If you’re a Mets fan, you likely have your own fair share of memorabilia from over the years. Whether it was a giveaway or an autograph, each has its own story, and some are just frankly a bit more obscure than others.

Think about all of your sports memorabilia — is there a piece in your collection that makes you think twice?

Or, if someone comes over and sees it, makes them think twice? It’s just not your normal “David Wright autographed baseball” — not that there’s anything wrong with any of it! Some pieces just tend to be funnier than others and we want to share some of ours with you.

Sal

The most bizarre piece of memorabilia that I own has to be my Marlon Anderson game-used bat. In 2009 I was on vacation with my parents near Port St. Lucie, so naturally we went to Clover Park to watch a St. Lucie Mets game. I’ve always loved and been interested by sports memorabilia, so when I went up to the apparel kiosk and saw game-used bats I had to ask about them. They said that many of the big-league players leave their extra bats and other equipment behind after spring training, which the park then will sell during the minor league season. Of course I couldn’t help myself, and had to examine every game-used bat that they had. I couldn’t afford the David Wright or Carlos Beltran level equipment, so I settled on one of my favorite bench players for the Mets in the mid 2000’s, the great Marlon Anderson.

Laney 

As a kid I was absolutely obsessed with Josh Thole. I can’t tell you why, but one day I spent my 12-year-old life savings to buy a signed Thole ball. I still have it and I plan on putting it in a proper case one day since that’s what a piece of art deserves.

Jack

I have a Matt Harvey bobblehead that I got at a Mets/Pirates game in June of 2016. His glove-hand fell off in my backpack on the train ride home. I decided to keep it anyway. I have the glove somewhere and could superglue it back on, but there’s some foreshadowing going on there that I more or less have to respect. It just sits on my desk, a daily reminder of our mortality.

Jacob 

Jay Horwitz bobblehead. I would not like to offer further comment. (Author’s note: I am trying to get Jacob to comment further on this.)

Matt

When I was younger, I thought Nick Evans was going to be the guy that would lead us to the promised land. I’m still not sure why, but I don’t think it’s a stretch to say I was one of the more optimistic Mets fans out there. So, I was beyond thrilled when I met Evans in middle school at a game and got him to sign my David Wright drawstring bag, which was the day’s promotion. Somehow, a decade later, that Nick Evans signed drawstring followed me to college and became my go-to bag for whenever I need one.

Marissa

I don’t have much Mets memorabilia so I’m going to go with a signed ball I have from a Reds spring training game in 2018. You might ask how this has to do with the Mets but one of the team members I got to sign it is Jim Riggleman, who happened to be the Mets bench coach last year. Kind of a weird and funny coincidence.

Sam

Back in 2016, my family and I went on a road trip to see some different stadiums and see the Mets play. We went to Chicago and St. Louis that summer and while in Chicago, I got Terry Collins and James Loney to sign two different baseballs for me. I bring it up as random/odd not because James Loney wasn’t a good player, but because he was on the team for such a short time. I mean if you ask someone in three years from now, or even now, about James Loney being a Met, they will be like “OH YEAH, he did play for them for a minute.”

Mojo

I already mentioned my signed, game-worn Danny Muno, Gavin Cecchini, Kevin Plawecki, and Kyle Regnault 51s jerseys in last week’s roundtable, so I guess I’ll mention the balls that I got signed by essentially every member of the 51s bullpen.

Tim 

Whenever I go on vacation, I still use my Ivory Soap-sponsored, 1986 World Champions toiletries bag I got as a giveaway at my first Mets game in 1987. (Author’s note: I would like one of these giveaways.) 

Michelle

This should come to no surprise to anyone who follows me on social media, but I have a piece of the plate Bartolo Colon crossed post his home run. A solid Christmas gift from my mother, if I do say so myself. It proudly hangs in my home.

Mike 

My brother and I decided to go into this pawn shop Maine because we were bored and saw some cool shit through the window. Now, living in Maine, you don’t see much Mets stuff in stores. So when you do as Mets fans like us, you scoop whatever it is up. They only had one piece of Mets memorabilia in the whole store. I can say I’m the proud owner of a Mo Vaughn Mets bobblehead.

 

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