The New York Mets are familiar with strangeness both on and off the field. Many interesting characters have donned the orange and blue over the years, from Turk Wendell and his animal tooth necklaces to announcer Lindsay Nelson and his famously loud suits.
But as we Mets fans know, many of the strangest moments in Mets history have occurred in-game, on the field. At least once per Mets game, it seems, something happens that prompts Gary Cohen or Keith Hernandez to exclaim, “I’ve never seen anything like that, and I’ve been watching baseball for over 50 years!