I decided to test the waters and head to the Boogie Down in the Mets’ unofficial good-luck mascot Grimace costume. But there were a few notable caveats. I draped some Yankees bling around my ...

The mascot appeared along with his wife Mrs. Met (Lady Met) and three "little Mets" children. It was first introduced with a live costume in 1975 and later reintroduced in 2013. It was abandoned ...

As the MLB playoffs march on, websites such as TeePublic, Etsy and Amazon have an array of merchandise featuring a particular Mets' lucky charm — McDonald’s purple mascot, Grimace. Here’s a ...

The New York Mets are looking for someone to pick ... applicants will also be expected to maintain the cleanliness of the costumes and create mascot-themed content for the team's social media ...

DRELLICH: The big cuddly purple Grimace costume, all of a sudden, became an emblem and a talisman to Mets fans. SIMON: The Mets already had a mascot, Mr. Met. Kind of like their BJ Leiderman ...

Yes, a purple, 1970s fast-food mascot has somehow become the symbol of the Mets’ remarkable playoff surge. And now he's come to the heart of Yankees territory to plant an orange and blue flag.