Rare is the event of sufficient magnitude to attract two iconic figures such as Mr. Met and the Coca-Cola Polar Bear.
But there they were first thing Monday morning, overseeing the Opening Bell ceremony at the New York Stock Exchange.
Other representatives of the Mets and Coke showed up, too, to mark the announcement of a new sponsorship deal between the team and beverage company.
What makes the sponsorship unusual is the extent to which it has attracted the attention of fans. And the reason for that is what Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon called “a change of the tide” in what had been Citi Field’s most visible corporate partnership.