would give a thumbs up to an invitation from the Yankees to the American League Wild Card Game.
"I'd be lying if I said I wasn't curious to see what kind of reaction I'd get from fans at Yankee Stadium as they saw me walking around the place," Gary Dunaier, a diehard Mets fans whose gesture exploded on the Internet before becoming a rally symbol for the Yankees, said in email.
Dunaier feels he's become an "unofficial mascot for the team."
"I've gone to some Mets games since becoming Thumbs Down Guy, and a lot of people wanted to get their picture taken with me.