty decent team back in ‘14 with a 40-27 record at the time.

Anyway, we walked through the back tunnels of Citi and onto the field, which, that walk to the field is an image I’ll never forget. Once we stood on the platform they laid out for us on the field and I noticed the players were about 10 ft from us. As the eager 14 year old Mets fan I was, I was starring at the legendary Met I grew up adoring—David Wright. I waived to him and he waived back and it was one of the most memorable moments I’ve ever had at a game.

Between singing the anthem, David Wright waiving to me, and then getting to watch the game, it was a dream come true. The game was a 1-1 tie for 12 innings until the Brewers scored four runs in the top of the thirteenth. I was there with an entire group of singers when the game started and I remember everyone in the section was gone by the end of the ninth. I refused to leave because I believed that the Mets could still win it. I sat/stood there in a misty mess of a night for 13 innings just to watch the 29-37 Mets lose 5-1 in 13 innings. Most amazing night of my life despite the heart breaking loss.

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Matt 

My favorite memorabilia is more of a personal memento. When I was younger, I was lucky enough to meet Darryl Strawberry at a nearby Bookstore, where he was promoting his new novel. After Strawberry signed my book, a photographer from the Bergen Record asked me to take a picture with him. I quickly obliged and unbeknownst to me at the time, that picture was chosen to appear on the front page of the Suburbanite, the local newspaper. I still have the clipping in my room.

Sal

I’ve had an interest in sports memorabilia since I was a kid, and could spend hours just looking around at everything in the Steiner Sports store. Over the years I have built up (in my opinion) a good collection of signed memorabilia, from baseballs to photos and bats.

My favorite piece, however, happens to have no signature on it at all – because “they” are two upper-deck seats from our beloved Shea Stadium. All I wanted that Christmas after Shea was torn down were seats from the section that I saw so many games growing up. Thanks to my awesome parents I got the surprise of my life on Christmas morning when they said to open the back door and “help bring the garbage out.” That’s when I saw those beautiful red seats just sitting in the backyard, and I went nuts. Shea will always hold a special place in my heart, and those seats represent that for me big time.  

Michelle 

There are two pieces that I value more than anything. The first is a team autographed ball I got signed when I went down to Spring Training back in 2009. This was special not just because every player who was there signed the ball, but because we were down there because of my brother, Christopher. He did Make-A-Wish and his wish was to go to Mets Spring Training. It was truly the most amazing experience of his life.

The second piece I have also involves my brother. He had the opportunity to bowl with David Wright thanks to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. I was unable to attend, but Christopher made sure to ask David for a ball signed specially to his sister. Every time I see that ball that says “Dear Michelle” it brings a smile to my face, for so many reasons.

What is your favorite piece of memorabilia? Comment below or tweet a picture to us @MetsMerized.