"Don't Touch His Head:' A Day In The Life Of Mr. Met - Rolling Stone

A Day In The Life Of Mr. Met
NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 05: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE/SPECIAL RATES APPLY) The official mascot of Major League Baseball's New York Mets', Mr. Met brings Elvis Duran a birthday gift as 'The Elvis Duran Z100 Morning Show' celebrate Elvis Duran's 50th Birthday at Z100 Studio on August 5, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 05: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE/SPECIAL RATES APPLY) The official mascot of Major League Baseball's New York Mets', Mr. Met brings Elvis Duran a birthday gift as 'The Elvis Duran Z100 Morning Show' celebrate Elvis Duran's 50th Birthday at Z100 Studio on August 5, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

Mr. Met is on the move.

Unbeknownst to the kids at the Cross Island YMCA and the majority of Bellerose, Queens, the Mets' mascot – all 6'10" of him (mostly head) – is being hustled up Hillside Avenue by one of his handlers. They stop about a block up, beneath the low-hanging branches of a tree, count to three, turn around and head back. Mr. Met gradually breaks into an elbows-out, high-stepping strut. It doesn't take long for him to be noticed.

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