The gesture instantly went viral, and was still among top national trends on social media the morning after, even finding common ground with the week's most sensational political controversy. We do not condone this type of behaviour.
We have reached out to Mr. Met's closest colleague, the Phanatic of the Philadelphia Phillies, for their comment on the matter.
Mr Met has been the official mascot for the New York Mets since 1962 and the costume is worn by more than one person every season. Flores has been a fan favorite ever since his "Crying Game" in 2015, and although Mets fans have struggled through several years of Flores performing at a subpar level, he seems to have turned things around in a big way this year.
It was just a few hours ago that we were gorging on Mets, enjoying the Mets, letting the Mets drip off our chins and onto the keyboard.
New York Mets center fielder Yoenis Cespedes (52) is congratulated by New York Mets first baseman Wilmer Flores (4).
During last night's 7-1 loss against the Brewers, Mr. Met was videotaped walking down the tunnel presumably towards a cold shower to wash away the woes of last night's loss. In fact, Flores hit.379 overall in the month of May, good for the best batting average of any Met, including Michael Conforto.
Mr. Met stayed retired until 1994 when, according to the Times, Lois Kauffman asked the team to bring him back.
Mets pitchers walked eight for the second straight night.
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Fans need to remember, mascots are only humans dressed up as furry creatures; they're not ideal.
On Thursday, an anonymous fan offered a defense of the fallen mascot star, claiming foul language and heckling from the Mets crowd pushed Mr. Met over the top on Wednesday evening.
The other thing is, as SB Nation's Hector Diaz points out, Mr. Met only has four fingers, so technically he can't flip anybody off.
Mets reliever Jerry Blevins said he'd seen a lot during his long career, but never any mascot mayhem like this.
Mr Met, left, distributes t-shirts to fans during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers Thursday, June 1, 2017, in NY.
Then again, there is still plenty of time to get the consistency going with a bad Pittsburgh Pirates team coming to Citi Field for three games that begins Friday night. Mr. Met was home. The mascot shoved the Clippers fan and helped the kid win the race.
But the inning was an appropriate coda to a weird 24-hour stretch for the Mets, whose mascot was captured on video making an obscene gesture to a fan during Wednesday night's 7-1 loss.
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